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Cosplay Tail
Please note, this material is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guide on how to create the ...
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Making of Number Six and Number Seven
After finishing Number three, we wanted to make smaller and lighter walking robots. Leveraging what we had learned from building ...
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Making Mandrake Roots
Inspired by the character Professor Sprout (from Harry Potter) and this wonderful article, we set out to make our mandrake ...
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Upgrades to Number 3
Since we discovered how to make Number 5 move, we decided to upgrade Number 3. We tried to preserve as ...
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Color Splash Collection, Summer 2023
The Summer 2023 release of the Color Splash Collection is in! Made from wood and painted in acrylic paint, each ...
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Herbal Potions
One of the small projects that we do is make herbal potions, tiny jars or pouches full of crushed up ...
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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, ...
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Wooden Deer Sculpture
This is our wooden deer sculpture, made as a Christmas present. We only used wood from our yard to make ...
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Making a Toy Bunny
It was the end of the school year and we want to make a toy for one of our teachers ...
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The Making of Number Five
Inspired by the Boston Dynamics robot videos, steampunk art, and Girl Genius, the HipMonster team set out to make their ...
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Steampunk Jewelry
Where technology and beauty meet, our steampunk jewelry embraces the genius within! This collection of steampunk jewelry is fit for ...
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Puzzle Box: Push My Button
After building a number of dovetail puzzle boxes the HipMonsters sister team set out to make their own unique design ...
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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 ...
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Wooden Toy – Alligator
We decided to make a special present for our teachers at school. One of the teachers really loved alligators, so ...
![DIY Steampunk contraption](https://www.hipmonsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_4262-300x297.jpg)
Steampunk Contraption Model Beta
The Hip Monsters team decided to make something that interests people when they walk into the room. Inspired by Girl ...
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Potion Cabinet
With all the potion-making we have been doing recently, we found that we needed a place to put our potion ...
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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 ...
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Ladder Bookcase
How to Make a Ladder Bookcase This project is about how to build a ladder-like bookcase. This bookcase has less ...
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Monster: Lin the Dragon
Born from one of our favorite bushes and a failed costume, Lin the dragon was our most complex monster at ...
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Monster: Hummingbird
The hummingbird monster was made from a branch too weak to be used for other projects. We decided to make ...
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Monster: Anteater
We call this monster the Anteater. The Anteater monster was a wonderful branch that was too split to make a ...
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DIY Pump Drill
The Hip Monster's sister team has created a DIY pump drill. Pump drills are ancient tools used by many cultures ...
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Sun-Moon-Earth Orrery
Getting started Need to track the moon phases for that perfect time to cast a spell? Worried about when you ...
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DIY Ukulele
Inspired by our trips to Hawaii, the sisters team decided to make their own working ukulele. We ended up making ...
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Color Splash Collection
Embracing color and elegance our necklaces will bring joy to those who wear them. Our collection of Color Splash necklaces ...
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Puzzle Box: Dovetail
This puzzle box was inspired by Roy Underhill's Woodwright Shop. Based on an early American grease pot design it is ...
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Shape Shifting Toy Robots
When the sisters team discovered Transformer comics (Go WindBlade!) they wanted a whole city of Transformers to play with. While ...
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Monster: Allie
The Hip Monsters team does not like trees going to waste so whenever we stumble upon a piece of wood ...