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She Cut Open A Glow Stick And Made A Fun Nightlight For Kids NOVEMBER 19, 2015   —  By Jessica Catcher   CRAFTS Glow sticks have a reputation for lighting up everything from tame kids' parties to raucous raves, but this craft cracks their potential wide open -- quite literally. You just need a clear mason jar or bottle, making sure that it's nice and clean, and a little time. You'll also want to be sure to grab a nice variety of colors of glow sticks. The more the better! You can fill a whole shelf with a beautiful galaxy of glowing jars. Be sure to wear gloves while handling the chemicals. Useful DIY Carefully cut into the sticks. Useful DIY And allow the glowing goo to drip into your bottle. Useful DIY Don't let it just drip to the bottom, though. Useful DIY You want to make sure the sides are good and coated. Useful DIY Allow them to sit outside or in an open area to ...

Sometimes those flat monotone wall colors create a boring environment, especially for the home that you spend most of your life in. Surrounding yourself in dull colors is the worst way to to have a productive and energized day, so make that change! Creating a more lively living space is a great refresher for your home, and we have just the way to do it! We know that these detailed paint jobs can get quite expensive, so we've looked high and low for the easiest, cheapest, and most stylish alternatives-- perfect for the next weekend project! Anyway, wallpaper and accent walls are sooo last year-- so check out a few of these DIY painting techniques that will bring a new texture or pattern to your walls. The first couple great ideas we came across are from the Spanish craft site,  Esmi Hobby . This site is full of great home projects (if you can read Spanish), and had some unique ideas on decorating the walls of your home! Our very favorite technique of theirs was the yarn roller...

Finally you can rest your green conscience by building your own wind powered generator. This DIY wind turbine   is easy to build especially since the authors show you how with step-by-step instructions. The wind turbine is unsophisticated in design but efficient as it produces about 84 Watts with 30mph winds. It won’t eliminate your entire electricity bill, but it’ll help you start your journey into the alternative energy movement.  Check out our   DIY Free Energy tutorials and more details below. Most of the parts needed to assemble the make-at-home wind turbine can be salvaged making the total build pretty cheap. The author’s website at  Velacreations.com  guides you through the nitty-gritty of putting the contraption together.  So go ahead, give this windmill a whirl. Reduce your electric bill and your carbon footprint in one go. Parts font size       Print   Email Tagged under   energy ...

updated 22-02-10 This was a very successful project, I used an off the shelf  3 bladed propeller, beautifully balanced and extremely strong, made from glass filled nylon, they are designed as 'pusher' props and can spin at up to an amazing 13 000 rpm when driven by a radio control plane engine. I suspect just 2000 rpm will be my max as a wind generator. I am using this propeller mounted backwards, so the flat side is facing forwards and the true aerofoil is on the back. Having the blades pre made allowed me to focus my attention on matching the alternator to the blades characteristics, having seen Ed Lenz's work over on  Windstuff now  using radial air core alternators, I decided to work along similar lines. The benefit being, no iron in the design therefore no  cogging   effect that would kill a tiny wind turbine (mechanical resistance making it barely start up). I sourced a very powerful N42 Neodymium cylinder magnet  here  that differs...