Category Archives: Star Wars DIY
How to make Star Wars Death Star Popsicles
Star Wars Tie Fighter Playhouse
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I designed and built the external elements for this playhouse with a team from Orchard Supply Hardware. This is our entry in a fun competition with other local businesses raising money for Habitat for Humanity. It is held annually at San Jose California’s “Christmas in the Park”. Last year we created a minature OSH store Playhouse with oversized Candy decorations shown in another Instructable.
This year we chose a Star Wars theme and picked the unique Tie Fighter because it was best suited to become a cool and fun playhouse for kids. It is built on a standard wood Playhouse kit that CITP provides with few restrictions on how it can be modified or decorated. You can build or purchase a standard Playhouse kit so I’m just describing how it was transformed into a “Tie Fighter”. I chose most of the materials from our stores. The entry side of the Playhouse features the sweetness of “Join us in the Dark Chocolate Side” and “We have Cookies” theme which is why it is painted a chocolate color with drips. The two primary Tie Fighter features are the Octagonal (8 sides) Port Window or Pilot Canopy and the Hexagonal (5 sides) Wings. There is also an Octagonal light fixture with an LED rotating “Party Light” and a white large metal ring to represent the round shape of the original Tie Fighter.
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DIY STAR WARS FRAME
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A ONE-OF-A-KIND STAR WARS DECORATION FOR DADS STRONG WITH THE FORCE.
Stumped on what to get the dad who has every Star Wars collectible for Father’s Day this year? Make your own unique piece of Star Wars memorabilia that celebrates Dad’s love of a galaxy far, far away while reminding him of a special family memory.
Find a copy of a Star Wars comic book featuring one of his favorite characters — trust us, don’t use one of his books unless you want him to turn to the dark side — or track down a beat-up vintage comic for a striking look. Then it’s time to get crafting! Here’s the how-to.
What You Need
Wooden photo frame
Star Wars comic book (vintage or recent)
Scissors
Pencil
Decoupage glue
Paint brush
Get Started!
Begin by finding a Star Wars comic book that you don’t mind ripping pages out of. Older comics, like this 1978 issue, can be found in bargain bins at your local comic book shop or convention. You can also pick up a recent comic, like Doctor Aphra or Poe Dameron, if Dad is a fan of the new faces in Star Wars.
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DIY YOUNGLING AHSOKA TANO DOLL
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LEARN HOW ONE FAN BROUGHT PRE-PADAWAN AHSOKA, GLIMPSED BRIEFLY IN STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS, TO LIFE.
Most Impressive Fans is a feature highlighting the amazing creativity of Star Wars devotees, from cosplay to props. If there’s a fearless and inventive fan out there, we’ll highlight them here.
Artist and budding cosplayer Joanna Wallace could have used her own personal Obi-Wan Kenobi by her side as she embarked on her redesign of one-of-a-kind Ahsoka doll, an undertaking that required Jedi-like patience.
An action figure used as a practice test for custom painting ended up with a slightly melted face (sorry, Rey!), her first attempt at the Togruta’s montrals were too small even for the youngling, and hand-stitching the diminutive shift dress for the project proved to be more time-consuming than renovating her entire bathroom, she says.
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How To Make Star Wars Fidget Spinners
STAR WARS HEADBOARD WITH GLOWING STARS
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I was inspired to create this double size head board because my son is so stuck on Star Wars . He can’t get enough of it. The LED stars are perfect for a child that needs a little extra light at bed time. It takes them away to another world . Who wouldn’t love to fall asleep under the stars ?
The project was created with a simple coloring book. If you can color in a color book, you can definitely accomplish this project with great results !
Tools Needed
Jig Saw
Router with a 3/8 ” round over bit
Screwdriver
Drill with a bit size of ( 5/16″ and 7/32″ and 9/32″)
Chop saw or skill saw
Vice grips
Projector
3 Paintbrushes Large ,Medium and Small
Supplies
4’x 8’sheet cut down to 2.3′ xi 5′ 3/4″ MDF sheet
1″x4″ 8 foot board
12 1 1/4 ” wood screws
Four each of (1/4″ carriage bolts )(1/4″ nuts)(1/4″ Flat washers)
Countersink
1 string of 35 or less LED Christmas lights
2 Black Sharpe fine tip pens
Clear Varnish spray or liquid
Acrylic Paint Colors
1 Cobalt Blue
2 Light grey
3 Dark Grey
4 White
5 Black
6 Silver
7 Dark Metallic Gold
8 Yellow Metallic Gold
9 light brown
10 Dark Brown
11 Antique white (off white for skin tone)
12 Georgia Clay (Red/orange mix)
13 Plum or purple wine
14medium yellow
15 light green
16 dark green
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ROGUE ONE DEATH STAR PLANS NOTEBOOK CRAFT
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THE FATE OF THE REBELLION IS IN YOUR HANDS…AND READY TO HOLD YOUR MOST VITAL INFORMATION.
The Death Star plans are not in the main computer — they’re in your backpack!
The Rebellion scored its first major victory by getting their hands on the Death Star plans, thanks to the efforts of the Rogue One crew. Now you can get your own copy of the valuable datatape by turning a composition notebook into your very own set of plans.
What You Need
Composition notebook
Two sheets of black cardstock paper
One sheet of silver scrapbook paper
One large circle template, such as a CD
One small circle template, approximately 2.5” in diameter
5/8” paper hole punch
Single-sided self seal laminating sheets
Scissors
Craft knife
Glue
Pencil
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Star Wars Dining Table
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This project stemmed from my sister’s dire need for a dining room table, my desire to push my creative boundaries, and mine and my sister’s love for Star Wars. As a college student living in an apartment, my sister had little money for furniture, and it just so happened that I needed a new project for my high school shop class.
Features & the basic rundown:
The top is a representation of the death star (hopefully obvious, otherwise I didn’t do a very good job!), complete with 9 LEDs arranged to look like the 9 points of the super laser. The aprons of the table are finished in a star field with the Star Wars logo in the center. The legs are representations of light sabers and are braced in the middle by an X shaped cross section that was supposed to be a representation of a walkway from the films( a la Death Star in A New Hope or the carbon freezing chamber from Empire Strikes Back), which features action figures of Luke and Darth Vader arranged to appear as though they are dueling.
Unfortunately, I neglected to document any of this project as it was being built, and as a result, this Instructable is much less of a “step by step” and more of a showcase of my work. However, I will do my best to walk through the process of the build, showing each section and trying my best to explain how I did it. I will also offer suggestions for alternative construction methods that would improve the quality of the work or accommodate different situations(denoted by an asterisk [*] and bold text), and I will provide links to the Sketchup model, templates, and other resources that I used throughout the build.
With all that being said, let’s walk through it!
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Customized Scarif Shoretrooper
Brett Bartniks shares his latest custom collectible. Thanks for sharing this with us!
I just finished my latest Star Wars project. It is a Jakks Pacific 18″ Scarif Shoretrooper. I repositioned the right arm so he was holding the blaster in the air. I repainted him to look like a Scarif Shoretrooper Squad Leader instead of how he came as the regular Scarif Shoretrooper. I wanted to give him some color and it came out looking great. I also repainted the blaster and then made a custom base for him. It is a beach style base with a cargo box I made. I then made it look like it exploded in the front. I wanted to make it look like he was in a harsh battle just like in Rogue One. I also put A Lightsaber in the cargo box like it was precious cargo and they were trying to get it to Darth Vader. Haha.
