Projects

DIY projects you can build yourself, featuring detailed instructions accessible for a wide range of skills and abilities.

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brown egg on blue background
DIY

How to make an egg bounce

By Laura Baisas

emergency backpack with supplies
DIY

Prepping isn’t just for preppers anymore—it’s time to get a go-bag

By Athena Aktipis

a car body in a repair shop
Technology

Inside the company ripping apart classic Porsche 911s to restore them with impeccable detail

By Kristin Shaw

two photos: on the left a cat shelter made from campaign signs. on the right: a tabby cat in grass
DIY

How to upcycle campaign signs into cat shelters

By Debbie Wolfe

three photos: a rat holding orange string, a woman with a robot rat on her head and a robot rat with wires coming out of it
Technology

Meet the engineer who crafted a genius animatronic ‘Ratatouille’ Halloween costume

By Eric Alt

a grey squirrel climbs out of a jack-o-lantern
DIY

How to squirrel-proof your pumpkins

By Debbie Wolfe

Monarch butterfly feeding on purple aster flower in summer floral background.
DIY

How to plant a garden butterflies will love

By Debbie Wolfe

herbs growing in kitchen
DIY

How to start growing herbs in your kitchen

By Debbie Wolfe

an SUV with a pop tent on top and a ladder in front of a mountain lake
Technology

Going off-roading in a DIY’ed Porsche Taycan (yes, a Porsche)

By Kristin Shaw

Closeup of broken eyeglasses with damaged colored lens surrounded by different lenses on table in optical shop. Replacement of glasses lens. Glasses service and repair concept
DIY

Don’t throw away your old sunglasses

By Debbie Wolfe

a red hovercraft vehicle sits on the mud with two occupants in the cabin
DIY

Teacher spends 1800 hours building the hovercraft of his childhood dreams

By Keith Wagstaff

a brick pathway through a lawn with clover
DIY

Should you plant a clover lawn? The pros and cons. 

By Debbie Wolfe

tv antenna on the roof of a house
DIY

How to connect an antenna to a TV: Watch movies, shows, and sports for free

By Nicholas Ware

two photos of little libraries. one is shaped like a cactus, the other is a simple blue box with glass windows
DIY

How to set up a Little Free Library

By Justin Pot

a pot of venus fly trap plants on a table
DIY

How to care for a Venus fly trap

By Debbie Wolfe

banana peel, orange peel, eggshells, coffee grounds on a wood countertop
DIY

6 kitchen scraps to throw in your garden

By Debbie Wolfe

orange bucket filled with leaves. a hose rests on the edge of the bucket with water coming out
DIY

How to build a mosquito kill bucket

By Debbie Wolfe

coffee can camera obscura
DIY

How to make a coffee can camera—in 1961 and today

By Bill Gourgey

an ipad propped up on a table displaying a photo of a black and white cat
DIY

Turn your old iPad into a digital picture frame

By Justin Pot

Bias lighting
DIY

A cheap set of LEDs is the best way to upgrade your fancy new TV

By Stan Horaczek