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[Project] 3D Printed Harry Potter Spectrespecs with LED Lights

Eight-year-old maker Purple Oranji turns Adafruit NeoPixel goggles into a pair of 3D printed Spectrespecs, the zany light-up shades featured in the Harry Potter movies. This weekend project is the perfect way to show your kids that a 3D printer is just as extraordinary as a magic wand.

You Are What You Project

3D Printed Laser Projection Mask Lets You Be Anything

Can't decide who or what you want to be? With this cool project, you can become anything by laser-projecting onto a 3D printed mask.

Here We Glow

[Project] Create Your Own 3D Printed LED Mason Jar Lanterns

Instructables content creator Becky Stern shares her latest 3D printing project: LED Mason Jar Lanterns. This beginner-level project will help you improve your design and DIY skills, and you'll have some lovely new lanterns to light up your home!

Selectively Lasered Stocks

The Art of Shares Turns Stock Market Numbers into 3D Vizualizations and Prints

IG, a British online trading provider, presents "The Art of Shares", an interactive way to visualize share prices, turning them into 3D sculptures which resemble skyscrapers. They even 3D printed a few too.

3D Printing is Coming

How Long it Would Take to 3D Print Game of Thrones Characters and Objects?

Have you ever found yourself watching Game of Thrones and wondering if you could 3D print any of this stuff? And if so, how long would it take? Here's a hint: Get ready for some long waits.

Spool Me Once, Spool Me Twice

Best 3D Printable April Fools’ Day Pranks Using PVA Filament

If you're looking for some April Fools' Day pranks to 3D print, you've come to the right place. Each one of these (slightly) evil prints needs PVA filament and a good sense of humor.

Outta this World

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Creates 3D Printable Model of Bennu Asteroid

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft entered the orbit of Bennu, an asteroid just 70 million miles from Earth, in late 2018 to survey it. Through this, scientists created a model of the asteroid, which they've shared so you can build a piece of outer space in your home.

Watchful Eye

[Project] Create Your Own 3D Printer Monitor for OctoPrint

Keep the status of your 3D printer with you at all times with this WiFi-connected 3D printed monitor for Octoprint. Created by maker David Payne, this project uses a Wemos D1 Mini and OLED to display your printer's progress.

Grow Your Maker Skills

[Project] Make Your Garden Glow with 3D Printed LED Flowers

Want to give your 3D printer the green thumb? Autodesk and Instructables content creator Becky Stern shares a project on how to make 3D printed light-up flowers with LED lights.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

[Project] Five Things to 3D Print for Your Cinco De Mayo Celebrations

Are you getting ready to celebrate the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo this weekend? Prep for the festivities, which usually entail endless margaritas, music, and food, with some of these Cinco de Mayo-themed 3D prints!

Weekend Project!

[Project] 3D Print Your Own Mechanical Laser Show!

Looking for a weekend DIY project? Check out this awesome 3D printed hand-powered mechanical laser show created by software developer Evan Stanford.

Shred the Gnar

[Project] Shred the Streets with Your Own 3D Printed Longboard

LulzBot shows us how to build a fully functional longboard using 3D printing technology. You can follow along with their surprisingly simple instructions or use them as a basis to build your own board.

"Alexa, Break Out The Time Machine"

Gramazon: Turn Your Amazon Echo Dot Into a Gramophone with 3D Printing

Recently purchased an Amazon Echo Dot but not in love with its eerie futuristic attitude? Maker Baard Fleistad has created the Gramazon, a 3D printable gramophone attachment to give your AI device a 1920s makeover.

Weekend Project!

[Project] 3D Print An Actual Earthquake Map

Oakland artist and Instructables user Doug McCune shares a project that shows how you can turn data generated from an earthquake into a 3D printed topographical map. Shake up your weekend with this great DIY project!

BMW Wishes You a Merry Christmas

Drive Into the Holiday Season With 3D Printable BMW Christmas Ornaments

BMW celebrates the holiday season and 3D printing technology by releasing STL files of its iconic logo, the famous BMW Welt, a set of wheels, and more.