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DIY 8 Bit Wall Art! | Nerdy Crafts!

I love anything and everything when it comes to vintage games. I have done some perler bead projects in the past, but wanted to go BIG! So that is exactly what I did with this DIY 8 Bit Wall Art!

It started off simple, I seen the trailer for the new Pixels movie coming out and had decided on doing Blinky the ghost from Pac-man… and then it just kind of escalated from there. I had small 1/2 -inch blocks and larger 1 inch blocks so I decided to also do one of my all time favorite characters, Bobba Fett, in the larger blocks (I am a bit of a Star Wars fan)! I ran out of smaller blocks, but ordered more so that I can make all of the Pac-man characters to hang above my door in my office. 

He looks great hanging under my DIY Donkey Kong shelves! Hubby has already stated that once his office is completed he will be stealing him from me. I won’t let that happen though, he is all mine! The kids are even going to be making some of there own for their room remodels and I can’t wait to see what they come up with!

I ordered the blocks online in bulk, and was surprisingly cheap! Plus, they arrived pretty fast, so I could get crafting! There is nothing worse than wanting to make something and then have to wait for supplies, but thankfully I only had to wait about 3 days.

Items needed:

Wooden Blocks

Wood Glue (I like Gorilla Glue)

Paint

Paint Brush

Hanger for the back ( I used Sawtooth mounts that I found at my local hardware store)

Since I did not have a template to use, I have created a few of my favorite characters so that you can use them!

Who is your favorite vintage video game character?

DIY Star Wars Themed Kitchen Aid Mixer | Nerdy Crafts!

I am a bit of a Star Wars fan… okay I am a BIG Star Wars fan! This past week we have been watching the entire Star Wars Saga because our kiddos have never seen the movies. I am happy to say that they love the movies as much as Hubby and I do! So, because I can’t deck out my entire kitchen in Star Wars, I decided to do a Star Wars Themed Kitchen Aid Mixer!

It is not perfect, but I absolutely LOVE IT! If you do not have a cutting machine like a Silhouette, you can always check out Ebay for small decals as well! If you do have a machine, I just goggled Star Wars Silhouttes to find what I wanted and transferred the images to my software to cut.

My Kitchen Aid has seen some better days, it does get a work out after all. It is actually the only appliance that I keep out on my counter top all the time. My other kitchen appliances only get pulled out from the deep dark caverns of the cabinets when I need them and then right back they go when I am done using them. So, the first step in making this Star Wars Themed Kitchen Aid Mixer is to make sure you mixer is clean! Scrub it down to make sure there are no oils or crumbs to be found.

I then mapped out where I wanted my decals to be and measured the areas so I knew what sizes I needed to cut. I did this before deciding on what I was actually going to put on the mixer, so things changed a little.

I decided to put Bobba Fett as the main decal because he is one of our favorite characters from the movie. Before I cut anything though, I printed everything in the sizes I measured to make sure they would fit.

Then, it was time to cut and weed. You will notice a blank area on one side of my mixer, that is because I wanted to put R2D2 there, but ummm…. He is not an easy thing to weed with all of the details and such a small size. I plan on going back in and putting C3PO there when I get more black vinyl.

After I was happy with the vinyl cut outs, I placed them on my mixer. There are a few bubbles in Bobba Fetts helmet, but I am okay with that. If there are an excessive amount of bubbles you can smooth them out with a burnishing tool.

For the quotes I downloaded a font from DaFont.com called Star Jedi. They are actually one of my favorite parts of this project.

As you can see, I am fond of the Dark Side of the Force, Darth Vader really does get a bad rap. But, I had to include the X Wing in because it is a pretty awesome ship!

Of course, my mixer was not the only thing that got a make over. I had to give my crock pot a taste of the dark side too!

Be sure to grab our Free Star Wars Printables too!

DIY Donkey Kong Shelves

I am a big nerd, I am not afraid to admit it either. I love video games and comic books, so when I decided to paint my office, I figured it would be the perfect time to update my Wall of Awesome. I had seen images of some really cool Donkey Kong Shelves, but could not find them anywhere online to buy or how to make them! ACK! So I went on a mission to make them myself, and you know what? They were really simple to make!

I used some floating shelves that I found online and created a stencil using PicMonkey. The shelves I found had a nice thick front and were actually pretty cheap! All 4 came in a set for just $25! I already had the paint, so my only out of pocket cost was the shelves!

Items needed:

Floating Shelves

Red & White Paint

Sponge paint brush

Stencil (You can grab it below!)

Craft knife or Silhouette  Cutter

Stencil Spray (optional)

Right click and save image to your computer.

It took some trail and error to get the image to fit my shelves. I just adjusted the fit size in my printer options until I had the perfect size.

To see how I made these DIY Donkey Kong Shelves from start to finish, check out the video below!

Who is your favorite comic book or video game character?