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Middle School Robotics Presentation
The HipMonster.com's team was invited to do a middle school robotics presentation last month to show kids the fun side ...
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Number Three’s Controller
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Cosplay Tail
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Carved Wooden Seals
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Wood Carvings: Pony
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First Screen Test for RobotFreedom.com
Here is a preview of HipMonsters.com's next project, RobotFreedom.com. No robots were destroyed making this but Number Three had a ...
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Foam-Mo Fun
This is an introduction to one of our favorite making materials, Foam-Mo. Foam-Mo is really great for making models of ...
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DIY Moss Terrarium
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SF Zoo Fundraiser Jewelry
To support the San Francisco Zoo, the HipMonsters' sisters team, and a neighborhood friend decided to sell jewelry to raise ...
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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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Girl Genius Steampunk Webcomic
Girl Genius is a webcomic started in 2002 written by Phil and Kaja Foglio and colored by Cheyenne Wright about ...
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Senecio Stellata (Cineraria) Flowers
Gardening season has started and we want to talk about one of our favorite flowers, Senecio Stellata (Cineraria). When we ...
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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 ...
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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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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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Wand: Flame Tamer
Every wand we craft has unique mythos and a special spell. This wand is called the Flame Tamer. Mythos Flame ...
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Wand: Scarlet Sunset
Every wand we craft has unique mythos and a special spell. This wand is called the Scarlet Sunset. Mythos Scarlet ...
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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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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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Our Apothecary Garden
Severus Snape and Professor Sprout are two of our favorite characters in Harry Potter and their story inspired the sister team ...