I used to grow up watching Flintstones (while I didn’t know English back then) and although I didn’t understand a damn word, I did enjoy it thoroughly.

Here’s how to hack a toddler’s Flintstones Car for your young children.

I have a 20 month old grandaughter and a 14 month old grandson who are dressing up as Pebbles and Bambam for Halloween. I decided they needed a Flintstone Car to complete the look. This is how I made it…

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Yey, it’s that favorite wacky American holiday coming up, Halloween and here’s how to make your own Pop-up Coffin Halloween Prop using some PVC pipes with some creativity.

With a home haunt, we have found that the best non-commercial cylinder to be found on the market today is the screen door closers. They contain a spring that will return them to the original closed position when the air is off and have an amazing strength. Since they are designed for pneumatic operation, we find them to be the easiest to convert and operate while their price falls within the constraints of our budget. Please remember that if you use this design, you will be doing so at your own risk and we are not held liable for any damage or injury that might result from this. With that ‘blurb’ out of the way, let’s get on with it!!!

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For those of you getting ready for the Halloween party, you will benefit from “watching” how to make jello shots right here on Zedomax.com

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Skeleton Disco Ball!

Skeleton Disco Ball might not work as well as your conventional symmetrical disco ball but does have its merits as it does look kinda like it belongs in a horror house, not a club.

For the best in-home rave Halloween party next month, we suggest to give the Skeleton Disco Ball a try and tell us how many chics you pick up.  (guys for girls)

Death to disco! The perfect light effect for your Halloween party. This skull shaped disco ball spins from its own motor, so set up and use is simple. Mirrored mosaic glass tiles cover the 8 inch skull, and it also has red light up LED eyes for an added scare. Motor requires 1 D battery and 3 AA batteries, not included.

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It’s getting close to that time of the year, that’s right, Halloween!

For the most awesome special effects, you might want to consider getting this Smoke Turret, which blows off most Mist Systems out there.

For what it’s worth, the Smoke Turret will out-do any other masking materials, just make sure order this one ahead of the time as it takes 3 to 5 weeks for delivery.

Fire off a fog frenzy at your Halloween event or party. The gun turret has a 180 degree movable tripod, and 6 barrels that shoot smoke an impressive 15 feet! The gun sights strobe to complete the effect. Approximately 5 feet tall, 7 feet long. Includes turret, tripod, strobe light concealed in gun sight, and fog system. Requires 90psi air compressor, not included. PLEASE NOTE: This item is a Special Order and may take 3 to 5 weeks for delivery. Call us for availability if you need this sooner.

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Halloween is not too far around the corner and here’s an RC Zombie Toy that you can play with.  Although it costs like $2,600, it’s a really well made zombie that will scare you and your family members no matter how bad your day was.

There’s a special, long wait to get this thing so order at least 6 weeks ahead of Halloween.

Remote controlled zombie is powered by (2) 12-volt batteries and runs on (4) DC motors. It groans, screams, & talks with numerous sounds via digital sound and onboard amp & speaker. Includes battery charger. Approx. 48″ long x 24″ wide x 30″ high. PLEASE NOTE: This item is a Special Order and may take 4 to 8 weeks for delivery. Please call us for availability if you need this item sooner.

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Yuck, here’s how to make the Jigsaw Killers Headtrap from the Saw movie….

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Check out this awesome LED Hat you can make for Halloween! There’s some construction notes that you can refer to build one yourself.

I think this was originally because I was planning to go to the Burning Man festival, in which being covered with lights is a practical way of keeping track of your friends. But the idea was a bit beyond my expertise for a long time, and it took about two years before I found someone who said they would help me with the electronics side and I decided it was worth the risk of buying the kit to try.

I started work six weeks before Glade 2006, i.e. about June. I also optimistically hoped to finish something basic in time, but it took until about February 2007 before I had something which was self-contained and wearable. Obviously not all of this time was spent soldering LEDs, but soldering and testing those and about 400 wires was the biggest job.

Then progress stalled for a while, since I was a bit sick of LEDs at that point, but if I wanted to take it to Glade 2007 I needed to finish it off: some decent patterns and a button to switch between them, which I managed about 4 hours before having to get up again to catch the train there. And it was a success! Despite ridiculously heavy rain leading to a big mud bath at the festival, the hat did it’s job without breaking and the most common response was, “Wow, cool hat! Where did you buy it?”

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Ohh… check out thse cool ORANGE CFLs for Halloween!

Energy inefficiency may spook your party guests, but you can still cast a frightful glow with orange and black mini compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). A pack of two 13W bulbs, with one of each color, costs around $9. ::Builders’ Square

Or, as one of our readers eruditely points out, you can just throw an orange shade over your existing bulb.

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