JoshPrime Makes Stuff

Hey Reader, Not all projects can be successful. I remember this blog started with a failed attempt to make a pumpkin shaped puppet (that really I think I can do better this time, but thats a blog post for another day). Recently, I have been on a 90s kick. I can remember an employee I had once sharing feedback with me that it was hard to relate in conversations with me because I talked about the 80s so much. I told him he was a child and that I was, in fact, talking about the 90s. Suffice to say, this 90s obsession has been happening for a while now. I really wanted to make some Hi-C Ecto Cooler. If you are not as obsessed with "the eighties" as me: 1. What is wrong with you? and 2. Here is an explanation of Hi-C Ecto cooler . Ecto Cooler was a drink produced by Hi-C in a brand deal promoting the The Real Ghostbusters TV series from 1986. It was actually just a repurposing of their Citrus Cooler flavor, but this time dyed a funky green color like the character of Slimer fr...

Hey reader! This next post is a one off of a project I did for staff appreciation at my day job. We were having a carnival themed gathering where folks could play carnival games and win tickets for a raffle. The only problem of course was that we were using a regular conference room and needed to convert it into a Carnival. This meant creating carnival games! Getting to make fun things AND have it be a legitimate part of my day job is a dream come true! Some people dream of bedding famous celebrities or winning the lottery. I dream of crafting and getting paid for it, go figure. My task was a balloon dart game. You know the ones, throw a dart at a balloon, pop it and win the prize inside. Typically the balloon contains an S, M or L indicating the size of the price. 98% of the balloons have S's in them, of course. Since it seems unlikely I would be allowed to just hand people darts and have them go to town, I had to come up with a less pointy solution. I landed on this creatio...