These pipe cleaner spiders were just the thing to do on a recent rainy day. They just require a few pipe cleaners cut up for the legs and some self adhesive eyes and were played with for a good few hours afterwards.
Category: cool stuff
Giant Crisps
This is the world’s biggest bag of crisps. Weighing one tonne it has been created by Corkers Crisps. The giant bag contains 6,666 individual bag of crisps which were all fried in batch, a condition to qualify for the record.
Builder Creates Miniature Village in his Garden
This is interesting it’s a miniature village created by a retired builder in his garden. The village includes a church, mill, pubs and cottages and even has a mini Big Ben.
Celtic Logboat Recreated
This is interesting it’s a Celtic logboat which has recently been created by the National Trust. The boat was carved from a fallen oak tree much as it would have been when they were made 2,300 years ago. The 15ft boat floats and is able to carry people. It took 200 people 3 weeks to…
Flying Cars by 2015
I was promised many things on programmes such as Tomorrows World when I was younger, one thing I have been on the look out for is a flying car. This model is due to go on sale in 2015, although it looks more like a plane it has been billed as a flying car. Costing…
Homemade Iron Man Costume
This is impressive it’s a guy who has made his own Iron Man costume out of Eva foam. It really does look good and has received a great deal of interest from people who would like one made for them.
Ultimate Cat Home
If you want to make the kitty in your life happy then this cat friendly home might be for you. It features cat friendly features in every room including a litter tray in the bathroom, elevated walkways and cat tunnels. I can see how some of the features would be attractive to my cats. The…
Light Up BedSpread
This is an interesting idea it’s a light up bedspread. The material uses fibre optics to create the light up effect and is powered by pack powered LEDs which light the fabric up. Costing £320 it is powered by a low voltage electrical adaptor or batteries and the makers say it has no risk of…
World’s Longest Trampoline
This is unusual it’s the world’s longest trampoline. Created for a Russian art exhibition the 170ft long trampoline was built in the middle of a forest. The same length as 13 double decker buses it is made from reinforced rubber and visitors can bounce along the full length of the exhibition.
Art From Drinks Cans
This is interesting it’s an artist that makes figures from drinks cans. He prefers to create characters from films and comic books such as this robot and these Toy Story figures. The artist Macaon selects the empty cans for their colour and then cuts them up to piece together his creations.