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How to make an animated toy ballerina that can dance and wiggle to
music. These types of toys were used for years to interest children by
dancing on a wooden shingle or table top. This one was made for a small
child to get excited over by grampa who was baby siting her. You may
need to know how to ...
Ratchet's famed omniwrench, only in Lego! #1 these are the
pieces you will need. #2 put the lightsaber handle on the bottom of
the thingy... ...and put the 2x1s on each side of the thingy.
you're done! and viola! you're finished. it may not look like
the omniwrench to the finest detail...
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Step up and get your own "dynamo hum"...(FZ). All
jokes aside, its a simple dynamo light mounted to a Planet Bike light
bracket. On about 6 cranks I get 20 to 25 minutes of light.
material dynamo light....Harbor Freight, 2 for $8. quick release light
strap...most have a screw to change the mo...
I work as a paintball referee and a chronic problem that I have is my
mask fogging up. I consider this the worst thing to happen on the
paintball field, whether reffing or playing. As a ref, I can't keep
track of players or accurately declare hits. As a player, even if my
marker fails or I run out o...
When one first outfits a boy for scouting one is usually advised that
it might be a good idea to get an extra neckerchief slide, as the boys
always lose them. My original opinion on this was that boys,
scouts in particular, should be able to learn to take care of their
stuff! I still believe this...
This drive is made with salvaged copper and brass plumbing
fixtures. I find items like this at flea markets and thrift
shops. This is made entirely of glass and metal. All the metal
connections are hard soldered with an acetylene torch. I use a bench
grinder, rotaty tool and files to shape the metal...
In this instructable I'll show you you how to make a pair of gloves,
these gloves can be used for just about anything, they can also be used
as glove liners! You'll Need: Spandex (or some other stretchy
material) Paper Marker Scissors Sewing machine (you could hand sew
these but it would take ...
I used a dead laptop, a pizza box, and a cereal box to make my own
abacus, the original computer! Step 1: Materials: Dead Laptop,
pizza box, cereal box, tools Step 2: Disassemble the
laptop Step 3: Remove the keys from keyboard Step 4: Layout
and make front panel for abacus Step 5: Align ke...
Acquire a sweater. I like to hunt at Goodwill, but you may have just
the thing stashed in your closet. The ideal sweater will be a fine
gauge (ie small stitches of lightweight yarn) wool (preferably 100%
merino, 100% cashmere, or 100% alpaca) with sleeves that are joined to
the body of the swea...
This is a cheap and easy warming solution! You can make a heating
pad from a variety of cloth, fill it with rice or oatmeal and add dried
herbs (or in my case, a scented sachet from Jo-Ann Fabrics) for a
fragrant scent. Sewing a few lines to create a tubing effect
allows the contents to stay evenl...
This will tell you how to make a 12v to USB (5v) adapter. The most
obvious use of this is for 12v car adapters but anywhere you have 12v
you can use it! If you need 5v for anything other than USB, simply skip
the steps about adding the USB ports ;) You will need a fuse holder a
2A fast blowing fus...
This instructable will show you how to make a pattern from your favorite
piece of clothing, and then make another one without having to rip all
the seams. This project can easily be completed in a day if you are
well acquainted with your sewing machine. If you are new to sewing, it
will likely tak...
As a custom boot maker, I could not bring myself to wear a hat made of
polyester during the holiday season. After Christmas this last
year, I needed a different hat to keep my ears warm that did not have
the holiday styling. I reworked my "Santa" pattern to
create a new one. I am a great fan of a...
The Fox Hole is a baby sling that can be used for babies 2 months and
up, in three positions. The front carry, hip carry, and back carry. The
Fox Hole sling has a removable hood and faux fur or shearling liner to
keep baby extra warm. Materials Heavy Weight Cotton Fabric and
Faux Fur or She...
My daughter's toddler bed (converted crib) is located bewteen our bed,
and a large window. So I wanted to come up with something that
would keep her protected from any draft from the window, and also serve
as something that was fun and interesting to her to keep her out of our
bed and in her own. Tr...
I have found that i can warm up considerably while inside by having
my feet on a thick foam pad instead of the floor. The foam that i
have had at the foot of my desk all winter was package padding from a
company that sells athletic mats and other exercise equipment. It
is an inch and a half thick!...
There's nothing so nice as an already warm bed on a cold night.
This little guy will warm your sheets for you if you toss him in the
microwave and then into bed a few minutes before you turn in.
These critters make great gifts for kids and are also wonderful for
aches and pains. (These instruct...
Overview: Sew Warm Contest Entry for Instructables.com
Title: Sew a Scout Patch Pancho & Hat / Blanket &
Pillow Introduction: This instructable contains written
and pictorial directions to make a Pancho & Hat / Blanket &
Pillow that I designed to be simple, functional, and create no waste...
