Huge Paper Mache Firefighter Helmet

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!

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Epic Fort 2017

The Epic Fort 2017 theme was dark and light! First, the video: Photo Overview:   Fort Description (and more pics) …

Zombie Nutcracker

Zombie Nutcracker Tutorial (Craft DIY)

I love the Nightmare Before Christmas, mainly because of the concept of making cute Christmas toys evil. I made the bloody …

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Carnivorous Plant DIY Craft

Carnivorous Plant Craft Tutorial

I’m a big fan of Little Shop of Horrors, and was inspired to make some sort of man eating plant …

Epic Fort 2016

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Another year, another fort—and as always, bigger and better than the last year!

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Paper Mache Octopus : Craft Tutorial

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

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Another year, another fort! This time we themed it “Arabian Nights”. First, the video! Epic Fort 2015 from Fort Builders …

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DIY Deer Antlers (How to make Deer Antlers)

DIY 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.

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DIY Gnome : Tutorial

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!

Wedding succulent centerpieces

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Donna asked me to create the succulent centerpieces for her wedding, and it was like she had given me the best gift …

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Epic Fort 2014

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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).

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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 …

80s Prom Party

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For the third year, we decided to head to Drink Eat Play’s 80s Prom Party in Hollywood, and really go …

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My Zombie Costume

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I posted earlier this month about my Zombie Teddy DIY, so I thought it best to add some photos of …

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Zombie Teddy – DIY

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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

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On July 6th, 1942 in a murder mystery dinner extravaganza, 10 friends gathered to wine, dine, and determine the murderer …

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Epic Fort 2013

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Another year—and our third annual fort building event!  This was a MUCH bigger fort than ever before, and took us …

Tom’s Carrots

Tom expressed some interest in growing carrots, and we all jumped at this rare glimmer of enthusiasm for veggie gardening. …

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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, …