After watching “Ron’s Gone Wrong” with my kids, they idea came to try and build something like this.

For years now, our friends up the street have been gifting my wife bottle of wine each Christmas, except in the wine bag, its a Nutcracker. They creep her out, and revenge has been coming for a while now. So we designed the ugliest nutcracker we could, and made it 6ft tall.

I wanted to make this for last Christmas, but I knew I wouldn’t have enough time to make it. This year I planned ahead & now we have this great LED Christmas Tree Advent Calendar.

Today we spend an hour making a simple clock, using an Arduino Nano, and a few cheap & simple components.

A spooky monster-in-a-box self opening prop for Halloween, complete with mist for an extra-spooky effect!

Over two and a half years ago, like many people, we suddenly had to work from home. And I know I’m not the only one who sat their laptop on an Amazon box for the ergonomics. I finally ditched the cardboard box and made a stand out of scraps.

I had seen this done a few times online, so I thought I would try my hand at it. It may be one of my easiest builds yet and definitely the quickest, yet it looks great on my desk.

A quick & simple build to make your own battery powered Batman light.

Spending a lot more time around the home, and now outside in the summer months, I wanted a quick and easy way to get a quick class of water. And have a fun project to make at the same time.

After some sweet Pac-Man gifts to make my arcade look more snazzy, I got the idea to make an LED wall mounted frame which held