Halloween

DIY mandrake root

Making Mandrake Roots

Inspired by the character Professor Sprout (from Harry Potter) and this wonderful article, we set out to make our mandrake ...

The Making of the Hand of Glory

Inspired by Harry Potter, we made our own Hand of Glory out of Foam-Mo and paint for Halloween. Please note, ...
George the Mummy and HipMonsters.com project

The Making of George the Mummy

We wanted to give people a scare on Halloween and was inspired by a visit to Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum so ...

The Making of Number Three

The Making of Number 3 We saw the need for a new robot for halloween, so we made one. This ...

Monster: Lin the Dragon

Born from one of our favorite bushes and a failed costume, Lin the dragon was our most complex monster at ...

Monster: Hummingbird

The hummingbird monster was made from a branch too weak to be used for other projects. We decided to make ...

Monster: Anteater

We call this monster the Anteater.  The Anteater monster was a wonderful branch that was too split to make a ...
Wooden monster, kid-made

Monster: Allie

The Hip Monsters team does not like trees going to waste so whenever we stumble upon a piece of wood ...