Homemade Donkey Kong clock
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Apr 21st 2007 11:10PM
Idle hands are the Devil's playthings ... or they end up
making some pretty neat crafts. In this case, Will D'Angelo of TheWiicast.com, made a pretty nifty homage to
Donkey Kong with this clock. The timepiece combines images easily found using a Google search -- in this case
Donkey Kong and Big Mario from
Super Paper Mario -- with some basic materials from a craft store. D'Angelo says you need, with approximate costs:
- Clock kit from Michaels craft store ($8)
- The vintage sign kit, which includes a shallow frame and plywood backing ($1)
- Tube of acrylic black paint ($1.75)
- Replacement hands for clock kit ($3)
- Clear matte spray ($5)
The most expensive part of the project is probably purchasing the glossy photo-quality paper to print out the images, which D'Angelo already had around. He was thinking his next attempt would be a
Centipede style clock. Now that he's done it once he has a recommendation for other people attempting the same style clock, "I would suggest to make it easier to pick up one of those cheapy wallpaper rollers for the air bubbles so that you don't touch it with your hands." A nice gamer craft project with lots of image possibilities.
