It’s always exciting to get the Van Dyke’s catalog in the mail – they have hippo forms, who taxidermies a hippo??!! Some things are a bit pricey – $22 a pair for fake duck feet! But there’s lots of strange stuff with great Halloween potential. Those pit-bull-looking things are actually bear head forms. (If I […]
If you started RIGHT NOW, you could *possibly* get this incredible lion mask done by Halloween. Solion has put together an incredibly detailed Instructable for an animatronic lion mask with stereo night vision and amplified hearing – 117 steps! See his other animal costume work on his site, Lion of the Sun.
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: Woundupladybug made this bag for her son, featuring the Star Wars character General Grevious stitched up with glow-in-the-dark embroidery floss from Sublime Stitching.
Mahar Drygoods has just come out with a new kit containing everything you need to make these sweet clothespin people with your kids. Each kit contains materials to create four clothespin people including: wood pins, heads & stands; acrylic paints, varnish & paintbrush; fabric & notions; complete and kid friendly instructions. All of the kit […]
Rachel spotted this great upcycling tutorial for making a portable art studio. Mayaluna discovered an old crafty book with instructions for how to make a portable tabletop easel from an old box. She added her own instructions for turning a milk carton into a paint caddy.
OK, so I apologize for the fact that this photo is so small–it’s all that the source had to offer–but holy moly, is this a cute gnome costume or what? My Paper Crane linked to the tutorial teaching you how to make this hilarious gnome-on-toadstool getup on FamilyFun. Look at the little fake legs crossed […]
I love the look of Oliver and S patterns–the illustrations are especially lovely–and The Purl Bee shows how beautifully they work up in real life. Read their latest blog post to hear about making the Sunday Brunch jacket pattern. Related: • HOW TO – Lazy Days Skirt
