John posted up his “Cardboard robot Halloween costume of doom” for the MAKE & CRAFT Halloween contest along with how he made it! – “The whole thing was bonded together with tape (clear packing and gaffers), hot glue, and lots of brass paper brads. I used dryer hose for the arms and as it had […]
We’re posting up a storm of Halloween projects on MAKE, but a few folks had asked a little about the origins of this holiday, so I found this appropriately name “History of Halloween” over at the History Channel – “Each year, on the last night of October, millions of children across the U.S dress-up in […]
Our pals at DesignNews have a round up of all their electronics projects in their Gadget Freak “Scream Fest Edition”. They’re also running a contest too, so if you enter the MAKE contest, enter theirs too. Spooky Sound Generator Give the little witches and warlocks a real trick when they come clamoring for treats on […]
Good hack for controlling your spooky props, or anything that you want “motion sensitive” – “This is a great and inexpensive way to automatically activate haunted effects (pneumatic cylinders, lighting, sound effects, etc.). All you have to do is buy a motion sensor floodlight from your local hardware store for under $20.00 and a couple […]
Hah! MAKE Flickr photo pool member Misogreat made a bear costume complete with cardboard claws (and entered it in the MAKE/CRAFT contest!) – Link. Add your costume photos, just tag’em MAKECRAFTHALLOWEEN Enter the MAKE & CRAFT Contests! Makers and Crafters, it’s time to enter our ghoulishly fun Halloween contests! Anyone, anywhere can enter, and depending […]
Here’s how to make a cool talking skull from one of those talking Christmas trees – I’m going to try and remind myself to scoop up the severely discounted Christmas stuff after the holidays to do a ton of projects like this for next Halloween… [via] – Link. Related: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. MAKE […]
John writes – “This website shows how to build a bunch of flickering LED circuits that can be used instead of using candles to illuminate your pumpkin this halloween. It has videos of all the different circuits and parts lists and links to schematics. The different circuits fall into a variety of price ranges and […]
