Wand Making
At the beginning of the Covid pandemic, we wanted to create magic for ourselves and our friends and hone our ...
Carved Wooden Seals
These are old carvings that we forgot to post. We were inspired by the Chinese wax seals and wanted to ...
Carved Wooden Seals
As presents for our teachers last year, we decided to make a series of wooden seals. We chose cats because ...
Wooden Pony Carving
Our pony carving was inspired by Pinkie Pie from My Little Pony. We love Pinkie Pie's bright outlook and humor! ...
Wooden Deer Sculpture
This is our wooden deer sculpture, made as a Christmas present. We only used wood from our yard to make ...
Making a Toy Bunny
It was the end of the school year and we want to make a toy for one of our teachers ...
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 ...
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 ...
Wooden Toy – Alligator
We decided to make a special present for our teachers at school. One of the teachers really loved alligators, so ...
Steampunk Contraption Model Beta
The Hip Monsters team decided to make something that interests people when they walk into the room. Inspired by Girl ...
Potion Cabinet
With all the potion-making we have been doing recently, we found that we needed a place to put our potion ...
Ladder Bookcase
This project is about how to build a ladder bookcase. This bookcase has less room because its sides slope in ...
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 ...
DIY Pump Drill
The Hip Monster's sister team has created a DIY pump drill. Pump drills are ancient tools used by many cultures ...
Wand: Flame Tamer
Every wand we craft has unique mythos and a special spell. This wand is called the Flame Tamer. Mythos Flame ...
Wand: Scarlet Sunset
Every wand we craft has unique mythos and a special spell. This wand is called the Scarlet Sunset. Mythos Scarlet ...
Wand: Night View
Every wand we craft has unique mythos and a special spell. This wand is called the Night View. Mythos The ...
DIY Ukulele
Inspired by our trips to Hawaii, the sisters team decided to make their own working DIY ukulele. We ended up ...
Puzzle Box: Dovetail
This puzzle box was inspired by Roy Underhill's Woodwright Shop. Based on an early American grease pot design it is ...
Shape Shifting Toy Robots
When the sisters team discovered Transformer comics (Go WindBlade!) they wanted a whole city of Transformers to play with. While ...
Wooden Monster: Allie
The HipMonsters team does not like trees going to waste, so whenever we stumble upon a piece of wood too ...
Staff – Twisting Wave
When we go hiking, we sometimes pick up some good pieces of wood to make into staffs or other creations ...
Wand: Crimson Lava
Every wand we craft has unique mythos and a special spell. This wand is called the Crimson Lava. Mythos The ...