Sand Pendulum. David of Prutchi.com wrote in to tell us about this awesome sand pendulum he and his daughter, Abigail, made. On a recent trip to Israel, Abigail (10) saw a very pretty, large, and expensive sand pendulum. In it, the pendulum was able to swing, while at the same time, the sand pan was able to rotate freely. We applied our motto “Why buy it if we can MAKE it!”. Not only did they make one themselves, they also documented the process and share it on their blog. I love this project, and imagine it’s hugely mesmerizing to watch the pendulum draw on the sand.Related:Water Droplets Dancing Around a Knitting Needle in Space Related.
How to Go Green this Winter with DIY Free Heating. This winter, say goodbye to excessive heating bills and hello to free heating. Whether you choose to build a personal heater, heat your electric car, or heat your entire home, we’ve got the projects for you Free Heat Method #1: Heat your home using pop cans and plexiglass.
The video above displays a commercial manufacturer of this technique, but you can easily do it yourself. “Take 240 empty pop or beer cans and paint ‘em black. Heat Method #2: The Handheld Heater/Air Conditioner Using what’s called a Peltier plate, an object that gets extremely cold on one side, while extremely hot on the other, you can build your own, personal heating/cooling device. Heat Method #3: Heating an Electric Vehicle Take that old toaster that won’t stay down, hack it, and run your new DIY heater on 12v from the car. Holiday DIY Projects [continued]
Hello hello. i am back with more cute DIYs for Holiday gift giving! If you missed project one you can see it right here. 2. Laptop Sleeve and Sash [a gift for guys] by Katie supplies needed: cotton fabric [i had one print and a coordinating solid], felt, double sided fusible interfacing, elastic, measuring tape, straight edge, scissors/rotary cutter, pins, pen, paper, sewing machine, thread. 1.
Measure your laptop's length, width, and depth and write down on your paper. (thanks so much katie! 3. You can purchase little pine trees at your local florist or grocery store, for a very reasonable price. Other ideas for decorating your mini tree: - paper cut snowflakes - ribbon garland - hand cut felt shapes - peppermints - baked sculpey figures - the possibilities are endless! I hope everyone has a fabulous Christmas season... and Happy Hollydays!
XOXO holly 4. Vintage owls made of wood or porcelain are easy to find at local thrift shops, flea markets or on Etsy. 5. [for full instructions look here.] How To Make a Lace Patterned Coffee Table. Recently Kinsey had a super cute idea for a DIY coffee table that we could use in the dressing room area of our boutique! I loved it so much that I asked her to share her cute idea here. Here's how she made this pretty piece. How To Make a Lace Patterned Coffee Table/ 1-2. Supplies Needed: A coffee table in imperfect condition. Ours is faux wood (plastic!) And had several scratches and dents. I love the perfectly imperfect texture that this technique created! Thanks for taking a peek! Make an Alien Abduction Lamp. This is an entry in the Living With Lindsay Five Dollar Challenge! The challenge was to make a home decor item for $5 or less. My project is inspired by Lasse Klein's conceptual Alien Abduction Lamp.
The lamps are still being developed and are not available for sale yet.* (update 2010: oh yes, the lamp is now available). I thought it would be fun to make one for my own personal use out of materials I found at the dollar store. When I was shopping for materials, I couldn't find any toy cows (a cow has to be the one being messed with by the aliens, right?) That had a cow in it at Target's dollar spot, so I had to get it to make the lamp perfect! Project Materials: Large-lipped bowl, $1Smaller bowl, $.25 (mine was marked down)Acrylic drinking glass, $1Touch light, $1Package of farm animals, $13 Aliens I happened to find in the coin-op machines on the way out, $.75 Total cost: $5 You will also need, from on hand: To make: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Here's the lamp in the daytime. Threads, threads, lots of threads - about crochet. Simple Drawstring Coin Purse. I hope you didn't mind the wait and are not disappointed - but I finally got my act together. So, here's a new tutorial for a very easy to assemble drawstring coin purse. As a matter of fact this is so easy it would make a nice little craft for kids too.
Just have them use felt instead of leather, or why not oil cloth. I made a whole set of these in no time with just some leather scraps and left over fabric, because what I did is line them using some Vliesofix (I'm not paid by Vliesofix, in case you're wondering, I just like to use it). For the drawstring you can use basically anything you have: biais tape, ribbon, waxed cotton shoe laces, leather shoe laces, hemp string, ... The nice thing about these coin purses is that you can make them in any size, really. Here's what you'll need: Steps 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Please note, this tutorial is intended for personal use only. Copper Sulfate Crystals - How to Grow Blue Copper Sulfate Crystals. Copper sulfate crystals are among the easiest and most beautiful crystals that you can grow. The brilliant blue crystals can be grown relatively quickly and can become quite large. Here's how you can grow copper sulfate crystals yourself. Copper Sulfate Crystal Materials copper sulfate (compare prices) water jar Make a Saturated Copper Sulfate Solution Stir copper sulfate into very hot water until no more will dissolve.
You can just pour the solution into a jar and wait a few days for crystals to grow, but if you grow a seed crystal, you can get much larger and better-shaped crystals. Grow a Seed Crystal Pour a little of the saturated copper sulfate solution into a saucer or shallow dish. Growing a Large Crystal Suspend the seed crystal in a clean jar that you have filled with the solution you made earlier. Tips & Safety.