It's your world. Are you strong enough?

Homes are still draughty even after years and years of campaigns promoting insulation, and now with a new threat of rising fuel bills it makes sense to get all ‘crafty’. Making crafts feels good, allows for re-using & recycling old materials and is a win/win for all. These door thingies make great gifts too. Craft for kids: make a sausage-dog draught excluder. A simple step-by-step guide using just an old pair of tights and a bit of imagination http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/aug/16/craft-kids-make-draught-excluder

American artist Sue Beatrice applies the 3R mantra and makes some amazing-looking sculptures from old watch parts. Enjoy her work at http://www.culturainquieta.com/en/escultura/item/1771-sue-beatrice.html

AWESOME!!! Even the Carbon Cowboy has his SUPER fans, here at HQ we’re LOVIN your home made costumes guys thank you!!! x

Create a spooky glow in your haunted house this year, but don’t forget to use the yummy pumpkin flesh! Here’s a handy link to some warming and delicious recipe ideas http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/search.do?keywords=pumpkin But before you start it’s also important to know how to make a spooky pumpkin http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2011/oct/27/how-to-carve-pumpkin-halloween

Just to make sure our fans never get caught out in the wild ha here’s a handy TGM Survival School ‘Knots’ skill sheet (that’s a tongue twister). Just like Clay Swift and the gang why not carry around an old shoe lace or end of rope, practice and impress your friends or family.

Dead trees turned into art? Love it! Artist and designer Dave Rittinger has proposed a new idea for a public art piece which would see existing (perhaps existing but dead would be more practical?) trees turned into art pieces by way of turning their branches into giant colouring pencils. So far, Rittinger has only experimented with turning small tree limbs into various different man-made objects (baseball bats and toothpicks have also been tried), but it would certainly be interesting to see this proposal become a reality.

What’s this the Carbon Cowboy has Clay Swift within his grasp??? NO!!!! With a bit of imagination you can arm yourself with giant cardboard Carbon Cowboy robot arms! Perfect for giant robot hugs, super high high-fives, or terrorizing your friends and family ha ha. Here at HQ we say “growing old is inevitable but growing up is optional”