Oct 17, 2008 5:00 AM

Build a Flintstones Car for Your Kids

Saw this awesome Instructable posted on Makezine the other day, and knew I had to share it with the GeekDad community. Last year, when Bill LeMaster’s grandchildren said they wanted to dress up as Pebbles and Bam-Bam for Halloween, Bill decided they needed the finishing touch: their own scale Flintstones’ car. So he built it, […]

Saw this awesome Instructable posted on Makezine the other day, and knew I had to share it with the GeekDad community. Last year, when Bill LeMaster's grandchildren said they wanted to dress up as Pebbles and Bam-Bam for Halloween, Bill decided they needed the finishing touch: their own scale Flintstones' car. So he built it, and now he's put the DIY for it up on Instructables. Check it out!

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