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Build an RC Pumpkin Hovercraft

Carving a pumpkin is a great activity for kids, but their interest starts to wane when the knife play ends. How do you make pumpkins interesting again for wee ones? You can follow in William Osman’s footsteps and hack the bottom off a gourd, integrate the blower from a handheld vacuum into it, and then add a couple of drone motors and propellers up top to create a functional pumpkin hovercraft that not only skims across smooth surfaces but can be steered around with a wireless remote.