It struck me like a bolt of lightning when I was reading the new CRAFT magazine: I could make a programmable LED pumpkin! Watch the video to learn how to do it and get inspired to get some LEDs blinking in your pumpkin! I still have a lot to learn about how to program it, […]
For this project, I modified the idea out of Craft: magazine and so I’ve include the article from that magazine as a downloadable pdf to print out and guide you on this project. I made a few changes. I used regular LEDs instead of the teeny tiny surface mount ones. I used Lexan/ Polycarbonate for […]
This weekend, make your own GPV. Grocery Powered Vehicles are contraptions that you can make with materials that you can find at your local grocery store. In this podcast, I teach you how to make a simple hovercraft, bearingless motor, and dirigible. I was inspired by the contraptions on David Williamson’s website to construct these […]
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Halloween is coming and it’s time to get creative and make some monsters that will do your bidding. In this video, you’ll learn how to use paper and polycarbonate (lexan) to make shadow puppets. Then you’ll learn how to make a shadow theater. If you make a puppet show, make sure to take pictures and […]
Download the pdf instructions so that you can print out while you work on your puppets!
Ever want to freeze a rose in liquid nitrogen and then smash it and catch the photograph of the rose just as it begins to shatter? Watch this video podcast to learn how! If you get inspired to make amazingly cool photographs, go get the Make: flash controller kit, and then upload your photos to […]
