Creation Station: La Quinta's MakerSpace

PLA RECYCLING: Coaster! A transcript William : "Hello Makers! For today's Makercraft Live! project I made a simple coaster out of slumped PLA scrap! Unfortunately, today's project may not be one you can do at home unless you own a 3d printer and print a lot!  To follow along at home, you will need:  -PLA filament or scraps- Make sure all of your plastic is PLA -An oven you have no intention of eating out of. I bought this one just for hobbies -A pair of scissors to cut plastics to size -Protection: Oven Mitts and a ventilator Wither the scraps come from failed 3d prints or adhesion and supports which help successful ones, if you 3d print for very long you'll find yourself with lots of this scrap material laying around. We will begin by using scissors to cut our material down to size. Cut down to whatever size and shape you want to show up in your final product. Once we have them cut to size, we can begin to put them in our oven safe containers....

By Michele McNeilly Thank you to everyone that watched the MakerCraft LIVE! video on making your own Infinity Fidget cube.  Supplies :  - (8) cubes (wood, plastic, etc.)       * 3/4 Inch cubes were used in the video  - Duct Tape       * Fun tape can make cube more colorful  - Scissors  - Infinity Cube Story Template Page (Optional)  - Glue or double-sided Tape (Optional for adhering story template) Directions : 1. Place your cubes in a set of two rows of (4) cubes right next to each other.  Using four pieces of duct tape, tape the cubes into four groups of (2) cubes. (2) Top-Left, (2) Top-Right, (2) Bottom Left, (2) Bottom Right 2. Turn the entire set on it's side and use one piece of duct tape to connect to middle (2) cubes together.  Repeat on other side. 3. Lay your set of cube so that the first step is laying face down on the surface.  Use two pieces of duct tape to connect...

By Michele McNeilly From cosplayers, to movie studio prop departments, to hobbyists, special effect painting can take an everyday ordinary object or craft into something extraordinary. You could make something brand new from scratch and with some simple painting tricks make it looks hundreds or thousands of years old. So how can you achieve this technique? Primer The first step is to prime your object.  A good primer will ensure that all your work has a better adhesion for your project's paint to stick to.  It will also reduce the layers of paint you need to apply for your primary or main colors.  If you choose not to prime, it will take more coats of the primary/main colors and the paint might chip or peal during the process. By priming, you will save some time and paint. Here are some primers that are recommended for 3D Printed items or to repaint objects. Automotive Primer has special filler properties that can minimize or eliminate layer lines which...

Hey makers! If you haven't seen our second Maker Craft Live, you can check it out now at  this link . In it, our technician Ronni shows you how to sew your very own protective face mask! This mask isn't 100% protection against viruses and disease, but it is a good tool to help limit the particles you breathe in, and also limit face touching. As long as you have a sewing machine and some scrap fabric at home, it can be very easy to make! For this project, you'll need: A sewing machine, or needle and thread  Fabric (preferably non-stretch tightly-woven cotton, and flannel. You'll need at least two layers, but if you're using a looser-weave fabric, three or more is preferred. Just make sure you can breathe through it all!) A 4-inch posable wire (pipe cleaner, floral wire, jewelry wire, or armature wire all work) Elastic or ribbon (elastic will fit more tightly and not slip off - ribbon will sanitize better in the laundry) The pattern piece for this proje...

Our finished calendar, from a few months ago, along with the supplies for our new calendar Hey makers! We held our very first Facebook live yesterday, and gave a tutorial on how to make a a dry erase calendar with paint chips. For everyone who missed it, you can watch the whole video (it's a little less than 30 minutes) here:  Paint Chip Dry Erase Calendar . But we wanted to give a written version of the instructions as well! For this project, you'll need A 16x20 inch poster frame 35 paint chips (larger, single-color paint chips are preferred) A marking pencil A long straight-edge ruler (or any ruler, plus one long straight edge) Glue or double-sided tape (we used double-sided crafting tape) The first thing you'll want to do is cut each paint chip into 2-inch squares. This part takes the longest to do, so don't get discouraged! When you're done, you should be able to lay them out in a 5 x 7 grid. You can decide now which order you want the colors...