Upcycled Shirt Cuff Wallet
Tiffany at RePlayGround shares her project to make this upcycled shirt cuff wallet made from an old plaid button down shirt.
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Light Bulb Valentine
This light bulb Valentine over on Design*Sponge is just the thing for my sweetheart! He’s obsessed with energy efficiency, so this seems like the perfect reuse for a defunct light bulb (which will be replaced with a CFL!) as well as a spark for some fun wordplay (“You’re the Light of my Life”? “Wire You […]
Walnut Rattle
Ranjit Bhatnagar is making an instrument every day in February. Some are electronic, some are mechanical, and some are both. This walnut shell rattle seems easy to make with a drill and some string, and makes a pretty satisfying jangle, suitable for weekend sock-clad marching band parades around the house.
Beautiful Hyperboloid Made of Skewers
George Hart continues to rock Math Mondays on MAKE, up this week is the skewer hyperboloid! Thirty two shish kabob skewers and 176 small rubber bands are all it takes to make a beautiful hyperbolid of revolution. This is an example of what is called a “ruled surface,” meaning even though it is curved, it […]
How-To: Tiger Hand Puppet
The Chinese New Year is almost upon us, and you can celebrate the Year of the Tiger by whipping up some of these cool hand puppets made from cereal boxes. Tali of Growing Up Creative shows you how!
How-To: Egg Ocarina
Matt Mets @ MAKE writes: There has been no shortage of food-based instruments around here, however I particularly like this one that Youtube user heita3 made from an egg shell. It’s a good reminder that pretty much any old thing can be made into a fun project! Egg ocarina
Intern’s Corner: How to Make “Silverwear” Earrings
Every other week, CRAFT’s awesome interns tell about the projects they’re building in the Craft: Labs, the trouble they’ve gotten into, and what they’ll make next. By Lindsey North, projects intern The trend now — and I love it — is recycled accessories: earrings made of bottle caps full of resin, belts made from candy […]
