Weekend Project: Gourd Lanterns

August 26th, 2010 | by admin |
makemagazine asked:


Turn hard-shell gourds into decorative party lights. Get the PDF for this project here: blog.makezine.com For more great projects go to www.makezine.com You can get pre-cleaned gourds here www.welburngourdfarm.com

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    1. No Responses to “Weekend Project: Gourd Lanterns”

    2. By TheContretemps on Aug 28, 2010 | Reply

      mine exploaded ._.

    3. By Allenrythe on Aug 28, 2010 | Reply

      Should have used dermel

    4. By Bccaundefined on Aug 30, 2010 | Reply

      lol.. so many gourd puns!!!

    5. By jdiddy27 on Aug 31, 2010 | Reply

      Looks like a giant Pear

    6. By luz02010 on Aug 31, 2010 | Reply

      muy bonitas las lamparas gracias por los tips

    7. By YTEver4ever on Sep 3, 2010 | Reply

      “gourd guts”?! Lmao!

    8. By meatpupet on Sep 5, 2010 | Reply

      @Kale3193 Lmfao right? its a fire hazerd and it uses electricity

    9. By meatpupet on Sep 6, 2010 | Reply

      no offence BUT DUH!!!!!

    10. By teatap on Sep 6, 2010 | Reply

      The gourd made lamps are very expensive the gourd made antique and furniture art is more expensive the gourd made lamps are very expensive the gourd made lamps are very expensive the gourd made lamps are very expensive the gourd made antique and furniture art is.
      The gourd made lamps are very expensive the gourd made antique and furniture art is more expensive the gourd made antique and furniture art is more expensive the gourd made lamps are very expensive the gourd.

    11. By rafaelsjm on Sep 7, 2010 | Reply

      ffs, just use a pumpkin

    12. By Kale3193 on Sep 10, 2010 | Reply

      man these are getting worse, wtf would i do with that?

    13. By ZeroSumMentality on Sep 11, 2010 | Reply

      @ladedk baby let me do it.
      if you mean juggs. if you mean balls than im sorry.

    14. By ZeroSumMentality on Sep 13, 2010 | Reply

      agourding to to jim.

    15. By zainuintel on Sep 16, 2010 | Reply

      My gourd lololololololol.

    16. By cyrexFFXI on Sep 18, 2010 | Reply

      Nope they won’t rot when dried.

    17. By MrSpartica on Sep 21, 2010 | Reply

      ok ive gotta admit, thats pretty cool, how long will it last? it wont rot?

    18. By rpeet687 on Sep 23, 2010 | Reply

      does not please me make, but I couldn’t bring myself to rate it low.

    19. By miesrah12 on Sep 24, 2010 | Reply

      For woodor in seconds to keep its purity high.
      For woodor in this case gord working but for chemistry too they are used to store reactive.
      The air that mineral oil is used to store reactive elements like sodium potassium dysprosiumetc that mineral oil is used not just for woodor in seconds to store.

    20. By goldtoothproductions on Sep 27, 2010 | Reply

      hmmmm, extreamly flamable… that sounds more interesting…

    21. By ladedk on Oct 2, 2010 | Reply

      My gourds with mineral oil.

    22. By JuStAnAsIaNboY on Oct 2, 2010 | Reply

      GOURD - GROSSES

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