A few weeks ago I got to meet one of the artists behind the incredible Lego work I kept seeing at area conventions. His name is Allen T. Hickman. For Planet Comicon, he created this amazing Captain America: Civil War mural. That Captain America Shield? He created that too. And people, he doesn’t use a computer program to do it. Want to see more of his awesome stuff (not just murals, but fully realized Lego models too!), then check out Allen’s Facebook Page and take a look at some of his incredible creations. Be sure to hop on over to The Just Brick League Facebook Page too and check out more of his Lego masterpieces. You can also find video of the Lego awesomeness that Allen and Ty Forshee brought to Planet Comicon 2015 on YouTube, posted by Gabe Counts.
Zombie Gingerbread Man Ornament by My Zombie Friends on Etsy, credit Adrienne Jones.
To combat holiday stress, I like to decorate with as much geek-tastic awesomeness as I can create and find. Things like zombie gingerbread men, Teenage Muntant Ninja Turtle ornaments, and 8-bit fireplaces always make me smile. Why not have a geeky holiday this year and let Geek Crafts give you a head start with some fun, easy tutorials and even a gift idea or two.
Ornaments!
For the turtle lover, you’ve got to take a look at The Whoot’s DIY Ninja Turtles. My nephews love the Turtles, and this is the sort of craft you could do with little boys (and plenty of supervision!).
These Muppet ornaments are super easy to make too, thanks to the great tutorial from Meg on Happy Looks Good on You. These little cuties were inspired by her original tutorial on making superhero ornaments.
Kat and Cam from Our Nerd Home has a some great ideas for decorating the home for the holidays, including this Wreath DIY made from foam core! I bet craft foam would work great too. Plus, you could totally customize this to all of your own favorite fandom images.
I have to share their 8-bit fireplace DIY too. This is too awesome for words, and incredibly easy to do. It’s warm and cozy, don’t you think?
This last decor DIY is not for the faint of heart, but this Embroidery tutorial from Jessica (from Miniature Rhino) on Design Sponge takes you step-by-step through making this beautiful embroidered constellation table runner. Perhaps not strictly a holiday theme, I think it lends itself well to any winter themed decor you’ve got going on in your home.
Today, I’ve got a totally different kind of craft project to share. It’s fun, it’s different but it’s not very functional, as you can see in the video.
Christina Stephens, who posts weekly YouTube videos as AmputeeOT, build a prosthetic leg out of them. Stephens, a St. Louis occupational therapist who had her leg amputated several months ago after her foot got crushed while she was working on her car, painstakingly pieced together her faux limb out of colorful plastic bricks and documented the process after someone in her research lab jokingly suggested the idea. “The joke’s on you — I went home and did it,” she writes. It looks a bit precarious, to be honest, but hey, as Stephens points out, “Sometimes, you just need to be silly.”
If you look through her videos, you’ll see that Christina had her surgery to remove her leg in February 2013.
This is one of those projects that is a bit time-consuming, but so worth it in the end.
I have crochet patterns in a binder, in different sections like hats, shrugs, afghans, and bags. Can you think of some booklets that might be handy to have all page-protectored & binder-ized?
I realize I’m pushing the boundaries here by including Legos in a craft blog, but these “haunted” Victorian mansions are too perfect for this time of year, I had to share them. A fellow by the name of Mike Doyle created a few of these, each of them taking 50K-60K pieces and 450 hours to build. Check out more buildings and some close-ups over on geek tyrant.
This Lego Star Wars clock Instructables project opens with the sentence, “My son made this clock in clay class when he was 4 years old.” This is parenting done right, folks.
I love the idea for using Lego base pieces so you can move the minifigs around as you choose.
