March
27
Nintendo Craft Contest
Happy Seamstress, home of the Super Mario Sweater pattern, is hosting a Nintendo craft contest. Click through for all the details.
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March
10
Nintendo Controller Coffee Table
Here is some pure awesome from Craftster user prettyinpaisly – an old school Nintendo controller coffee table. Love it!
December
20
Nintendo and D&D Felt and Embroidered Ornaments
We got a double-submission from Geek Crafts user Bree (aka breemonkey on Craftster): She sewed and embroidered felt to make these cute and very detailed D20 Dungeons and Dragons die and Nintendo controller ornaments for her lucky, and geeky, friends.
April
11
Top 10 Nintendo (NES) Controller Crafts
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.
May
4
Hama bead sprites
Brian Nelson on Techerator posted this fantastic tutorial for How to make your favourite nintendo characters with perler beads. I love perler beads (actually, I use hama beads, because that’s what’s readily available in the UK, but they’re exactly the same thing so…) and I haven’t made anything out of them for about 10 years, so I bought myself a load of hama beads in all different colours, and put the tutorial to the test!
Being as it’s been so long since I did anything with hama beads, I started with something really simple – a mario mushroom! I also put several rows of beads around the edges of the design to make a coaster! (I love my creations to be functional!) See my attempt after the cut!
- How to make your favourite nintendo characters with perler beads
- More perler crafts on Geek Crafts
- More hama crafts on Geek Crafts
- More nintendo crafts on Geek Crafts
April
9
Star Wars Pillow and Blanket
In just a year, I’m going to be finished with college. Soon, I’ll have to decide what to do with the rest of my life! Every time I see a baby in a pram or stroller, I squee with delight, so little geeky addition sounds just lovely. Young children are a great inspiration for crafts. I honestly can’t wait to turn our study into a Nintendo-themed bedroom and start finger-painting Pokémon with the little ones.
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