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Super Mario Bros. LED Mushroom Halloween Pumpkin!

Super Mario Bros. LED Mushroom Halloween Pumpkin!

How to create your own Super Mario Brothers 1-up LED powered Pumpkin! A great change from your standard, boring Jack-o-Lantern. Brilliant idea eh?

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Step 1Prep the Pumpkin!

Cut the top of the pumpkin, gut it out, print out the design, tape it on the pumpkin, poke holes to out line the design. YOU KNOW THE DRILL!! :)

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29 comments

Oct 29, 2011. 5:04 AMgdene says:

Well, its ok, but thats gonna be my new gif!

Nov 2, 2007. 9:29 AM

MrStuff says:

This is Awesome! I was inspired, so here are my pics.

Jun 8, 2011. 11:13 PMldupalco says:

Wow, it may look like an evil mushroom
But it'll do :)

Oct 11, 2008. 3:00 PMThorolf says:

he looks disgruntled

Nov 3, 2007. 11:15 AMJoe426 (author) says:

wow, very nice work. That turned out great!

Nov 6, 2007. 7:47 AM

MrStuff says:

thank you. only difference i "angry eyes". :-) Next year I'll try Mario and company.

Nov 7, 2007. 7:22 PMJoe426 (author) says:

i definitely like the angry eyes touch. Gives it an evil feel.

Oct 30, 2010. 12:16 PMnitrodude150 says:

I noticed that the link for the Stencil was down, and I REALLY liked this Instructable, so I Vectorized the thing in the Pic --Here it is ^__^

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3237444/Mario_Stencil.eps

Dec 6, 2009. 11:11 AMand-reas says:

Think it would be great if you made a 3d version of it, with holes all over it on the top :D

Oct 23, 2009. 10:56 AMArbitror says:

This is pretty cool! Definitely five stars! But when I make one, I will use a star man instead of a mushroom, and make the lights change color every .1 second! Good Job!

Jun 9, 2009. 5:32 PMnoobie605 says:

i would definetly put a greenled at the top and a white led at the bottom

Oct 31, 2007. 12:37 AMSessiZ says:

Hah :) not bad
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May 23, 2009. 10:06 PMDerin says:

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Apr 5, 2009. 2:51 PMKankuro says:

i want to make a metal 1!

Oct 8, 2008. 5:38 PM

Yerboogieman says:

hey i got the same helping hands at harbor freight tools too, lol

Jan 14, 2008. 8:29 PMdannosliwcd says:

Hmm... Shouldn't you be wearing the glove on the hand that you are pointing the spray can at? :-p

Jan 15, 2008. 4:35 PMJoe426 (author) says:

yeah, i had it like that, but switched it for the picture :)

Jan 3, 2008. 6:22 PMShifrin says:

1 up

Nov 1, 2007. 7:32 PMoinkoinkzoopals says:

dude thats auwsome

Nov 1, 2007. 2:24 PMcalikoala says:

like, how much resistance?

Nov 1, 2007. 3:01 PMJoe426 (author) says:

none. they were 5 leds - max 3.8 v they were powered by 18 volts. so...they can't burn out.

Nov 1, 2007. 7:40 AMNeodudeman says:

Yes!

Oct 31, 2007. 3:34 PMGreenDay says:

I did this today without the LEDs. It looks wicked. Good instructable man.

Oct 30, 2007. 10:16 PM

chuCraft says:

They sell 3-color LED pumpkin lights at most stores, and while they do pretty transitions between colors, the blue and green tend to be a bit too dim once in the pumpkin. Your project is great because each color stands out equally! Also, the 1UP mushroom is a nice touch. An invincibility star could be cool, too...

Oct 30, 2007. 10:19 PMJoe426 (author) says:

Thanks for the compliment. An invincibility star would be cool, but people would think it was just a standard, normal star, which would be a bit boring. Never thought of buying a light, thats always an option if you're too lazy to solder.