Stuck home on a rainy weekend with nothing to do? Looking for something fun to make for your home office or living room? Check out this roundup of five awesome nerdy do-it-yourself projects to help make your home a little extra nerdy.
DIY D20 Lamp from Our Nerdy Home
This incredibly easy IKEA lamp hack would make an awesome addition to your office, game room, or anyplace else that needs a little extra light. And with the materials costing less than $25, this is a relatively inexpensive project! (Which is always good, so you can save some money for more games, right?) 🙂
Don’t Panic Towel Messenger Bag from Nerd By Night
Alright, this is something I’m probably going to have to make for hauling around Gen Con goodies. I think this is quite possibly the nerdiest bag I’ve ever seen – and I need it in my life. I mean, come on, a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy themed bag – made from a towel. And for the cost of a towel, you can be a hoopy frood with a towel bag of your very own.
Light Up and Talking PotatOS from Portal 2, by codename-3c
Looking for something a little more complicated to make? Why not try your hand at this talking PotatOS from Portal 2? (Note: there are spoilers for Portal 2 in the instructions for this project, so keep that in mind if you haven’t played it yet!) I’m half tempted to try making this for Ross.
Geek Welcome Mats from Our Nerd Home
Our Nerd Home has a lot of awesome DIY projects on their site – and this is another awesome project of theirs! These geeky welcome mats look relatively simple to make, and you could easily do all sorts of designs with this technique! (I’m imagining Rainbow Dash’s cutie mark as one idea for a welcome mat…)
DIY Comic Book Lamp from A Girl and A Glue Gun
I like this comic book lamp project. It looks like it’d be a lot of fun to do with not just old comic books, but all sorts of nerdy artwork – and you could easily just make a new lampshade for an existing lamp, or snag a lamp from a thrift store that needs a little bit of TLC!
Hopefully these five project ideas might spark your DIY side and give you some ideas for fun stuff to make the next time you’re bored and looking for something creative to do! I know I’ve got some ideas, that’s for sure.