How-To: Superhero Garden Gnomes

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By Matt Richardson
Posted 2011/07/10 @ 6:00 am
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This excellent lawn ornament enhancement comes to us via Laura at CRAFT:

Transform a garden-variety garden gnome into your favorite superhero! Awesome. Instructables user The Papier Boy has a step-by-step tutorial up. He uses Sculpey and Bondo to subtly alter the shape of the gnomes, adding superhero masks and details, like bat ears on Gnome Batman.

BY Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson is a Brooklyn-based creative technologist, contributing editor for MAKE magazine, and co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi. He's also the owner of Awesome Button Studios, a technology consultancy. Highlights from his work include the Descriptive Camera (a camera which outputs a text description instead of a photo) and The Enough Already (a DIY celebrity-silencing device). Matt's work has been featured at The Nevada Museum of Art, The Rome International Photography Festival, Milan Design Week and has garnered attention from The New York Times, Wired, and New York Magazine.

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9 Responses to How-To: Superhero Garden Gnomes

Laura Campanelli on July 10th, 2011 at 1:15 pm said:

holy cow batman.. i love this!

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Laura Campanelli on July 10th, 2011 at 1:15 pm said:

holy cow batman.. i love this!

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Laura Campanelli on July 10th, 2011 at 1:15 pm said:

holy cow batman.. i love this!

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Min Yang on July 12th, 2011 at 9:37 am said:

so cute, like it so much! http://www.squidoo.com/best-grade-cartier-handbag-for-you

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Marsee Henon on July 13th, 2011 at 12:03 am said:

Wow, this could be a fun weekend project. Now to get my hands on some stray gnomes.

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Anna taylor on August 3rd, 2011 at 9:26 am said:

In these modern times, you can obtain garden
gnomes in a range of types – from
the most innocent of pastimes to the most naughty of moonings – and developed
from components different from plastic to terracotta. They are regarded as so
tacky that they are for good banned from the prestigious Chelsea Flower Display,
a truth that is looked on by a lot of center class English gardeners as pure and
utter snobbery. http://www.homeyardandgarden.com

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Ethel Gray on August 19th, 2011 at 6:33 am said:

I’ve attended in a garden show and their concept was great, they need to display their garden that reflects who they are and it should be a product of their creative mind, and a gnome superhero is a great idea to enhance one’s garden.

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Ethel Gray on August 19th, 2011 at 6:33 am said:

I’ve attended in a garden show and their concept was great, they need to display their garden that reflects who they are and it should be a product of their creative mind, and a gnome superhero is a great idea to enhance one’s garden.

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Bearded gnome on May 9th, 2012 at 11:08 am said:

Do you still have them

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