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Create a Sonic Screwdriver Replica Charm or Tree Ornament

November 10, 2014 by Wifeeclectic 17 Comments

Housewife Eclectic: Sonic Screw Driver Ornament

I’m baaack… Lorene here again to share one of my favorite little geeky projects: sonic screwdriver replica ornaments.

Last Christmas, I made my favorite Whovian (that’s Debra) a whole Doctor Who tree, complete with a Weeping Angel tree topper, character tree skirt, police box lighted sign, Doctors and companions garland, and oodles of Doctor-inspired ornaments. I’ve previously shared the Weeping Angel Tree Topper today I’m starting out the ornaments with these mini sonic screwdrivers.

Create a Mini Version of The Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver

Supplies

  • two marbles, one blue and one green
  • various pens, slide whistles, or other longish items, preferably hollow
  • (optional) wire to wrap around to add texture
  • glue (I used hot glue)
  • spray paint
You can really use whatever you have on hand to create your screwdrivers. Great tutorial, huh? 🙂 I made these mini-sized, only about 4 inches long, but you could really easily use larger elements to make them true to size. Here are the pieces I used for each screwdriver:
Housewife Eclectic: Sonic Screw Driver Ornament

 

For the 10th Doctor’s sonic screwdriver:
  • dollar store slide whistle with the top whistle part cut off
  • hollow neck part of a cheap old toothbrush
  • dollar store highlighter cap (upside down)
  • blue marble
Housewife Eclectic: Sonic Screw Driver Ornament
For the 11th Doctor’s sonic screwdriver:
  • top part (from the grip to the tip) of an old pen body
  • dollar store slide whistle main body section (both ends cut off) — wrapped with wire to add texture
  • dollar store slide whistle slides for the retractable arm thingies (which are not retractable)
  • green marble

Piece together your elements so that they look like you want them to.

 
Before you glue them together, figure out how you’re going to add your cord or hook to hang them on your tree (or wherever you’re going to hang them). I used Dollar Tree slide whistles as the base for both of mine, so they already had small holes in the bottom that I just threaded cord through and tied a knot in.
Spray paint the assembled pieces BEFORE your glue the marble in. This might seem like a duh, but it seriously took a lot of thought for me to remember that! Also, don’t wait until the coldest week of the year right before Christmas to try to spray paint these. It will make you miserable and the spray paint drippy because you’re using heavy coats and trying to hurry :)Now, it could be a little more sonic… but it’s pretty fun nonetheless!

Cheers,
Lorene
Lu (or Lorene if you prefer) is the mom of 3 kids and wife of a singing and dancing elementary teacher. She happily shows up here at Housewife Eclectic whenever Debra allows, and occasionally blogs on whatever topic comes up over at her blog, just Lu, when she has time in between projects and her awesome job as a virtual assistant. 

Filed Under: Christmas, Doctor Who, Geek Blogging, Holidays, Tutorials Tagged With: Arts and Crafts, by Lorene, Christmas, Doctor Who, Geek Blogging

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  1. Kung Phoo says

    November 10, 2014 at 4:42 pm

    Those are very cool looking.. ill have to show it to my wife.

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  2. Meagan Wied says

    November 10, 2014 at 5:02 pm

    Love homemade ornaments.

    Reply
  3. Heather Jones says

    November 10, 2014 at 5:51 pm

    Very cool! We love unique ornaments like this. Great job on it!

    Reply
  4. bxcrochet says

    November 10, 2014 at 7:43 pm

    That is a great ideas. I love that you found the supplies in a dollar store.

    Michelle F.

    Reply
  5. Colette S says

    November 11, 2014 at 12:32 am

    I love the new form of creativity! Very fun idea!
    I take it this is Dr Who? 🙂

    Reply
  6. Cheap Is The *New* Classy says

    November 11, 2014 at 1:52 am

    Wow, this is super cool! We don't watch Dr. Who, but we know a lot of people that do and love it!

    Reply
  7. Caitlin Fore says

    November 11, 2014 at 3:57 am

    Oh cool! These look really great!!

    Reply
  8. Mistee Dawn says

    November 11, 2014 at 8:15 am

    What an awesome craft. I think this is something that the whole family could enjoy.

    Reply
  9. Alyssa Collazo says

    November 11, 2014 at 5:22 pm

    What a cool looking craft! Thanks for sharing

    Reply
  10. Maddi'sMommy says

    November 11, 2014 at 8:20 pm

    Our christmas tree is covered with decorative, personalized and hand made ornaments. There is always room for another 🙂

    Reply
  11. Janet Krugel says

    November 11, 2014 at 9:00 pm

    What a geeky little ornament. I know several people who would love this!

    Reply
  12. Danielle says

    November 11, 2014 at 10:08 pm

    What an interesting Christmas ornament. I don't think I have ever seen Doctor who but I know tons of people really like those shows.

    Reply
  13. Kristin and Megan says

    November 11, 2014 at 10:36 pm

    Super cute and great gift idea for Doctor fans!

    Reply
  14. Stephanie Pass says

    November 12, 2014 at 1:34 am

    This is awesome!! My son loves Dr. Who and he is going to love making these. Thanks so much!!

    Reply
  15. Kara says

    November 12, 2014 at 1:17 pm

    What a fun idea!

    Reply
  16. Vodka Logic says

    November 14, 2014 at 12:43 am

    We are Whovians in our house.. I might have to make them..thanks

    Reply
  17. Lorene Nance says

    December 5, 2014 at 6:38 pm

    Thanks everyone! These are a fun exercise of creatively shopping for materials for sure 🙂

    -Lorene

    Reply

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