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David J. Neff from The Haunted Report Blog will be joining us at MAKE as we celebrate what is perhaps the biggest DIY holiday all year, Halloween! The Haunted Report is the haunted attraction/haunted house industries' top independent blog and they will be highlighting some great DIY Halloween ideas. We'll try and keep it modern and a little scary. No Pepper's Ghosts here ... so let's start with the classics. Tons of people have shown us Fog Chillers online but this one has you make your own liquid cooled copper pipes. Enjoy!
Next up... DIY Halloween issue is now available. DIY Halloween from the editors of MAKE and CRAFT brings you 40-plus DIY projects for the holiday that's made for makers. From the craftiest costumes to amazing animated props and the latest in computer-controlled haunted house effects.

• Headless Marie Antoinette costume
• Mechanical ghosts and ghouls
• LED and laser jack-o'-lanterns
• Creature makeup and blood-spurting wounds
• DIY coffins and tombstones
• T. Rex rooftopper
• Flaming LED skulls Kid-tested haunted house tricks
• A special "Ghoulbox" section with Halloween kits, tools, and gadgets.
• Plus demonic decorations, hideous party snacks, and profiles of extraordinary makers and their creepy crafts.

And lastly... We teamed up with our pals from Instructables for what is the biggest Halloween contest on the web. In honor of the best DIY holiday ever, we're having a party -- and everyone's invited! Elaborate costumes for the whole family, gadgets that go "zzzZAP!," gross-looking foods, creepy decorations that turn your house into a forbidding castle, and spooky jack-o-lanterns guarding your front door: these are the things we look forward to all year. We want to see what delightfully frightful items you've made and we have dozens of awesome prizes to give away! You can enter an Instructable, photos, or video, just make it amazing and it will be eligible to win in one of our six categories: Hack-o-Lantern, Costume, Gadgets and Gizmos, Decorations, Food, and Green, or our Photo and Video categories! Before you get started be sure to pick up a copy of our MAKE DIY Halloween issue! DIY HALLOWEEN from the editors of MAKE and CRAFT brings you 40-plus DIY projects for the holiday that's made for makers. From the craftiest costumes to amazing animated props and the latest in computer-controlled haunted house effects. Note: You do not have to choose your category. We will select the best fit when awarding prizes. Prizes Win $250 gift certificates to the Maker Shed, Etsy shopping sprees, EL-wire packages that light up with sound, cool books from Quirk Books, a MAKE Controller kit, $250 gift certificates from Plaid, The Best of Instructables Volume I, gift certificates for Ponoko, a Fuel Cell Car & Experiment Kit, gift certificates for Hack n Mod, a Singer sewing machine, zombie gift packs from ThinkGeek, a "Make: Open Sourcerer" Leatherman Juice CS4 Tool, Make: The Third Year Collector's Box Set, DNA Kit, ProdMod LED Camera Light Kit v1.1, Instructables robot t-shirts, stickers, and patches! Enter as many times as you like, but since you can only win one prize be sure each entry shows off your best efforts! The only restriction is that the contest is US-only! There are lots of ways to enter! - Enter individual photos and videos through the diyhalloween08 DIY Halloween 08 Flickr group and YouTube group. - Post your Instructables, photo slideshows, or videos on Instructables. Grand Prize Tech grand prize: $250 Shopping spree at the Maker Shed Store $250 gift certificate to Plaid Craft Express $100 gift certificate to Hack N Mod Craft grand prize: $250 Shopping spree in the craft kits section of the Maker Shed Store $250 gift certificate to Plaid Craft Express 8763 Curvy sewing machine from Singer CONTEST STARTS: Nov 5, 2007 (Yes, you can enter your projects from 2007!) ENTRY DEADLINE: Nov 9, 2008 VOTING STARTS: Nov 10, 2008 VOTING ENDS: Nov 16, 2008 JUDGING STARTS: Nov 17, 2008 JUDGING ENDS: Nov 24, 2008 Partners: Instructables, BoingBoing, Core77, CRAFT, Etsy, Hack n Mod, IndyMogul, Lion Brand Yarn, MAKE, Toolmonger, Plaid, Ponoko, PopSci, Singer, ThinkGeek, and Threadbanger all have come together to bring you a contest worthy of your creations! Be sure to check out the Instructables contest page for some offers from Ponoko and Etsy too.