June
21
Professor Snape Wallhanging
Craftster user astormorray made this awesome Professor Snape wallhanging for a swap. The recipient is lucky enough to get this paper-pieced quilt.
June
12
Mr. T in Perler Beads
Not only do I blog about crafts, sometimes I even make crafts. I’m not quite sure how I came up with the idea to make a portrait of Mr. T with Perler beads, but after many trips to the craft store, sorting beads and ordering more beads online, he was complete. It took over 10,000 beads to make Mr. T and he is more than two feet high!
Check back tomorrow for more Mr. T crafts!
June
11
Clark Kent / Superman Amigurumi
April
21
Spock Matzah
I am loving the Spock crafts! Phillip Torrone posted the coolest matzah anyone’s ever seen on the Craftzine blog. He used a laser cutter to etch Spock on matzah. Live long and prosper this Passover.
April
18
10 Awesome Geeky Perler Bead Crafts
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.
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.?
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.
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.
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.
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!
7. Sinistar
Wow – what an incredible likeness of the evil Sinistar himself. Awesome job done by CoderKev. “Run, coward!”
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.
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.
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)
April
15
Indiana Jones Amigurumi
Craftster user artoo1121 is back with more amigurumi. This time she’s made Indiana Jones. Ladies, who wouldn’t want a little Harrison Ford to cuddle up with? Check out the link – there are also some more Star Wars dolls.