Halloween raw materials – Nasco Science
Nasco has tons of cool stuff, both fun and icky, from paper masks to preserved pig hearts. I think the range of items they carry is kind of surreal. Lots of disgusting decorating potential here!
Kids & Family
Incredible pumpkin carvings by Ray Villafane
Sculptor Ray Villafane carves these incredible pumpkins; step-by-step instructions are here. We’d love to see photos of your pumpkins – add them to the MAKE flickr pool!
Darkmantle – scary!
Michelle at Craft found this awesome crocheted Darkmantle – and it’s a hat!
Kids Art Smock Pattern
Learn how to make a kids art smock in this tutorial and PDF pattern by Kellie at Don’t Look Now! Thanks Lisa!
Mythbusters reminder – send me your suggestions!
Just a reminder – I’ve gotten a bunch of neat suggestions to give to Jamie and Adam. The show is this Saturday; still time to send me your ideas to pass on! Jamie and Adam of Mythbusters will be doing 2 shows in Seattle on October 4th. Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage take you on […]
Creepy crawling skeleton
DaveintheGrave shares the directions for making this creepy crawling skeleton. Here’s a link to the motor base and linkage, and here’s the putting-it-all-together part.
Marine life videos from Gulf Specimen
Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory supplies aquariums and scientific institutions with living marine specimens (not to individuals, sorry). Their site has a lot of information on jellyfish, corals, starfish, all sorts of marine life. Look around for links to YouTube videos, like this one of an octopus egg hatching and an octopus opening a jar – […]