Woodworking

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 toy cat and deer

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 ...
Wooden Puzzle box

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 ...
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 ...

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

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 ...
wooden wand with a had

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, kid-made

Wooden Monster: Allie

The HipMonsters team does not like trees going to waste, so whenever we stumble upon a piece of wood too ...
wooden staff

Staff – Twisting Wave

When we go hiking, we sometimes pick up some good pieces of wood to make into staffs or other creations ...
Wooden Wand

Wand: Crimson Lava

Every wand we craft has unique mythos and a special spell. This wand is called the Crimson Lava. Mythos The ...