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Laser-Carved Pumpkin Produces Impressive Results, Terrible Smells

In a stroke of pure genius, Jack Chalkley decided the intricate pattern he’d chosen for his pumpkin was too complicated for his limited carving skills. So he converted his design into vector art in Illustrator, fed the results into his laser-cutting machine, and plunked his pumpkin down on the cutting bed.


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Rooftop Zombie Slingshot Will Save You During An Undead Siege

Halloween’s as good a time as any to solidify your zombie protocol. And there’s no more time-honoured zombie trope than thinning a crush of zombies around a building from a rooftop. But a regular slingshot doesn’t have quite the stopping power required. The answer? A giant zombie-obliterating rooftop slingshot.


October 28, 2011
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How To Build Your Very Own Flamethrower Jack-O’-Lantern

This time of year, there’s no shortage of insane and awesome Jack-O’-Lanterns this time of year, but this is the first we’ve seen that shoots fire out of its mouth via a remote-controlled flame thrower. Instructables user randofo has a guide on how to make your own.


October 26, 2011
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Working DSLR Costume Will Easily Win Every Contest

It’s about that time of year when those who care about Halloween are finishing up their costumes and showing off photos of their creations online. Tyler Card’s Nikon DSLR costume is particularly amazing, and meta, since he can actually use it to take photos of itself.


October 25, 2011
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World’s Largest Pumpkin Carving Is Also The Most Impressive

When you carve your Jack-o-lantern this Halloween, try and keep it simple. Because no matter how good you are at carving, shaving and hollowing, you won’t be able to match this epically designed pumpkin carving. Demons, ghouls, zombies, guts — all artistically sculpted from this 825kg pumpkin.


October 19, 2011
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If You Love Pixar, Please Dress Up Like This Human Luxo Jr Lamp

I love Pixar. You love Pixar. Everyone who bleeds blood, inhales oxygen and has a soul loves Pixar. We all need to prove it and wear this Luxo Jr Lamp for Halloween this year. It’s just like the logo. This is so awesome.


Gadgets

A Drill Bit For Power-Cleaning Pumpkins

Not sure why, but the thought of gooping out all the slimy mess from inside a pumpkin makes me a bit queasy. This Halloween, I’m going to keep my hands clean and give this power-drill-propelled Pumpkin Gutter a shot.


August 8, 2011
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Make Realistic Corpses In 30 Mins Without Killing Someone

Let’s go “corpsing,” shall we? You know, corpsing? As in let’s create a prop corpse for movie, Halloween or maybe even for nefarious pranking purposes? Usually this is expensive, but Propnomicon shows us how to make one on the cheap.


November 4, 2010

Is This A Be-Halloweened Man Or A Banksy Stencil?

We may be five days post-Halloween, but in my opinion costumes are good all-year ’round. Especially when they’re as effective as George Schnakenberg’s Banksy “flower thrower” stencil get-up. Bravo! [Craft via Boing Boing]


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Another Halloween, Another Dude In Breathalyser Costume Arrested

It’s like a tradition. Last year’s idiot was 18-year-old James Miller. This year’s idiot: 19-year-old Nebraskan Matthew Nieveen, who was arrested on Halloween for driving with a BAC twice the legal limit. While wearing a breathalyser costume.