Gourd Clock
Take a dried gourd and transform it into a working clock!
Posted by Jake Spurlock
Categories: Art & Design, Furniture | No Comments
Tape Projects
Baseball Lamp
While you can always buy at a lamp at the store to save you time and money, this guide will provide you with the tools to build a one of...
Posted by Team Recycling Et Cetera
Categories: Art & Design, Home | No Comments
$10 Drawdio
These instructions will teach anyone that reads these how to make a drawdio with spare parts. It will cost $0-10 to make this little noisemaker. All of the parts can...
Posted by William Anderson
Categories: Electronics, Kids & Family | No Comments
Light-Up EL Wire Costume
Here’s how to design and sew a cool EL wire costume.
Posted by Nathan
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Charlie’s RFID Teddy Bear
This location-aware teddy bear reads RFID tags and plays different customizable sounds depending on where it is or what object it’s near — other toys, books, CDs, anything. Charlie’s Bear...
Posted by David Harris
Categories: Music, Arduino | 3 Comments
Teacup Stirling Engine
There’s energy all around us, just waiting to be tapped. Whether it’s a hot cup of coffee on a cold day, light from the sun, scented candles, or waste heat...
Posted by Jim Shealy
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Combo Snow Gun
So it doesn’t snow enough where you live? Fear not — if it gets cold, you can cover that front lawn in white, fluffy snow with your own homemade snow...
Posted by Steven Lemos
Categories: Fun & Games | 1 Comment
Safe Bamboo Swords
At an outdoor festival, my sons and I saw a group of teens play-fighting with padded swords. That looked like a lot of fun, so we tried making our own....
Posted by David Battino
Categories: Fun & Games | No Comments
Alarm Purse
By Norene Leddy with Ed Bringas and Johana Moscoso The Alarm Purse is a simple, fashionable way to add an audible alarm to your handbag. Tuck it away when you...
Posted by Norene Leddy
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Glass Bead Projection Screen
Here’s a method for applying a high-gain optical projection surface using common, inexpensive materials—specifically, flat white interior latex paint and glass sandblasting media. It began as a series of experiments...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Furniture, Home | 7 Comments
Fifty-Cent Macro Lens
I wanted to contribute video in Make: Projects, but it turned out that none of the cameras I had in the house were of sufficient quality to do the job....
Posted by Sean Lee
Categories: Electronics, Photography & Video | No Comments
LED Jellies
Make a jellyfish-shaped casing for LED throwies!
Posted by Angela Sheehan
Categories: Electronics, Sewing | No Comments
