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There’s a great flickr group I’m a member of that has great vintage images of Halloween from the 1800’s-1960’s. Photos are of halloween decorations, photographs, costumes and more! Pictured here is a postcard from 1910. Link.
Fred sent in this great Rubiks cube costume along with how to make your own, he writes – “I made this for my Halloween costume last year, and figured people might be interested in doing it themselves for this season. “ – Link. More: Costume projects and more – Link.
Cat Morley has a cool tutorial on how to make cute sparkly devil horns that are perfect for Halloween. Link.
Eric over on Instructables reposted his Halloween controller and haunted house how-to along with some more information – “This was originally an article in Make 03 where my awesome editor Paul Spinrad actually made a replica of my controller and did a much better job documenting it than I would. For the controller board, if […]
Here’s an oldie but goodie, a giant mech robot costume by Kevin Kelm, it took 5 months to construct!. Thanks Nat! – Link.
Pop Sci has some scare tactics & haunted hacks to get you started with your Halloween projects – “Motion-triggered monster heads, a witches’ brew of liquid nitrogen, a projector rigged for fright, and more. Here, our favorite high-tech haunting tricks made easy” – Link. Stay tuned for our MAKE & CRAFT contests, we’re going to […]
Alameda, CA based “Rideable Bicycle Replicas” has an amazing selection of antique replica bicycles, pedicabs, hand-cranked trikes, boneshakers, tricycles, recumbents, surreys, tandems and more. They also sell 1880’s antique bicycle catalog reprints that I cannot help but order… The Old English Roadster is only $189.00, but it’s out stock – darn it [via] – Link. […]
