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Published: 2010-10-17 13:39:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 2769; Favourites: 46; Downloads: 0
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Description What would a chipmunk like to have for Halloween? Something made of nuts, of course! Now here it is: the “chipmunk halloween illuminated nutshell series” !
I rasped the bottom of those three hazelnuts open, removed the tasty contents (fed it to my hungry little chipmunk – she was quite delighted) and drilled/carved the laughing faces. I cleaned the inside of the nutshells and painted it with white gloss paint.
Then I took a block of wood, rasped it into shape, smoothed it with sand paper, stained and varnished it. Afterwards I drilled three holes from top to bottom and hollowed out the lower half of the block.
Then I put bright flickering (candle light effect!) LEDs with series resistors into the holes and glued them into place. Finally I placed the nutshells right over the LEDs and glued them on. A 9V-block is the power source for this spooky craft.
When switched on, the spooky faces glow and flicker in the dark.
My chipmunk likes it very much !
Trick or treat ?

Here is the whole series of pictures:


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Comments: 47

ansiaaa [2014-08-07 18:50:41 +0000 UTC]

beautiful! I've never seen something like this, very original

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cosmicspider [2011-04-19 14:42:49 +0000 UTC]

Love it, cute idea!

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j-alex-darr [2011-04-13 05:53:48 +0000 UTC]

this is so weird, I had to fav it. kudos to you, fine sir!

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Simanion [2010-12-11 17:30:52 +0000 UTC]

Haha! These are fantastic. I havn't seen anything like it before.

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Philophobos In reply to Simanion [2011-01-15 20:50:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much !

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Melimaiel [2010-12-10 18:46:52 +0000 UTC]

Spooky

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Philophobos In reply to Melimaiel [2011-01-15 20:50:45 +0000 UTC]

Thanks !

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Cielsh [2010-12-09 17:44:45 +0000 UTC]

coolest idea

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Philophobos In reply to Cielsh [2011-01-15 20:50:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you !

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IAmTheSquishy [2010-12-09 16:03:26 +0000 UTC]

Aw what a cute and original idea!

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Philophobos In reply to IAmTheSquishy [2011-01-15 20:50:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot !

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IAmTheSquishy In reply to Philophobos [2011-01-16 17:00:46 +0000 UTC]

No problem, thanks for the llama, you can have one back

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monstarart [2010-12-08 10:28:27 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!!!!

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Philophobos In reply to monstarart [2011-01-15 20:50:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much !

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StigmasCreations [2010-12-07 00:31:28 +0000 UTC]

these are awsome, i was planing on doing some similar but with little light up mushrooms on driftwood peices.

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Philophobos In reply to StigmasCreations [2011-01-15 20:50:20 +0000 UTC]

Yeah - do it!

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StigmasCreations In reply to Philophobos [2011-01-15 22:03:27 +0000 UTC]

i dont know about wiring lights together so im gona have to do some reading before i try.

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Philophobos In reply to StigmasCreations [2011-01-16 12:25:04 +0000 UTC]

That's quite an easy thing to do. Never forget series resistors when using LEDs!

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StigmasCreations In reply to Philophobos [2011-01-16 19:15:31 +0000 UTC]

cool thanks. it might be a few months before i can get nice new drift wood, its all covered in snow now.

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Rivalhopeso [2010-12-06 21:40:04 +0000 UTC]

lol soo cool! are these ofr sale! i'm sure they could become really popular if you sold them for each season or celebration. like a santa one for christmas and a bunny one for easter or something

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Philophobos In reply to Rivalhopeso [2011-01-15 20:51:33 +0000 UTC]

Unfortunately they are not for sale - I made them for my pet chipmunk .

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AnnaPaar [2010-12-05 17:32:40 +0000 UTC]

nice one! i like the "woodness", good to look at and surely nice to touch.
happy creations!

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Philophobos In reply to AnnaPaar [2011-01-15 20:49:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot !

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TheNeenster [2010-12-05 05:24:17 +0000 UTC]

So darned CUTE! I love them!

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Philophobos In reply to TheNeenster [2011-01-15 20:49:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much !

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Meltin [2010-12-05 02:19:04 +0000 UTC]

That's really neat. I like them alot. Great idea!

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Philophobos In reply to Meltin [2011-01-15 20:49:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much !

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Meltin In reply to Philophobos [2011-01-16 01:27:22 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome!

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TCMCorpse [2010-12-04 20:57:11 +0000 UTC]

XD this is fantastic!

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Philophobos In reply to TCMCorpse [2011-01-15 20:49:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you !

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FalseDelusion [2010-12-04 20:49:56 +0000 UTC]

LOL
this is so cute

..and maybe even slightly creepy XD

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Philophobos In reply to FalseDelusion [2011-01-15 20:49:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much !

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CookieandDeadlySins [2010-12-03 20:11:00 +0000 UTC]

xD cute

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Philophobos In reply to CookieandDeadlySins [2011-01-15 20:49:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks !

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FarmerCotten [2010-12-03 16:34:17 +0000 UTC]

That's actually really cool

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Philophobos In reply to FarmerCotten [2011-01-15 20:49:20 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot !

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FarmerCotten In reply to Philophobos [2011-01-18 17:07:09 +0000 UTC]

Anytime

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brojanowski [2010-12-03 16:24:49 +0000 UTC]

Hahahah.
Incredible.
Good work

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Philophobos In reply to brojanowski [2011-01-15 20:49:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much !

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frostfyr3 [2010-12-02 08:15:20 +0000 UTC]

Omg O.o I want one too so badly

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Philophobos In reply to frostfyr3 [2011-01-15 20:49:03 +0000 UTC]

Hehe - thank you !

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thesvetislav [2010-12-01 13:37:20 +0000 UTC]

Cute!

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Philophobos In reply to thesvetislav [2010-12-01 19:05:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks !

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AshDarkside [2010-10-25 23:10:11 +0000 UTC]

That is a lot of work! It is good to see that people like you still exist in our world.
Good job.

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Philophobos In reply to AshDarkside [2010-11-22 18:16:40 +0000 UTC]

Awww - too kind !

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Autopsyrotica-Art [2010-10-17 15:48:38 +0000 UTC]

Great idea looks lovely, I can imagine these dotted around the house

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Philophobos In reply to Autopsyrotica-Art [2010-11-22 18:16:28 +0000 UTC]

They look really cool .
Thanks !

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