Geek Crafts reader Kat sent us a link to her awesome blog of video game sprite t-shirts that she hand-paints as gifts for friends. She specializes in NES sprites. I am *so* impressed with how crisp and precise her painting is. I think the Bubble Bobble guy is my favorite.

• Video Game Sprite Shirts

Craftster user JenGoPop crocheted this fun little amigurumi Q-Bert and she even shares her pattern and instructions. Cool detail: she suggests putting pipe cleaners in his legs to make him poseable.

There are very few Q-Bert crafts on the Internet…if you’ve made any Q-Bert crafts, please email us!

• Amigurumi Q-Bert with pattern!

I just had to share this floofy kitty from Stuff On My Cat. Her name is Esme and she enjoys playing Halo 3 on her Xbox 360. Meow.

• Halo 3 Kitty on Stuff On My Cat

Craftster user mandasbrighteyes is practicing her cake decorating skills so she can make this Super Mario wedding cake for her boyfriend (source unknown):

In the same thread, RachelKristin shared her own Super Mario wedding cake:

Both cakes are super Super Mario and surely tasty, too.

• Super Mario Wedding Cakes on Craftster

Most Geeky Crafts are decidedly not girly. Until today. Craft Magazine posted about this Cooking Mama apron (it’s a Wii game) made by crafterbation. Check out her Cooking Mama tutorial on Craftster and make your own!

• Cooking Mama Apron Tutorial [via Craft Magazine]

Cute Overload posted this adorable bunny playing XBox. Look at his little paws on the buttons! I need to teach my pets how to play video games.

• XBox Rabbit on Cute Overload

Reader Jen sent us a picture of her very first quilt. She says,

“I love old school Super Mario Brothers and I am trying to learn how to quilt. This is my first attempt. I call it my starter quilt. Super easy to make but a bit time-consuming.”

Mario looks awesome on such a grand scale. Good job, Jen!

• Super Mario Quilt

Craftster user derwassi’s girlfriend was kind enough to paint Pac-Man on his bathroom walls. What geek wouldn’t like a Pac-Man bathroom?

• Pac-Man Bathroom Walls

Perler beads are perfect for recreating 8-bit video game characters and scenes. They can be used for all kinds of amazing geeky crafts and are so easy to use, anyone can do it. Below you will find 10 incredible examples of the things you can do with Perler beads.

1. Super Mario Brothers in Perler Beads

Danny_8bit makes some elaborate Perler bead art. This little scene from Super Mario Brothers is attached to a briefcase.

• Super Mario Brothers in Perler Beads by Danny_8bit

2. Float Eye Boss from Final Fantasy

The Float Eye Boss from Final Fantasy has great shading. Faith9990 really got the details in on this one. Is it just me or does this guy look like an evil version of Mike from Monsters, Inc.?

• Float Eye Boss from Finaly Fantasy in Perler Beads by Faith9990

3. Pokemon

I know my eight-year-old could tell me who all these little guys are. For now, I’ll take Fashion’s word that they are Pokemon and they are an impressive collection.

• Pokemon in Perler Beads by Fashion

4. R2D2

Here at Geek Crafts, we seem to always end up back on Star Wars. Flickr user Copy + Waste made this huge R2D2 from Perler beads.

• R2D2 in Perler Beads by Copy + Waste

5. Ape Lad’s Spock illustration

I’m not a big Star Trek fan, but this is the second Star Trek craft that I really like (the other was the Spock apron). blakewest did a great job capturing the look of the original illustration.

• Ape Lad’s Spock Illustration in Perler Beads by blakewest

6. Donkey Kong in Perler Beads

Here’s another one from Danny_8bit: a very elaborate Donkey Kong/Burgertime combo scene - not sure why the two games are mixed, but it still looks great!

• Donkey Kong in Perler Beads by Danny_8bit
  

7. Sinistar

Wow - what an incrdible likeness of the evil Sinistar himself. Awesome job done by CoderKev. “Run, coward!”

• Sinistar in Perler Beads by CoderKev

8. Space Invaders Key Chains

Faith9990 does it again with these little Space Invaders keychains. They aren’t attached yet, but if you look closely, you can see that a bead is purposely missing from each one to attach the keyring to.

• Space Invaders Key Chains in Perler Beads by Faith9990

9. Gameboy Color 3D

I love the dimensional Perler bead crafts. Doctor Octoroc used what looks to be three layers of beads to make this Gameboy Color 3D.

• Gameboy Color 3D in Perler Beads by Doctor Octoroc

10. Samus Aran vs. Omega Metroid

And one more by Doctor Octoroc: Samus Aran vs. Omega Metroid. I think this is the most detailed Perler Bead art I have seen. Details + shading + size = pure awesomeness. (I don’t think that’s a direct quote there from Samus)

• Samus Aran vs. Omega Metroid in Perler Beads by Doctor Octoroc

This weekend we’re taking a look at crafts based on old-school Nintendo controllers. (We’ll look at mod-ed controllers another week.)

1. Nintendo Controller Perler Bead Business Card Holder

Etsy seller Lost Mitten has this one-of-a-kind business card holder available in her shop. Made of fused Perler beads, this will look great on any geek’s desk.

• Nintendo Controller Perler Bead Business Card Holder from Lost Mitten

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