Comics Fetish: Volume 70 – DIY Edition
Welcome to Comics Fetish, your weekly dose of wallet pain. Every five installments of this column, we run it with a theme. This time around, it’s going to be awesome DIY projects. Get your crafting gear ready!
Fellow Panelteer Katie brought this super rad project to my attention: make a lamp look like some kind of crazy collectible item with a few old action figures!
Into decoupage? Find a blank cuff bracelet and some old comics, and get to work:
It’s super easy to make coasters, and you can use some old comics for that, too:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS4nbtOsB_8[/youtube]
Why not decorate smaller items you carry around, like a compact mirror, while you’re at it?
Still lament some of the more obscure comics characters you love aren’t made into Funko Pop! figures yet? Make your own (or get a pal to help you). Awesome kids project, too. Customizing vinyl toys is easy as pie, and you don’t even have to paint them or buy special supplies – just use some permanent markers:
And here’s a bonus, just because I flippin’ love this video of our fearless leader Swapna. Substitute the print pages for comics pages and you’ve got a festive wall decoration for the whole year:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45V6sFx5Gm0[/youtube]
