My nephew (6 years of age) has been and still is obsessed with Minecraft (the game.) And boys being boys, turns anything long and straight into a sword - his favorite being the Diamond Sword.
To surprise him, I googled a picture and did my best.
1. The cardboard. This was my first step. I tried looking for the cleanest, straightest looking one I could find.
2. Gridding. Since this is for a kid, I did my best to try and scale it to be small enough for his hands. The good thing about Minecraft is the pixels. So I took a ruler and made a 16 x 16 grid, about 1.5 cm per "pixel."
3. Tracing the shape. The picture says it all.
4. Cut. This took a little longer. I didn't want to bend the cardboard and make the sword all floppy. So I slowly cut along the traced shape with a cutter until I can pop it out.
5. Mummify. This depends on the cardboard you used. Mine was the brown, usual kind and the brown would distort the my water colors. I took used bond paper and cut them into strips. This I then stuck onto the shape with glue and water. This also helped strengthen the sword but kept it light enough for a kid to swing around.
6. Paint. I retraced the lines so that I could see where the pixels were then numbered the squares according to color so that I wouldn't get lost.
5. Mummify. This depends on the cardboard you used. Mine was the brown, usual kind and the brown would distort the my water colors. I took used bond paper and cut them into strips. This I then stuck onto the shape with glue and water. This also helped strengthen the sword but kept it light enough for a kid to swing around.
6. Paint. I retraced the lines so that I could see where the pixels were then numbered the squares according to color so that I wouldn't get lost.
Here's the final product.
I only had water colors on hand so the colors were uneven. But he played with it nonetheless.
I also off a bit of the handle so that the corners won't prick and my nephew could have a nice strong grip on it.
My nephew also asked for a pickaxe.
This one looked better. Definite learning curve.
And yes, he used it on me too. -_-
I also off a bit of the handle so that the corners won't prick and my nephew could have a nice strong grip on it.
My nephew also asked for a pickaxe.
This one looked better. Definite learning curve.
And yes, he used it on me too. -_-
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