Creations

As we are getting for ready for this year's SF Fan Expo, we wanted to post about last year's fun! ...

In this video Ted from the HipMonster's team shows our workshop and describes how we train our robots. We have ...

This video is the first time we were able to record two of our robots talking autonomously. While we were ...

Originally, we set up this site to focus on woodcrafting and painting but as our interests grew, we have increasingly ...

For our upcoming Maker Faire presentation we wanted to make robotics more approachable. One barrier to robotics is, by its ...

For the upcoming Maker Faire the Hip Monster's sisters team wanted a challenge. Something that required precision and also aligned ...

Number One looks very simple, it's just a burnt out hair drier with wheels. As out first design we opted ...

The HipMonster's sister team decided to push our robotics to the next level. They were dissatisfied with remote controlled robots ...

When designing Robot Freedom, our educational presentation on robotics, the HipMonsters  team wanted to make robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) ...

This post is an old one we forgot to publish a while back. Currently, Number Three is controlled by a ...

One thing we have always been jealous of is tails. Cats and dogs flaunt them as they strut around waving ...

As presents for our teachers last year, we decided to make a series of wooden seals. We chose cats because ...

Our pony carving was inspired by Pinkie Pie from My Little Pony. We love Pinkie Pie's bright outlook and humor! ...

Here is a preview of HipMonsters.com's next project, Robot Freedom. No robots were destroyed making this, but Number Three had ...

This is an introduction to one of our favorite making materials, Foam-Mo. Foam-Mo is really great for making models of ...

What do you do if you break a pot? This fun DIY moss terrarium will teach you a great way ...

jfheTo support the San Francisco Zoo, the HipMonsters' sisters team, and a neighborhood friend decided to sell jewelry to raise ...

After finishing Number three, we wanted to make smaller and lighter walking robots. Leveraging what we had learned from building ...

Inspired by the character Professor Sprout (from Harry Potter) and this wonderful article, we set out to make our mandrake ...

Since we discovered how to make Number Five move, we decided to upgrade Number Three. We tried to preserve as ...

The Summer 2023 release of the Color Splash Collection is in! Made from wood and painted in acrylic paint, each ...

One of the small projects that we do is make herbal potions, tiny jars or pouches full of crushed up ...

Inspired by Harry Potter, the HipMonsters team made our own Hand of Glory out of Foam-Mo. The Hand of Glory ...

This is our wooden deer sculpture, made as a Christmas present. We only used wood from our yard to make ...

It was the end of the school year and we want to make a toy for one of our teachers ...

Gardening season has started and we want to talk about one of our favorite flowers, Senecio Stellata (Cineraria). They add ...

Inspired by the Boston Dynamics robot videos, steampunk art, and Girl Genius, the HipMonster team set out to make their ...

Where technology and beauty meet, our steampunk jewelry embraces the genius within! This collection of steampunk jewelry is fit for ...

After building a number of dovetail puzzle boxes the HipMonsters sister team set out to make their own unique design ...

We wanted to give people a scare on Halloween and was inspired by a visit to Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum so ...

We decided to make a special present for our teachers at school. One of the teachers really loved alligators, so ...

The Hip Monsters team decided to make something that interests people when they walk into the room. Inspired by Girl ...

With all the potion-making we have been doing recently, we found that we needed a place to put our potion ...

We saw the need for a new robot for halloween, so we made one. This is our steampunk squirrel powered ...

This project is about how to build a ladder bookcase. This bookcase has less room because its sides slope in ...

Born from one of our favorite bushes and a failed costume, Lin the dragon was our most complex monster at ...

The hummingbird monster was made from a branch too weak to be used for other projects. We decided to make ...

We call this monster the Anteater.  The Anteater monster was a wonderful branch that was too split to make a ...

The Hip Monster's sister team has created a DIY pump drill.  Pump drills are ancient tools used by many cultures ...

Every wand we craft has unique mythos and a special spell. This wand is called the Flame Tamer. Mythos Flame ...

Every wand we craft has unique mythos and a special spell. This wand is called the Scarlet Sunset. Mythos Scarlet ...

Getting started Need to track the moon phases for that perfect time to cast a spell? Worried about when you ...

Every wand we craft has unique mythos and a special spell. This wand is called the Night View. Mythos The ...

Inspired by our trips to Hawaii, the sisters team decided to make their own working DIY ukulele. We ended up ...

Embracing color and elegance our necklaces will bring joy to those who wear them. Our collection of Color Splash necklaces ...

This puzzle box was inspired by Roy Underhill's Woodwright Shop. Based on an early American grease pot design it is ...

When the sisters team discovered Transformer comics (Go WindBlade!) they wanted a whole city of Transformers to play with. While ...

Severus Snape and Professor Sprout are two of our favorite characters in Harry Potter, and their story inspired the sister team ...

The HipMonsters team does not like trees going to waste, so whenever we stumble upon a piece of wood too ...

When we go hiking, we sometimes pick up some good pieces of wood to make into staffs or other creations ...

Every wand we craft has unique mythos and a special spell. This wand is called the Crimson Lava. Mythos The ...