Etch-A-Sketch
The Mad Wrapper created a machine that draws a person’s name on an Etch-A Sketch. A key is attached to a gift. Insert the key and the machine automatically draws …
Simply Impossible Puzzle
The Mad Wrapper decided that it was too risky to ship an Etch-A-Sketch machine across country to friends and relatives so an Impossible puzzle was shipped out across America. Each …
Rubik’s Cube
This is a Rubik’s Cube solver robot that solves a person’s initials on the face of a 3×3 Rubik’s Cube. Type in you code name to a webpage and click …
Cryptic Chiseled Porker
Attached to each gift under the tree is a tag baring a cryptic message etched into a 3d-printed tag. Align the mask and the message is revealed. Each tag is …
Raspberry Pi Marshmallow Smores
A roaring fire makes for a great excuse to toast a marshmallow on Christmas Day. I built a tiny fireplace complete with fire that is controlled by a Raspberry Pi …
Bell Model 202 Bluetooth Telephone (1930-2018)
Using the magic of Arduino and clash of historical culture I added Bluetooth to an antique Bell model 202 telephone to light up convention conference “Hello my name is” name …
Blockhead Augmented Reality
Use an iPhone Augmented Reality App to scan a QR code to find your gift. 2017 was an epic Mad Wrapper year of the magic of new technology. Before Christmas …
Message in a Tree
Guests encounter a 3-foot Christmas tree decorated in colored lights. Green letters are scrawled one at a time to form a message. The words arrive slowly: Ho Ho Ho The …
3D Red & Blue
Put on the special goggles and your name pops out of the paper. Go ahead and open the gift! Presents under the tree include one with special goggles plus a …
