This Week in Making: Codebender Closes, Copycat Factories, and Upright CNCs
This past week we learned some bad news about codebender, more about the economics of copycat factories, and discovered a new way to CNC.
Craft & Design
From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
Weekend Watch: Spooky Kids Crafts with Crafty Carol
Roll up your sleeves and get ready to make some kid-friendly, last-minute Halloween crafts with Crafty Carol from Cool School.
Over the Top Home Decorations for Halloween
Some of the most elaborate, jaw-dropping, and just plain out of control decorations we’ve featured on Make:.
Make a Computer-Controlled Mad Scientist Test Tube Rack
Light up your Halloween night with a rack of flickering, glowing test tubes o’ doom.
Animate Your Jack-O’-Lantern with an App
This easy pumpkin hack takes your jack-o-lantern and turns it into an animated cyclops using a free app and a cling-wrapped cell phone.
6 Ways to Light Up Your Halloween Costume
Your costume doesn’t have to disappear in the dark… it can shine instead with glowing EL wire, LED strips, and NeoPixel rings.
How to Choose, Store, and Care for Costume Wigs
If your wig is misshapen or worn incorrectly, it can be more of a distraction than anything else. Follow this guide and you’ll be doing the perfect hair flip in no time.
