Etch-A-Sketch

December 25, 2022
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 

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Simply Impossible Puzzle

December 25, 2022
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

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Rubik’s Cube

December 25, 2021
Rubik’s Cube

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 “Solve”.  The

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Cryptic Chiseled Porker

December 25, 2020
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

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Raspberry Pi Marshmallow Smores

December 26, 2019
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

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Bell Model 202 Bluetooth Telephone (1930-2018)

December 25, 2018
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

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Blockhead Augmented Reality

December 26, 2017
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

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Message in a Tree

December 25, 2016
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

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Scratch Hologram

December 25, 2016

A scratch hologram is one of those “hidden in plain sight” tricks.  To see the message just angle the glass toward the sun and presto!  This is an excellent way

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3D Red & Blue

December 25, 2013
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

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“To Linnea From Seven Toes” 1963

December 25, 1963