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Stuff like this floats around my house all the time.

I’ll be cleaning out the cat box and see a corner of lime-green paper behind the washing machine. Voila, I learn how to make my own Smoke Bomb. (I keep waiting to find secret love notes to girls, but so far none of those have appeared.)

In case you can’t read it on the photos, I’ll transcribe these two gems for you. Btw, be sure to note the safety directions on the Battery Bomb. (???!!)

Battery Bomb

take a Battery and a clothespin and you clip the clothepin to the Battery then throe it doun. (do only on Grass)

Smoke Bomb

Get a sheet of Paper and scrible chalk on it and Ball it up. Once you step on it it egnites.

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Maker Faire NC is Coming!

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Maker Faire is an annual event organized by the people who bring us MAKE Magazine.  Maker Faire:NC is a fully sanctioned event but is being planned and coordinated by Raleigh/Durham locals. It brings together Makers, Crafters, Inventors, Evil Geniuses, Scientists, Artists, and anyone else interested in learning from NC, SC, VA, DC, and beyond. Maker [...]

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Water-Powered Boat

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As you can see, the Maker has been at it again. This time he put together a water-powered boat made from paper plates, a cup, a straw, some blue painter’s tape, and a wad of gum (which he borrowed from one of his brothers). When I saw the working demonstration, this craft had already been [...]

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