Geek Crafts

I saw these Star Wars light saber lamps online recently and really wanted one for my sci-fi-themed office. Unfortunately, I couldn’t justify spending $65 on it – and even if I could, they’re not actually out yet. Every place I have looked has them sold out or not available yet. But… could I make one? I remembered a toy light saber I had seen at recently for ~$10. I saw a DIY cityscape lampshade recently online not too long ago that I could use the same concepts for the shade. My daughter has an Ikea lamp that would be perfect for this. So, I made a Star Wars lightsaber lamp for about $20. Here’s how…

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Craftster user h0p31355 made these super fun monster wreaths from a tutorial posted way back in 2005 by callakat. They remind me of Gossamer from Looney Toons.

• h0p31355′s Monster Wreaths
• callakat’s Monster Wreath tutorial

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Alexa Westerfield has all sorts of awesome Halloween projects on her blog The Swell Life, including this deviled egg costume, complete with instructions. I’ll be posting another cool costume from Alexa tomorrow.

• Deviled Egg Costume

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Lisa Ashby of the Modern Homemaker posted a tutorial of this Pee Wee Herman stencil she made with contact paper. Anyone got any Pee Wee Herman costumes?

• Pee Wee Herman Stencil
• the Modern Homemaker

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Alexa Westerfield shares a tutorial on her blog, The Swell Life, to make these bloody pumpkins. I love the vampire bite.

• Bloody Pumpkins

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I had big plans to do a Halloween costume round-up *before* Halloween to give you all fabulous and geeky ideas for creating your own costumes. Life keeps getting in the way of blogging, but because I love you all, I’ve thrown together some recent finds. If you’ve seen anything recently that I’ve missed, post a comment with a link!

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Pac Man pumpkins

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