How-To: Candy Corn Backpack
This DIY candy corn backpack would make perfect favors for a Halloween party or just a one-off.
Kids & Family
DIY Cleopatra Costume
Go Egyptian this Halloween with this awesome costume how-to!
DIY Fabric Stay-Open Trick or Treat Bag
I admit that I loved my plastic pumpkin for trick-or-treating as a kid, but I can’t help wanting to have something a little more creative for my kid. I love this DIY stay-open trick-or-treat bag with its cute seasonal fabric and infinitely practical design! It uses light boning to hold the bag open while trick-or-treating, […]
Whole Food’s Dark Rye profiles MAKE editor-in-chief Mark Frauenfelder
This summer the folks who produce Dark Rye, the online magazine for Whole Foods Markets, came to my house in Los Angeles, and shot a video profile of my daughters and me working on different projects. We made a guitar out of a metal lunchbox, a skateboard, and soap molded from our toes and fingers.
Flashback: Kitty-Cat Braids
By Carla Sinclair A couple of weeks ago my daughter was trying to figure out what to be for Halloween, and it came down to either a black cat or a zombie. Immediately my mind went to a book I wrote in 2003 called Braid Crazy (Chronicle), in which I showed how to get crafty […]
Block Printed Napkins
Haley from The Zen of Making is killing it with the printed fabric these days, and I especially am into the aesthetic of her latest project Block Printed Napkin Tutorial. It comes JUST in time to get this down before the fall dinner parties kick into high gear and the holidays take over our entertainment […]
DIY Skeleton Tights
Oh my gosh we have less than a month until Halloween! Pandahead Mag‘s Morgan Hungerford West puts out a rad monthly non-newsie-newsletter , No News Is Good News. This month’s features this killer DIY skeleton tights that transforms an old pair of stockings into a deadly sight PERFECT for Halloween. The DIY was contributed by Cheralee Lyle […]