This is my mini foam lathe. The motors from and old scanner and
the bed is a piece of wood I had laying around covered with Duct Tape.
Its powered by a 9 volt battery and is held together with hot glue.
Credit goes to nepheron for his idea and help.
In this instructable, I am going to show you how I replaced my dead Palm
Zire 31's battery with one from a nintendo ds lite materials/tools to
do this project, you will need: a torx screwdriver, mine says t6x40mm
on it a soldering iron solder a dintendo ds lite 3.7v 1000mah li-ion
battery or eq...
I have a niece and nephew who I bought a Pac -Man frog and Tarantula.
I decided the tanks were boring, so in my spare time I made
these cages. Well, I had so much fun making them, that I'm on
my 3rd one and getting better at it and will make them even better
ones. I hope you enjoy this and please...
Inspired by the elegant, beautifully realized work
of Shigeru Ban (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Ban), I put this table
together out of cardboard tubes and corrugated plastic. The frame
is triangulated out of the tubes that come at the center of rolls of
paper for architectural plotters. Each...
We work with a group of several women who have been working on using our
craft skills to benefit local, and sometimes international, charity
organizations. We call ourselves “The Crafting for Charity
Club” and one of our major events each year is to set up a
“Quilt-In”. By the way, we’re trying to w...
have you ever been hiking and came to the perfect fishing spot and
you don't have your fishing kit? This will help you. there are so
many pocket fishing kits out there. this kit has almost no parts
intended for fishing. this makes this extremely customizable to
fit your needs. this kit is much sm...
My first instructable!! I thought it would be pretty cool and a
challenge to make my sister a little light she could keep in her purse.
This little tin only measured in at 2.3"x1.6"x.6".
I wanted to do something a little different and utilize the Led's I had
bought for my car. I also wanted to h...
Printers tend to fail. In my company, we had one that ended up making
us mad with all sorts of failures (see next step), wasting a lot of
paper. So I decided to transform it into something it could be very good
at: a shredder. Printer Failures Non-exhaustive list of possible
printer failures tha...
Hi! this will be my entry for the dead computer contest. In this
instructable I will show you how to make a small hovercraft using parts
from a dead desktop PC! Step 1- Parts & Tools Parts >A 12
volt, 0.14 amp cooling fan Fan pipe thingy (in the picture it is the
bottom black round thing). or...
Im going to show you how to make little pictures on your Facebook
messages, obviously. Example, a shark or penguin. Note: will not work in
inbox must use in chat box in lower right corner. Given to me by Emily
L., Camren J., and calebbrown.id.au (website) If you know anymore let me
know and I will a...
How to make the fast, easy-to-build Stratojagger paper airplane.
The Stratojagger is one of my newest designs. TAA USAF
Designation: F135-1 Start Folding Take the corner and fold it
in. Unfold then fold it in again. Continue Folding Fold the
paper "hot dog"-style Fold The Corners In Fold...
I love to make quilts, especially ones that don't require batting,
hand sewing and finished edges. This instructable will show you how to
make an easy frayed denim quilt that you can size to fit whatever bed,
couch, wall, etc. that you can imagine. It does take some sewing
abilities but can be com...
You know when you have all of that crap in your car, and each needs a
power jack of it's own? Well, even if you don't, I do. While splitters
are available, they have a limited current (whatever the jack can
provide). So if you need to run high-power devices like small-medium
inverters, or things lik...
This cube has four axis, with eight layers to turn. (Sorry about
the picture quality, i didn't realize how bad the pictures were until i
started to make this instructable.) Get the Stuff Get the two cubes,
glue (I used plastic model glue), a knife or some other cutting thing,
and some time. Remo...
Got a LCD flat screen that has gone out for you? Too many
"taps" on the screen to get that web browser moving
"crack" now you have a pretty rainbow. Well inside that
thin wonder of a screen are some pretty neat parts that you can recycle
and make a few practical everyday use products. My son, Bre...
This is Toast, and he's not just a cute cuddly face. Pop him in the
microwave and then between the sheets for a warm start to any cold
night. He'd make a great gift for children and can also be used on aches
and pains. He's also super easy to make!! Materials For
fabrics, Fleece, Flannel, or C...
This is my Knex PPSH-41 (smg) At the moment its not firing very far.
Anyone got any ideas? Should I post?
Hi! I am Jennifer, the author of Whim Wham Craft Blog. I
have been making wool felt slipper socks for my daughter for the last 5
years. She and my niece love them, so I wanted to share with
everyone how I make them. (This tutorial is for personal use
only. I ask that you please do not sell any...
This is my uncompleted knex intervention, which I made like 2 weeks
after the release date of MW2. I didn't finish it simply because I ran
out of pieces. Tell me what you think and hopefully it can inspire
someone else to build an intervention :)
