DIY plastic bag soccer ball
If you have a game, but no ball, and the closest sporting goods store is miles away, what are you going to do? Make one, of course!
Toys and Games
Giant garbage bag kite
Jesse Dill writes about the Garbasail kite on Build/Make/Craft/Bake: I first found out about Garbasails when they were featured as Urban Dictionary’s word of the day. A few curious clicks later, I was completely hooked on the idea. It’s a simple formula: trash bags + duct tape + a lot of rope = one very […]
“Miniature Wonderland” model railroad
We love it when our family members get involved with MAKE and send us suggestions for websites, tools, magazines, etc. Brain F Murphy, our photo editor Sam Murphy’s dad, sends her cool hobby and tech links he comes across. Here’s a video he sent of the Miniatur Wunderland, in Hamburg, Germany, the world’s largest model […]
Plywood chess set
From the MAKE Flickr pool Flickr member ohammersmith lasercut a full set of chess pieces from plywood – This is a chess set I made for my Grandfather’s 90th birthday. I designed them in SketchUp and cut them out of 1/8″ plywood with the laser cutter at TechShop Durham. More pics in the Flickr photo […]
Sketch3D, the 3D Etch A Sketch
I’ve seen plenty of hacks based on the iconic Etch A Sketch, however this one may take the cake. Andrew Sliwinski has added a third wheel (and a bunch of electronics) to the traditional toy design, allowing users to make drawings in three dimensions! An Anaglyphic display is used to present the image. A remake […]
Make: Projects – Giant snow globe
What’s that you say? You don’t need an 8-inch diameter snow globe? Especially not one featuring a vignette of Al Pacino as Tony Montana in the climactic battle scene from Brian De Palma’s Scarface? I say you’re wrong: You need one of these. You need one so badly you don’t even know it yet. This […]
The Rubix coronary
Introducing the Rubix Cubewich. It contains cubes of pastrami, kielbasa, pork fat, salami, and two types of cheddar. What? No bacon? Found on the appropriately named Insanewiches site. The Rubix Cubewich