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Tent DIY – How to Make a Tent from Chairs for Your Kids!

Posted on October 13, 2009 by max

Want to make a cool chair tent for your kids without actually spending money on one?  Here’s a brilliant idea, get a couple chairs, wrap it around with towels, and voila!  You have a chair tent.  Just be careful the the chairs are not too heavy otherwise they may fall on your kids and end up hurting them if they start playing rough. – via bed blog

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Prank DIY – How to Turn Your Office into the Beach!

Posted on April 27, 2009 by max

Here’s an awesome prank DIY on turning your favorite co-worker’s room into a beach!  Well, I don’t need to do this, I usually simply take my tent, netbook, and broadband USB to Ocean Beach but if you have no beaches around where you work, this might just do the job perfect.

It was meant to be a gift to him as much as it was a prank, since Randy’s redecorating was fun at heart, and Randy actually likes the beach very much.

One Monday afternoon and 400 lbs. of sand later, Instructables HQ became equipped with one of th

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Energy Hack – How to Make a Mini Wind Turbine!

Posted on April 26, 2009 by max

If you are seriously thinking about building your own wind turbine from scratch, you might want to consider building this mini wind turbine beforehand and test out your skillz.

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DIY – How to Make a Cheap Light Tent with a Box!

Posted on October 30, 2008 by max

There’s a slew of light tent DIYs out there but this one looks pretty good as it uses a single box and some white paper to make a cheap Light Tent you can use for taking photos for your new online store products.

If you’re like me, you don’t want to spend money if you can do it yourself and yield the same results. One day I was at my local photography store I saw one of these “Pop-Up” light tents. It consisted of a collapsible white fabric box with a hole in the front and 3 lights – used for photographing small objects in photog

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EcoShack is a Portable Summer Shelter!

Posted on July 25, 2008 by max

Check out the EcoShack, a portable summer shelter designed for great air-flow and sustainability.

It’s a change from my regular old tent but it could be great for a permanent shelter for the summer on your backyard.

I must say the setup doesn’t look too pleasing to do but maybe worth it for a summer-long setup.

Designed by Ecoshack founder Stephanie Smith and inspi

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Tent + Hammock = Tentmock!

Posted on June 12, 2008 by max

Well this ain’t a real tent and a real hammock but still, it does plenty of both.

In order to collapse the unit, the four pins must be pulled out so the supporting rods can slide up to the closed position utilizing the four scissor joints, two on each side. Once in this position, the pins can be put back into place for locking. The nylon pieces of the floor, roof, and sides all fold into the unit, eliminating the need to remove them.

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DIY PHOTOGRAPHY – Collapsible Light Tent

Posted on May 5, 2007 by max

Wow, we’ve seen a lot of light boxes and tents for photography floating on the internet before but here’s a “collapsible” light tent that might actually be useful and easy to store simultaneously.

Ever wanted to take pictures of small items around your house and make them look like it was done at a studio? It’s possible with some items around your home and a trip to your local craft store. It’s going to cost you around $15 but its money well spent. If you were to ord

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