Windell writes – “Here’s my favorite design for a jack-o-lantern; it’s a (tiny) mini-pumpkin carved with the circuit diagram symbol for a light-emitting diode. Naturally, it’s lit by an LED. This LED circuit inside this one is a TireFly, which is a type of blinky light designed to mount on the tires of a bicycle. You can get these things at regular hardware stores or sporting goods stores– I got mine at Target– and so this is one of the easiest and quickest ways to get an LED in your pumpkin. Read more about this pumpkin and its circuit here.“ – Link.

Enter the Hack-o-Lantern contest!

• Decorate a pumpkin in any way you see fit, or unfit. It’s that easy. Then upload your photos to the MAKE or CRAFT Flickr photo pool and tag them “MAKECRAFTHALLOWEEN” Or you can email them to us, just be aware that we’re going to upload them to the MAKE and CRAFT Flickr photo pools. This contest and more..! – Link.

MAKE & CRAFT contest entry from Stramark, Zoidberg! Dog not amused… – Link.

Related:

• MAKE Halloween projects – Link.
• MAKE Halloween archives – Link.

Enter the MAKE & CRAFT Contests!

• Makers and Crafters, it’s time to enter our ghoulishly fun Halloween contests! Anyone, anywhere can enter, and depending on what type of maker or crafter you are, you can enter all or just some of the contests – Link.

Check out Federal Land’s MAKE & CRAFT Halloween contest entry, it’s a Tom Swift costume! – “I had this book as a child and this year I found it again. “What a great idea for a costume!” – Link & how it was made.

Related:

• MAKE Halloween projects – Link.
• MAKE Halloween archives – Link.

Enter the MAKE & CRAFT Contests!

• Makers and Crafters, it’s time to enter our ghoulishly fun Halloween contests! Anyone, anywhere can enter, and depending on what type of maker or crafter you are, you can enter all or just some of the contests – Link.

Connor combined the best of wolves and robots for this MAKE & CRAFT contest entry… Truffulatuft writes – “There are 2 pics of my son’s Robot Wolf halloween costume for your contest. He is eight years old. It was his design, based on this picture we found on the web http://triggur.org/costume/mech/. We made the costume together. The RobotWolf costume out of recycled cardboard, paper mache, a bucket, a dryer vent, old boots, silver paint and a lot of tape and hot glue.” – Link.

More:

• Costume contest: Dressing up? Making your own costume? As long as you “make” something you can enter. Any costume with homemade elements on it, in it, or used is OK. Take a photo of your costume(s) then upload your photos to the MAKE or CRAFT Flickr photo pool and tag them “MAKECRAFTHALLOWEEN” Or you can email them to us, just be aware that we’re going to upload them to the MAKE and CRAFT Flickr photo pool. We’ll continue to post fun costumes and how-tos all this month as well – Link.

writes – “I love candy. I love to eat candy. I love to give candy. I love to take candy…except from babies, cause that’s not cool. It is safe to say, that I would kill, for candy. Muahahaha. No, but really, as good as candy is, it also makes your insides rot. Sort of a catch 22: eat it, love it, die. Zinc trisodium aspartate, bisulfate oxide, malto-dextrin alkalide, dehydrated calceinate, artificial barley malt, and the list goes on. This can’t be good for you. But will it stop us? Never. Will it stop our children? Nope. Will it make for a fun Halloween project?… With some paper, blacklight paint, and LEDs, you can make a super sweet Halloween treat AND a profound statement about healthy living. Pffft! The beauty of this project is that it’s prety versatile. So let’s get started.” – Link & photos.

John shows you how to make your own ‘Shaun of the Dead’ cricket bat, he writes – “At the last second I decided to go ahead and make a Halloween costume. I was inspired by a commercial for the movie ‘Shaun of the Dead’. Funny zombie movie. How cool would that be? I mean I’m going to go out and oversee my kids why not wear something fun? I quickly collected that basics, white shirt, red tie, name badge, and a cricket bat. The first three are easy, I can either make or buy those but a cricket bat is something that I’m a bit short on. I’ve held one before so I know what they look like up close so armed with that and a few photos off the ‘net I can come up with something that should look pretty close to a bat. As I don’t have a wood shop I am going to be using the classic cardboard for the blade. I have a wooden stake from some get rich fast crook that posted his ads illegally on the property my office is located at. At lest something honest came from their signs. Hot glue, gaffers tape… I’m set.” – photos & how-to.

But wait, there’s more! AntonOlsen added his costume for the MAKE & CRAFT contest as well!

Anthony writes in with his H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulu costume for the Halloween contest! – “Paper Mache + Foam Insulation + Hardhat + Tinfoil + Black Cloth = Homemade Cthulu costume”