My daughter is very into “Gir” these days – the sidekick from the Invader Zim cartoon. She’s hoping to pull together a Gir costume for Halloween. So in researching various DIY options, I pulled together this roundup of Gir crafts.
BehindtheSofa created her own Gir cross-stitch pattern, and stitched it onto a black hoodie.
When I was a kid, I used to love Shrinky Dinks, so these Dog Gir/Robot Gir earrings by Lynn Aquaheart caught my eye.
Pauly’s awesome and fuzzy Nyan Cat scarf got me thinking… there must be more Pop Tart kitty goodness available. Lo and behold, there is. I present to you my favorite Nyan Cat crafts from Etsy:
If you’d like to make your own Nyan Cat, thatquietchick has a cross-stitch pattern. How long would you make your rainbow?
Why keep calm and carry on when you can keeep calmz and nyanyanyanyan with this print from DesignNoy?
Let Nyan Cat keep watch over your keys with this tiny kitty keychain enclosed in resin from BitOfSugar.
Nyan Cat will help you navigate the interwebz with DesignNoy‘s mouse pad.
NostalgicNerd made this Perler bead Nyan Cat extra special with neon and glitter beads.
Cuddle up with this plush Nyan Cat from Cinnamonstitch.
Stamp this hand-carved Nyan cat from xxNostalgic on all of your important papers. Add your own rainbow.
I might have to buy this Nyan Cat vinyl wallet myself from kittencamaro.
Last week my brother showed me a speed run of Lost Levels (8 minutes, 13 seconds, if you can believe it!) and I flinched a lot while watching, mostly because of close calls with piranha plants. Even though they could be really frustrating, I can respect piranha plants…
Which brings me to Etsy seller nerdnook! She sells a variety of rubber stamps for old school gamers, but my favorite is the piranha plant. It’s so simple, yet so recognizable. nerdnook also sells geeky apparel through another shop called Ten Shades of Awesome. Check it out!
All these “One Tiny Thing” swaps on Craftster are killing me with their tininess. (And yes, tininess is a word – I just looked it up to be sure.) For the “One Tiny Video Game Thing” swap, astrangeone carved this very intricate stamp of Master Chief from the game Halo. If you’ve never carved your own stamps, trust me – I have and this detail is amazing.
I *just* emailed my friend Erica tonight about taking a class on stamp carving at Paper-Source in a couple months, so it was super cool to find this on Craftster tonight. chrispykreme carved the apple image from the cover of Twilight as a stamp to use as bookplates. I really want to try this!
Can you get any geekier than carrying a bag that says “I Heart Math”? Craftster user Casstasstrophie created her own rubber stamp and applied it to these cross body hipster bags that she sewed for a swap.
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