It’s finally Dia de los Muertos, or, Day of the Dead. I’ve lit the candles on my shrine, and reflected and celebrated the lives of my loved ones who have passed on. This year the holiday has been particularly rewarding due to the crafty energy that I put into my altar. I have loved looking […]
It’s too late for this year, but I’m filing this life-sized matryoshka doll costume from The Happy Zombie away for next year. Especially if I can get my kids to be the smaller nesting dolls …..
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: LED Necklace by Sunset Spark!, Portrait of an Octopus by Tara H., June and Prince by donovanbeeson, and Rawr Max by Eclectic Circle. Nice costumes, everyone!!
Reader Dave Adams submitted this cool Pac Man pumpkin display, complete with ghosts, dots, and fruit. Shown immediately above under regular and UV light. [Thanks, David!]
We hope you have a monstrously great Halloween and that you’ve had fun making costumes and home haunt decorations. If you did, please take pics and post them to the MAKE Flickr Pool. Be safe, have fun, and may your treats be many and your tricks be few (unless, of course, you’re doing the tricking). […]
Mark, MAKE’s Editor-in-Chief, was on NPR’s Science Friday yesterday, talking about how to “Geek Your Halloween.” You can hear the broadcast here. Photo and pumpkin carving by Patrick Murray.
Well, OK, I think it’s really three pieces. But the head and body are a single piece which eliminates the neck seam and makes the effect way more realistic. Then each hand/forearm is one piece, but those seams are concealed by the tattered shirt. A commercial product from TheHorrorDome.com. [via Boing Boing]
