How to make a gigantic paper mache firefighter helmet with just a few common materials lying around the house. Great for 4th of July parades!
Huge Paper Mache Firefighter Helmet
Epic Fort 2017
The Epic Fort 2017 theme was dark and light! First, the video: Photo Overview: Fort Description (and more pics)… Read More
Zombie Nutcracker
I love the Nightmare Before Christmas, mainly because of the concept of making cute Christmas toys evil. I made the bloody… Read More
Carnivorous Plant DIY Craft
I’m a big fan of Little Shop of Horrors, and was inspired to make some sort of man eating plant… Read More
Epic Fort 2016
Another year, another fort—and as always, bigger and better than the last year!
Nightmare Before Christmas Duck : Craft Tutorial
Time for another Halloween craft! I wanted to try and create some of the Nightmare Before Christmas toys, starting with my favorite one: the scary toy duck.
Paper Mache Octopus : Craft Tutorial
As a notorious Halloween craft junkie, I’m always looking for new things to make to decorate my house with, come October. For some reason I decided that an octopus craft was in order—a creepy, albino, paper mache octopus, to be exact.
Epic Fort 2015
Another year, another fort! This time we themed it “Arabian Nights”. First, the video! Epic Fort 2015 from Fort Builders… Read More
DIY Deer Antlers (How to make Deer Antlers)
For whatever reason, Chris and I decide to fill a giant blank wall in our house in Florence with a vegan-friendly set of paper mache deer antlers. And then I made a tutorial about it, just for kicks.
DIY Gnome : Tutorial
After a semi-failed attempt at making the toy duck from The Nightmare Before Christmas, I ended up with a ton of spare clay. Time for some Christmas crafts — a christmas gnome!
Ikea Hack: Upcycled Dining Table from Bed Frame
In September this year we moved to Florence (Italy) for a 6 month “sabbatical”. We spent the first week sweltering, temporarily… Read More
Wedding succulent centerpieces
Donna asked me to create the succulent centerpieces for her wedding, and it was like she had given me the best gift… Read More
Murder Mystery Dinner : The Watersdown Affair
Yet again, my friends are forced to meet up for dinner to solve a murder committed amongst us. Perhaps I should start looking at getting new friends…
Backyard Concert with Lisa Haagen and Lakin
We really enjoyed having Lisa Haagen and Lakin come and perform in our yard as the first stop of their… Read More
Epic Fort 2014
It’s our 4th year of forting fun—I can’t believe it! This year, we decided to go with a more artsy vibe and came up with the idea of an Avatar theme (the fluorescent planet Pandora).
Dr Seuss Craft DIY
Inspired by the work of Dr. Seuss and his fun whimsical taxidermied fake animals, I decided to create a bird-creature… Read More
80s Prom Party
For the third year, we decided to head to Drink Eat Play’s 80s Prom Party in Hollywood, and really go… Read More
Paper Mache Dinosaur Mask (T-rex costume DIY)
It’s time for a paper mache dinosaur mask DIY! I absolutely love paper mache (or papier mache, however you want to spell… Read More
My Zombie Costume
I posted earlier this month about my Zombie Teddy DIY, so I thought it best to add some photos of… Read More
Zombie Teddy – DIY
A tutorial on how to make a Terror Teddy from a regular cute old teddy bear. Be warned: there is slicing, dicing, and lots of gore.
Murder Mystery dinner
On July 6th, 1942 in a murder mystery dinner extravaganza, 10 friends gathered to wine, dine, and determine the murderer… Read More
Epic Fort 2013
Another year—and our third annual fort building event! This was a MUCH bigger fort than ever before, and took us… Read More
Tom’s Carrots
Tom expressed some interest in growing carrots, and we all jumped at this rare glimmer of enthusiasm for veggie gardening…. Read More
Hunger Games Treasure Hunt
An awesome treasure hunt that slowly (and to the hunter’s surprise) devolved into a bloodthirsty Hunger Games style fight to the death.
Snail racing game
I used to think snails were disgusting. And I used to hate them, for helping destroy my veggie gardens. However,… Read More