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Gina @ Lifehacker pointed to this interesting Web 2.0y site that helps you pick and find costumes, I usually don’t use “tag clouds” but these are kinda useful… – “Dying to find a unique costume idea? Costumzee will help you find great costume ideas! Browse through thousands of popular costume ideas, search by keyword (i.e., […]
Zombietronix has a bunch of calculators for sizing common creatures for your DIY creature projects. Each uses a value such as height or length to determine other dimensions… Calcs include: Bat wings, biped, canine, hands and spiders. Thanks Sky! – Link.
Adam writes – “Here’s how to produce low lying fog for under 30 bucks. Gives your yard haunt a creepy look. (Once you have a fog machine which can be purchased for 20 bucks at Target or Party City)” – Link. Related: DIY Fog chiller – Link.
Even better this Halloween, you can carve out your own Darth Vader or Yoda Jack-O-Lantern with stencils from Star Wars. Link. Related: MAKE Blog stencil projects – Link. MAKE Blog Halloween Projects – Link & archives
A. writes – “This guy has been updating his library of pumpkin stencils over the years and his catalog is just brilliant. He’s a great artist and the site covers everything from movies to classical monsters. Some stencils are more involved than others when it comes to carving but the results have always been amazing. […]
Ok, we’ve had a lot of good stencil and pumpkin links over the last few days (keep sending them in) and here’s another good one for the Star Wars fans, themed stencils… I like the Imperial symbol the best. Thanks Bonnie! [via] – Link. Related: Stencil projects – Link. Halloween projects – Link & archives. […]
From last months Pincushion challenge comes a crop of some very inspiring work based on the theme of Recycle. Pictured here is a bird pincushion wristlet from Natalie of keeping me in stitches and a mini-recyling center pin cushion by Daria of glittergoods. [ via ] Link.
