Tag: Halloween

Tony Stark's arc reactor has been inspiring people since the first Iron Man movie was released. We once wrote about a guy who tried to create an arc reactor to propose to his girlfriend, but this is the first time we've featured an actual tutorial so you can make your own. With Halloween right aroun ...

Entertainment

Spooky Drive-Thru Halloween Skeleton Prank Is Worth Doing Yourself

It's that time of year again when we are treated to all kinds of Halloween pranks that will inspire us to come up with our own for the big night on October 31. A good prank is always welcome, and sometimes it just takes a little ingenuity to put together a really, really good one. The master of all ...

How To Make An ‘Instagram Selfie Photo’ Halloween Costume (Super Easy)

If you're like most people I know, you want to wear an original, creative Halloween costume this year, but you don't have a lot of time to put it together. We all know the best costumes are homemade, but with our busy lives, who can squeeze that into the daily schedule? I found something you might w ...

Design

10 Halloween Pumpkin Carvings That Look Like Pop Culture Works Of Art

Every year since Halloween of 2009, I've chosen some creative pumpkin designs to share here on Bit Rebels. Pumpkin carvings have always been an inspiration to me, and each year, I try to carve at least one masterpiece. Of course, my 'masterpieces' never seem to turn out quite like the ones I write a ...

Halloween Prank: A Simple Way To Scare The Bejezus Out Of Someone

It's hard to believe Halloween is almost here again. The older we get, the more Halloween becomes about pranking other people than eating candy. There's nothing like a good Halloween prank when it's done well. The best ones are super easy to put together and super scary. If you are busy and don't ...

Star Wars Printable Masks Let Your Kiddies Probe The Galaxy In Style

We always joke in our Bit Rebels articles that in order to raise the next generation of Star Wars fans right, you gotta get 'em started young. We've even written about a Star Wars book made out of soft cloth for babies so they can learn how to recognize R2-D2 and stormtroopers the moment they can ho ...

Business

Holidays In August: A Holiday Email Marketing Schedule [Infographic]

A smart marketer once said to me, "People love to buy, but they hate to be sold to." There is a lot of wisdom in that sentence, and if you think about it, it explains why people have such polar opposite opinions when it comes to online marketing. If a retailer handles online marketing in a way that ...

Extreme Pumpkin Mod: Playable, Electronic Tetris Inside A Pumpkin

I've written about quite a few extreme pumpkin carvings before, but this one is insane! If you are fan of retro video games and freaky pumpkins, you are going to love this. It's a playable, electronic Tetris built right into the guts of a pumpkin. What will you use for the controller? Well, the stem ...

Ghostbusters Inspired Ectoplasm Green Slime Popcorn

I've always loved Ghostbusters, but when I first saw this ectoplasm green slime popcorn, I instantly thought about how fun it would be to dump the green slime over someone's head instead of delicately drizzling it over this popcorn. The thing is, if you were really going to slime somebody, you proba ...

2012: Some Of The Most Popular Halloween Costumes [Infographic]

There are only a few days left until Halloween, and I'm surprised at how many people I've talked to who plan to dress up but haven't figured out their costumes yet. We've already written about how 2012 is the year of the DIY Halloween Costume, so in that case, maybe it's okay to wait until the last ...

2012: The Year Of DIY Halloween Costumes [Infographic]

If you are planning to dress up for Halloween, do you realize you only have about 10 days left to figure out what your ultimate Halloween costume will be for this year? Apparently this is another big year for tech-related DIY Halloween costumes. That includes both costumes that look like gadgets and ...

Design

Pumpkin DJ: A Pumpkin Carving Design That Spins Records

I'm such a sucker for creative pumpkin carving designs. They come in all different styles and sizes, and once you start getting into it, you'll be surprised at what you can create with a pumpkin and a carving knife. Nowadays, designers are even getting fancy and carving artificial pumpkins that peop ...

7 Great Halloween Costumes For Your Laptop

When we talk about great Halloween costumes, we're usually talking about costumes made for human beings or our pets. However, there are many other things in our lives that deserve great Halloween costumes too. For example, if you are like me, your laptop goes with you pretty much everywhere, so it m ...

How To: Carve Your Pumpkin Into A Beer Keg