DIY Halloween Contest 2008
HacknMod (and $150 worth of HacknMod Store gift cards) have teamed up with Instructables to bring you DIY Halloween Contest of 2008.� A massive amount of prizes are up for grabs in eight different categories.� Last year an excellet DIY Werewolf contest took grand prize.� The best part is anyone can enter for free! So head to the workbench and enter the contest!
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!
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 (Store)
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
Category Prizes
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Hack-o-Lantern: grab the nearest pumpkin (real or faux) and get to work. These make great photo entries, but creative work may warrant a video or a full Instructable! Prizes: 1st (1 winner) – EL-wire package from Cool Neon and “Make: Open Sourcerer” Leatherman Juice CS4 Tool. 2nd (3 winners) – Set of books from Quirk Books, and an Instructables t-shirt, patch, and stickers. 3rd (5 winners) – Instructables t-shirt, patch, and stickers. |
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Costume: Show off your best homemade costumes! Whether you made it for you kids, your hamster, or even the office party, we want to see how you made it. Prizes: 1st (1 winner) – $250 worth of jewelry supplies from Plaid, Make: The Third Year Collector’s Box Set, and a $50 voucher from Ponoko. 2nd (3 winners) – Set of books from Quirk Books, and an Instructables t-shirt, patch, and stickers. 3rd (5 winners) – Instructables t-shirt, patch, and stickers. |
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Gagdets and Gizmos: Share the mechanics behind the spooky shapes, creepy noises, and sudden movements you’ve created to scare us senseless! Prizes: 1st (1 winner) – EL-wire package from Cool Neon, MAKE controller kit, $50 voucher from Ponoko, and a $50 gift certificate to Hack N Mod 2nd (3 winners) – Set of books from Quirk Books, and an Instructables t-shirt, patch, and stickers. 3rd (5 winners) – Instructables t-shirt, patch, and stickers. |
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Decorations: Show us how you made your surroundings spooky enough to make all the neighborhood kids think twice about trick or treating. Prizes: 1st (1 winner) – $250 paint package from Plaid, The Best of Instructables Volume I and a $50 voucher from Ponoko, 2nd (3 winners) – Set of books from Quirk Books, and an Instructables t-shirt, patch, and stickers. 3rd (5 winners) – Instructables t-shirt, patch, and stickers. |
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Food: The grosser the better! What if you served this at your Halloween party and nobody ate it? Well, we’d probably give you a prize! Prizes: 1st (1 winner) – Knife set and DNA Kit. 2nd (3 winners) – Set of books from Quirk Books, and an Instructables t-shirt, patch, and stickers. 3rd (5 winners) – Instructables t-shirt, patch, and stickers. |
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Green Halloween: Did you manage to provide a spoooky haunted house with recycled goods? Is your costume a clever use of materials destined for the dump? Tell us all about it! Prizes: 1st (1 winner) – EL-wire package from Cool Neon and Fuel Cell Car & Experiment Kit. 2nd (3 winners) – Set of books from Quirk Books, and an Instructables t-shirt, patch, and stickers. 3rd (5 winners) – Instructables t-shirt, patch, and stickers. |
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Photo Prizes: 1st (1 winner): EL-wire package from Cool Neon, ProdMod LED Camera Light Kit v1.1, Instructables t-shirt, patch, and stickers. 2nd (5 winners) – Sound activated EL-wire from Cool Neon. |
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Video Prizes: 1st (1 winner): EL-wire package from Cool Neon, ProdMod LED Camera Light Kit v1.1, Instructables t-shirt, patch, and stickers. 2nd (5 winners) – Sound activated EL-wire from Cool Neon. |
CONTEST STARTS: Nov 5, 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
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