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Write Secret Messages with Easy-to-Make Invisible Ink

Write Secret Messages with Easy-to-Make Invisible Ink

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Have mini detectives, secret agents, or superheroes at home? Keep your creative kids entertained for hours with this fun DIY invisible ink recipe that uses ingredients straight from the kitchen! There’s nothing quite as fun as sharing secrets with your BFF using invisible ink. Crafty kids will especially love the magic of creating their own […]

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20 Secret Doors and Clever Hiding Places

By Nicole Smith

Nicole Smith

Nicole is a former Editorial Intern at Make: She is a long time maker and previously worked for Instructables.com (Penolopy Bulnick). Every day she is inspired by something new and wishes there was more hours in the day to make!

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The fascination with secret doors and hidden compartments has been around since ancient times and our desire to hide things hasn’t dwindled.

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How-To: VHS Tape Secret Compartment

How-To: VHS Tape Secret Compartment

By Andrew Salomone

Andrew Salomone

Artist, writer, and teacher who makes work about popular culture, technology, and traditional craft processes. http://www.andrewsalomone.com

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Got something you need to stash? Or maybe you’d just like to use your space more efficiently? Why not use the empty space inside all those bulky VHS tapes with this ingenious VHS Tape Secret Compartment tutorial from Instructables user M3G?

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Seventeen Sneaky Secret Compartments

Seventeen Sneaky Secret Compartments

By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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Be inspired by these seventeen secret compartments and passageways. Pick one to build yourself or come up with your own clever hiding place.

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Build a Secret Doorway on a Budget

Build a Secret Doorway on a Budget

By Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

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With very little carpentry experience and less than $200, YouTube user luvguns61 created this secret door and safe room in his condo. The door is disguised as a recessed shelf and rolls on the floor with casters, which lets him use less expensive hinges. It even features a two-way mirror so that a person hiding […]

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