Dude Crafts
- The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science: 64 Daring Experiments for Young Scientists - $9.96
- 15 Dangerously Mad Projects for the Evil Genius - $19.15
- Popular Mechanics Man Crafts: Leather Tooling, Fly Tying, Ax Whittling & Other Cool Things to Do - $13.46
- Cut in Half: The Hidden World Inside Everyday Objects - $26.96
- Woodworking Jokes: Compiled By The Editors of WoodEzine - $14.99
Dude Crafts: The Man's Guide to Practical Projects, Backyard Ballistics, and Glorious Gags is author Mike Warren's collection of 50 "slightly twisted, but somehow useful" projects that will keep makers' fingers busy, and couch potatoes' fingers involved in something besides the game controller and the bowl of Flamin' Hot Cheetos.
Some examples of what this no-brainer man gift will teach its readers:
- Craft an iPad cover from an old book.
- Build a metal forge out of a busted microwave.
- Cook a meal in the dishwasher.
- Re-purpose an electric saw into a cocktail blender.
- Fashion a Swiss army knife for your keys.
- Outfit an unsuspecting co-worker's office chair with an air horn.
- Give your friend Cornelius an atomic wedgie without ever touching him.
OK, that last one might be missing from the current edition of Dude Craft. But maybe Mike Warren will take note of my suggestion for Dude Craft: Volume 2.
All Craft-y projects are broken down into parts lists and step-by-step instructions with plenty of photos. Many of the ingredients you'll need to bake up everything from sweet life hacks to sweet revenge are items you might otherwise toss out, or things someone else already has. Dude Craft Lesson 1: dumpster diving!
DudeIWantThat.com is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Learn more.
/oda-nobunaga-samurai-scissors-19828.jpg "Oda Nobunaga Samurai Scissors")
Oda Nobunaga Samurai Scissors
Don't bring scissors to a sword fight. Unless! Unless those scissors are katana-bladed samurai scissors! This pair of Oda Nobunaga Scissors by Nikken Cutlery have been designed in the likeness of powerful Japanese warlord...
/japanese-brass-kiridashi-craft-25232.jpg "Japanese Brass Kiridashi Craft Knife")
Japanese Brass Kiridashi Craft Knife
Feeling extra sharp, brassy, crafty, and Japanese? Make no mistake, this Kiridashi carving knife isn't just for slicing through Christmas present packaging and scrapbooking fun. The brass-handled blade arrives with an...
/crafting-with-cat-hair-47845.jpg?mode=crop "Crafting with Cat Hair")
Crafting with Cat Hair
Cat people have just achieved a level of Crazy even I, an enthusiastic ridiculer of crazy cat people, was not aware of until now...
/penguin-bomb-pop-up-paper-33329.jpg?mode=crop "Penguin Bomb Pop-Up Paper Craft Kit")
Penguin Bomb Pop-Up Paper Craft Kit
Drop! Boinnng! Penguin bomb! Come on, look at the GIF. Don't tell me a smooshed paper penguin falling from the sky, and then popping right up onto its waddly little legs before you didn't just make your day...
Tube Cube Rotary Organizer
StorTECH's Tube Cube Rotary Organizer packs and compacts all of your small hobbyist and homeowner parts into side-opening Twist Tubes that store as a vertical carousel inside an open Cube. Supplies such as screws, washers...
/the-best-handmade-gifts-35911.jpg?mode=crop "The Best Handmade Gifts")
The Best Handmade Gifts
Obviously the best handmade gift you can give someone this year is a piece of pottery made by a sexy lady and the ghost of her (even sexier!) murdered lover. But. In absence of that, the following handmade gifts are pretty...
Auto-Guard Razor Blade Scraper
The Auto-Guard Razor Blade Scraper, according to maker Kripto Tools, can assist with at least 66 tedious household tasks. Which is at least 60 more than I can. Designed with an ergonomic handle and retractable blade guard...
Creative Versa-Tool Burn Pen for Pyrography
Pyrography. It's when you're not obsessed with setting things on fire, you're just burning them for the sake of art. And this Creative Versa-Tool is the burn pen maker Walnut Hollow would like you to use to do it...
/beginner-wood-carving-kit-26843.jpg "Beginner Wood Carving Kit")
Beginner Wood Carving Kit
Who wants a whittle hobby to have a whittle fun with this summer? Chillin' on the back patio or at the lake carving a birdie with your hook knife and chiseling blades. This beginner's kit is suitable for ages 14 and up...
/dragons-other-fantastic-20629.jpg "Dragons & Other Fantastic Creatures in Origami")
Dragons & Other Fantastic Creatures in Origami
When I first saw this Dragons and Other Fantastic Creatures in Origami how-to book I was like, Sweet, I'm gonna make me some paper dragons. Then I looked at the contents and saw all the other fantastic creatures also...
Silhouette Cameo Electronic Cutting Tool
The Silhouette Cameo is for crafty people. Crafty people who want to electronically cut their own intricately-designed greeting cards and cupcake papers. Or crafty people who want to DIY a perfect, mathematically accurate...
/duct-tape-engineer-56770.jpg?mode=crop "Duct Tape Engineer")
Duct Tape Engineer
Not sure knowing your way around a roll of duct tape will get you a job at NASA, but if you pair it with Duct Tape Engineer the knowledge could score you a sweet backpack. Or a whole entire kayak. That floats...