Imagine bringing your favorite Minecraft elements into the real world! Minecraft is all about making things in the game world. Minecraft for Makers encourages you to bring that passion for making to real life. Inside, you'll find instructions for nine projects that use a variety of building materials and that can be made with traditional or digital tools. You'll even learn how to integrate electronics into your projects and program an Arduino. Light up your room with a Glowstone Lamp, decorate your wall with an Item Frame, play Chess with Mobs, and beware the Motorized Creeper. Learn how by following along with the full-color graphics and step-by-step instructions in the book. Then plan out your own Minecraft-inspired creations. How far you go is up to you! You'll learn how to make: An Item Frame with a Diamond Sword, A Classic Minecraft Block from LEGOs, Mob Chess Pieces and a Chess Board, A Glowing Light-Up Minecraft Block, A Glowstone Lamp, An Arduino-Powered Jack O'Lantern, A Night and Day Clock That Tracks the Time, A Motorized Robot Creeper, Beginning with simple crafting projects that use wood, paint, and LEGOs, this book takes beginning makers from basic to sophisticated builds.

You'll advance to using electronics to power LEDs and Arduino microcontroller projects that teach programming skills and basic robotics. The skills build progressively on one another, from chapter to chapter, and the emphasis is always on fun! Book jacket.