DIY Life

Pegboard can be a lifesaver in a workshop, sewing room, or the garage. Sometimes, though, it can be difficult to retrieve a favorite tool because the hanger wants to come out of the pegboard along with the tool. While using pegboard can keep a workspace neat and tidy, sometimes reinforcement is needed to keep your tools from elongating the holes.

Popular Mechanics has a great article teaching us how to make our own custom pegboard tool hangers, using aluminum and steel from the hardware store, a hacksaw, a drill and a pair of pliers. Cut, bend, and shape the aluminum or steel, screw it to the wall, and hang up your tools.

With these custom pegboard tool hangers, we really have no more excuses to let our precious tools clutter up our workspace. Not only are the tool hangers perfect for a man's workshop, I think they are also perfect for a sewing/crafting room pegboard too.

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When I was a kid, one of my favorite things to do on Easter morning was to hunt for my basket. I knew that my mom would fill it to the brim with chocolate, and I looked forward to the milk chocolate Easter bunny. I always bypassed the jelly beans and the Peeps just to get to that bunny, and I would keep my fingers crossed that it would be solid chocolate, all the way through.

For those of us who love our chocolate, receiving a hollow bunny is always a disappointment. Really, what is the point of an empty, air-filled chocolate bunny? Maybe to make an Easter turducken! You'll need miniature Cadbury creme eggs, marshmallow Peeps, and a hollow chocolate bunny. Make a slit in the Peep, stuff it with the Cadbury creme egg, and stuff that pregnant Peep into the bunny.

Voila!, an end to the horrible hollow bunny. Since this candy rabbit version of Turducken is very high in calories, you may want to eat just a few bites at a time. You may also want to stick to the traditional Easter ham, but if you aren't worried about calories, go ahead and make Turducken for your Easter table.

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The DIY vampire fangs in this video are the ultimate Halloween costume accessory. Avoid the store bought fangs that are uncomfortable to wear and leave you looking and talking like they are about to fall out all night. These fangs are molded to your gums making a seamless fit, and are very realistic looking vampire teeth.

Bre and Eric are hilarious as they make spinach molds of their own teeth. With this negative mold they pour plastic to make a positive mold. The actual tooth is made of a two part nail acrylic. You'll end by carving the tooth into a sharp tooth with a Dremel tool. Leave the gum line and ridges so that it comfortably forms to your teeth. Watch their step by step video for the full vampire fang transformation. You've only got a couple more days to perfect your costume. These last minute touches will set you apart and get you ready for a fearsome Halloween.

Ah the Dremel tool, pervasive hobbyist element that does so much. My first college roommate used his Dremel to decorate his dorm room by drilling holes in cinder block and sawing dowel rods. Not really recommended, but it shows you what a Dremel can do! Now's your chance to win one in our 30-day giveaway, Toolstravaganza.

This Dremel rotary tool goes from 5,000 to 25,000 rpm and can be used with all Dremel accessories. Plus, it has a lithium-ion battery for long life and regular use. Set includes a base station and several accessories including: cutters, bristles, cones, polishers, sanders and more. A little bit of everything in a convenient, powerful package.

Leave a comment on this post to enter, and don't forget to validate. Check out our Toolstravaganza page for previous prizes and full rules. Entry period for this prize is from 5AM-11:59PM on July 24. Good luck!