Sculptor/illustrator Lawrence Noble gives step-by-step tips on how to make your very own festive Yoda creation from a pumpkin, a gourd and some oranges just in time for Halloween!
Get all the instructions here:
Sculpt a Halloween Yoda Pumpkin (Starwars.com)
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(Photo by Natalie Zee Drieu)
Craft magazine Senior Editor Natalie Zee Drieu is not only a crafting genius, but a bit of a Star Wars fan. Thanks to her, I’ve been able to do Star Wars craft tutorials at the Bay Area Maker Faire for two years in a row, teaching kids how to make Yoda Dolls and Star Wars Marble Magnets. So when she told me about the Star Wars costumes she made for her adorable little dog and her furry friends, I had to know how. Thankfully, she blogs about the costumes and how you can make them easily from felt, cotton fabric, yarn, and ribbon.
Natalie says:
Ever since last Halloween, I’ve wanted to make Lulu an Ewok costume for Halloween. Last year I just didn’t have the time so I knew I had to get this going this year. It turned out her two best friends Gello (Darth Vader) and Lucy (Princess Leia), wanted costumes too for the upcoming neighborhood Halloween pet party this Sunday. Needless to say, these three are inseparable and known around our neighborhood together so we had to bring the Star Wars theme to all three dogs.
Check out how to make awesome dog costumes of an Ewok, Darth Vader and Princess Leia (with hairbuns!) here:
HOW TO – Make Star Wars Halloween Costumes for Dogs (Craftzine.com)
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Star Wars fan and mother Mindy Scott got into the Halloween spirit and made this festive pumpkin to surprise her kids with a one-of-a-kind tribute. Starwars.com chats with her to find out how she made this awesome Yoda Holiday Pumpkin.
Why did you decide to make a Yoda Holiday Pumpkin?
I decided to do Yoda because my boys, Benjamin (5) and Matthew (3), are extreme fans of Star Wars. My son, Matthew, hums the theme to Star Wars at least three times a day. They are dressing up like Obi-Wan and the orange clone trooper for our Fall Festival. I wanted to surprise them with a pumpkin that stayed in theme with their costumes. They were so excited when they woke up and saw Yoda, they wanted to fight him with their lightsabers.
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For those of you holiday chefs out there, instead of making the traditional house, how about a Gingerbread TIE Fighter?
A fan made one and put all his photos on how to do it up on Flickr here: Gingerbread TIE Fighter
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Here’s a collection of Chewbacca Halloween costumes that are either recent, homemade or downright retro! HAPPY HALLOWEEN Wookiee-style!
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For more inspiration for your Sith O’ Lanterns, check out these great Cinematic Pumpkin Carvings on /film! Not only do they feature some of the most intricate Star Wars pumpkins we’ve seen in awhile (we especially enjoyed the Darth Pumpkin), but also carving homages to such films as Batman, Monsters Inc., Nightmare Before Christmas, Shaun of the Dead and many more.
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(photo from FantasyPumpkins.com)
Wired magazine wants to see your geekiest Jack O’ Lantern this Halloween! So if you have a tribute to the Death Star, or Yoda, or heck even Gonk — then submit it for their gallery here:
Show Us Your Geeky Jack-o’-Lanterns
If you need more ideas for how to make your own Star Wars-themed Jack O’ Lantern, check out the patterns here: Spooky Sith-O-Lanterns
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For you Dr. Who fans out there, celebrate the spooky season with this tutorial on how to make a robotic Dalek Halloween pumpkin!
And be sure to check out how to make cool Sith-o-Lanterns on starwars.com here:
Spooky Sith-O-Lanterns
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Despite their cadaverous pallor, zombies are hotter then ever. Marvel zombified their heroes and villains with the smash hit Marvel Zombies series, and now Star Wars gets the undead treatment thanks to sculptor Michael Barrera’s awesome work that can be seen at his website, aipresents.com.
The latest issue of Toyfare (Dec 2007, #124) — now on newsstands — has Barrera’s step-by-step instructions on how to turn a slave Leia into a zombie as part of their Customizing 101 column.
Also in this issue for Star Wars fans: an interview with Ralph McQuarrie about the concept artist action figure currently available from Hasbro, a spotlight on the Kotobukiya ArtFX statues, and the Hasbro / Dark Horse Star Wars Comic 2-Packs.
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