New Project : Mario Tree

Last year I tried to make a Super Mario-themed tree topper; a yellow star made from vinyl and LEDs. It was a failure.

This year, Jennifer proposed making Mario ornaments for the xmas tree. I told her it was a fun idea, and I was okay with it. We talked it over, trying to decide which characters, enemies, and items would be best for this project. Eventually we decided that the best way to do this is to decorate the tree ENTIRELY with Mario ornaments. Mostly, "we decided" involved me badgering Jenn until she relented, but I digress.

So we went to Michaels and gathered some supplies. Styrofoam balls, Paint and brushes, airy light craft foam, plastic beads for pixel art, etc.

The craft foam/clay and styrofoam bits are still being worked on, but the plastic bead crafts were very fast and easy. Plastic pixel art is super fun, and we warned each other not to get too crazy with it, or else we might just forget the other projects and just fill the tree with these.

Well, here's what we have finished so far. We just need to add hooks, and a tree to hang them from.

Starring in this line up; (left to right)

Mario
Fire Flower
Cape feather
Spiny
Lakitu