
Dude Crafts
The Man's Guide to Practical Projects, Backyard Ballistics, and Glorious Gags
by Mike Warren
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Pub Date Oct 02 2018 | Archive Date Jan 09 2019
Quarto Publishing Group – Voyageur Press | Voyageur Press
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Description
Whether making life easier with ingenious hacks or providing self-amusement, the 50 projects presented in Dude Crafts are sure to get any guy's creative wheels turning. These DIY projects will get you on the path to developing your own creations, and impressing your friends.
You'll learn how to:
- 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
Whatever the motive—to solve a problem, to play a joke, or for self-entertainment—Dude Crafts will get dudes off the sofa and into the workshop!
Marketing Plan
Key Selling Points: Author Mike Warren’s 200+ Instructables posts have received more than 21 million views. Warren has 8,048 Instructables followers; his “Head in a Jar” and “Glow Table” Instructables each have more than 2.6M views Fun, functional, and oftentimes irreverent projects heavily tout the topics of reuse, upcycling, and hacks.
Key Campaign Activity Publicity campaign to target DIY, craft, men-centric, home improvement and enthusiast media outlets Project excerpts at select blogs/websites, newspapers Pursue tie-ins with Instructables.com and author’s page at the site which nearly 10K followers and over 25,000,000 views
Consumer: Quarto Knows / Quarto Homes social media Video trailer; videos at Mike Warren’s You Tube channel (over 6,600 subscribers) and Instructables.com Quarto Knows B2C email campaigns Giveaways at Goodreads, select blogs and websites
Publicity/Media: Short and long lead publicity campaign targeting DIY, Home Improvement & Craft enthusiast media Partner with high-traffic blog/website Instructables.com Short and long lead publicity targets to also include consumer general interest outlets and publications, including Forbest Online, HGTV Online, DIY Network Online, PopSugar, BuzzFeed, Quartz Men-centric media outlets: GQ, BroBible, Gear Patrol, Primer, Made Man, Bullz-Eye, Acquire, Guyism, Men’s Journal, Esquire, Cigar Aficionado, Smooth, Best Life, Man Tripping, Target craft outlets for reviews and excerpts, including: MilkMade, Make Online, Keep Busy, Dotdash, Primary DIY & Home Improvement Outlets-Magazines: Do It Yourself, House & Home, Log Home Living, This Old House, Popular Mechanics, Make, Instructables, Curbly, Man Made DIY, AcmeDIY.com, Remodelaholic, Top Mom, Dad & Parenting Blogs and other outlets: How To Be A Dad, Moms Who Think, Geekdad, Single Dad Laughing, Gays With Kids, Mocha Dad, Dad or Alive, Dadland.com, Bobblehead Dad, Top dailies – Huffington Post, USA Today, Miami Herald, NY Times, NY Post, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Boston Globe, The Guardian, LA Weekly, Sacramento Bee, Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, Montreal Gazette, Minneapolis Star-Tribune Syndication: King Features Syndicate, Tribune Content Agency Home Improvement/Hardware/DIY Industry-Trade Outlets: Hardware Retailing, Hardware + Building Supply Dealer, Hardware Merchandising.
Trade Review: Library Journal, Publisher's Weekly, Booklist, Bookish, Shelf Awareness, Kirkus, BookTrib
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9780760357781 |
PRICE | $19.99 (USD) |
PAGES | 208 |
Featured Reviews

Hilarious with a touch of danger and epic crafty brilliance! Dude it is time to get crafty with over 50 innovative invitations to create.

I liked how it gave step by step instructions for some very interesting projects. However, the projects are definitely for adults-only (such as the alcohol-flask-filled baby and hanging beer can opener). What's great about this book is that it presents ideas and crafts that I've never seen before, rather than the same-old-same-old. It uses pictures, bullet points, and tips to make the projects easy to follow and make. My biggest beef is that this isn't a book the boys in my classroom can use....it's most definitely for the adult crowd.

WOW, who KNEW you could make a forge from a microwave? While that may seem far fetched, as you'll see from the collage above, many of the ideas have some very good practical applications, and you might even ask for them to BE made! LOL. Ok, MAYBE not the baby doll wine holder or barbie bottle opener, LOL- but guys will see the humor in those! Think how much FUN you could add to a cubicle with the tennis ball holder guys! And admit it, getting those beer bottles up off the shelf, can give YOU back some of your fridge space, especially handy during the holidays to have! Most of the projects are not super complicated and require items you have around the garage, or a quick run to your local hardware store. The pictures are easy and clear (cause you KNOW how men are with just printed instructions....), and you might find yourself thinking you need to borrow the book!

Yea for Dude Crafts!
Dude Crafts is an awesome book. It's a book that my husband and my eighteen year old son would still love. We have a large catapult in our backyard made from PVC pipe, elastic tie down straps, etc that they built years ago. The kids mostly launched tennis battles into the neighbor's pool and water balloons at each other, but it was great fun.
This book promises to be just as entertaining and then some.

With helpful instructions from start to finish, the author created this handy reference for building out-of-the-ordinary home innovations. From the zany to the insane, some of the most hilarious DIY projects I've ever seen were clearly demonstrated. This is another fine example of someone with too much time on their hands. Caution thrown to the wind, the author offered a fully Illustrated not-your-everyday craft book that's sure to keep you amused.
I send my thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group - Voyageur Press for this digital edition in exchange for an unbiased review.
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