How-To: Make a Cucumber Look Like a Slithering Snake
Putting together a haunted house this year? Handy with a knife? Got a cucumber? Then you’ve got the fixings for a terrifyingly realistic DIY slithering snake cucumber from NoVe Kitchen and Bar.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
DIY Hacks & How To’s: Haunted House Automation With Pressure Plates
One of the best parts of a haunted house is the automated special effects. To make sure that the effects are well timed, you need sensors to detect where your guests are in the haunted house. Over the next few weeks I am going to show you a variety of simple sensors that you can use to automate your Halloween setup. This week I am going to show you how to make a simple DIY pressure plate switch to automate your haunted house.
Pom Pom Cake Toppers
Here’s another adorable cake topper idea that will bring your birthday bash to the next level. By Kitiya Palaskas for Tuts+
Tangeez: An Illuminated Building System
Imagine a building set that not only allows you to make your own creations, but changes color depending on how your put it together.
DIY Hacks & How To’s: Pepper’s Ghost Illusion
Pepper’s Ghost is a special effects technique for creating transparent ghostly images. This technique has been a staple of theaters and haunted houses since John Pepper popularized it in the 1800’s. It works by reflecting an image of the ghost off of a sheet of plexiglass. The plexiglass is set at a 45 degree angle in front of the audience. At this angle the background remains clearly visible, but it also reflects a partial image of the ghost that is located off to one side.
LightUp—From Maker to Pro
How two California kids with a bright idea are working to make it happen.
High Flying Hope
Peter Lynn’s vision for the future hangs from a string.
