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Great Geeky DIY LEGO Holiday Ornaments: Brick the Halls

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You can make some great ornaments just using LEGO bricks. Check out these awesome DIY LEGO ornaments from LEGO builder Chris McVeigh. He has designed a fantastic set of original LEGO holiday ornaments that we can all make ourselves at home.
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He offers downloadable build-it-yourself guides that tell you which individual bricks you need for any given ornament. You can use that info to purchase custom brick colors from LEGO’s online Pick a Brick store. Chris also has ready-to-build LEGO kits available to purchase from his store.

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These ornaments will look amazing on your tree this year. I can’t help but love the Star Wars ones best.

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Donkey Kong Christmas Tree Decorations: Happy Nintendolidays

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Now that it’s after Thanksgiving, it’s officially okay to talk about Christmas, and put up the tree. But even if you picked out a festive blue spruce, do you know how you’re going to decorate it? Well, you could put some ordinary department store ornaments on it, or you could go full on geek.

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This set of Donkey Kong themed ornaments ($60) comes from Etsy artist LighterCases, and it includes everything you need to recreate the classic Nintendo arcade game on your Christmas tree. The set of 12 pieces includes girders, ladders, barrels, Jumpman and his Princess. To top things off, it comes with a Donkey Kong tree topper. Each piece is made from melted Perler beads to form the pixels.

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If you’re not into Donkey Kong, their shop has got lots of other fun holiday ornament sets, including Super Mario Bros., Excitebike, Zelda, Tetris, Mega Man, and even some South Park themed sets among others.

It’s A Ballsy Christmas: Let These Bauballs Hang Low on Your Tree

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Got balls? I do, even though I’m not a dude. And I don’t mean the figurative kind of balls. I’m talking about real but hairless man-balls that are big, heavy, and bright red. You know, the kind of man-balls that I can hang on my tree, like the one you see in the image above. Got you there, didn’t I?

No offense intended for anyone all around, though. The bauble you see above is actually the Bauball, which is a totally ridiculous ornament but one that I’d willingly buy all the same. That’s because these are being made for a good cause: to spread the word about testicular cancer. All proceeds from the sales will be donated to the Orchid Cancer Society.

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Aside from that, I’m pretty sure everyone’s going to be asking you about the big, red balls hanging from your tree when they see it. So why not tell them all about it and ask them to spread the word about it (and about checking their own bauballs regularly), too?

The Bauballs have been a huge hit with people because they’re currently out of stock, although you can drop them a line so they can inform you when the next sackful is ready.

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DIY Doctor Who Ornaments for Crafty Time Lords and Ladies

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Having a hard time finding the right geeky Christmas Tree ornaments this year? Are fancy store-bought ornaments out of your budget this year? Well, Instructables is here to help.
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Craftycounterpart has an set of instructions on how to make these amazing little Dalek and TARDIS ornaments. For anyone who is familiar with DIY, these should be easy. They are also very inexpensive to make since you already have most of the supplies around the house, including things like a toilet paper roll, tacks, glue, wire and paint. Though you might not have the spare LED lights for illumination lying around. That said you could always build them without the lights and attach them to your Christmas light strings.

These ornaments will look great on the tree and make Christmas just a bit more geeky. It’s a good project to get the whole family involved in. Make them and hang them together.

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LEGO Ornaments Will Geek Up Your Christmas Tree

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Geeky ornaments have become increasingly uncommon these days, what with more and more geeks storming planet Earth and all. More ornaments that prospective geeks can look forward to hanging up this year are these colorful LEGO ornaments that will bring a smidge of class and a whole lot of awesome to their trees.

These ornaments are being sold as a set of six by LEGO builder Agnieszka Biernacka for $80. They’re made from brand-new LEGO bricks so the ornaments still have that fresh, scratch-free shine to them. They’re also glued together so they won’t fall apart and break into bricks if you happen to drop them.

Of course, you can just build your own LEGO ornaments if you’ve got the time and if you’ve got the bricks.

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Ready for Takeoff? These Aviation Christmas Ornaments Will Make Your Tree Look Fly

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I’ve seen my fair share of geeky Christmas ornaments in recent years, from Star Wars Boba Flakes to Mars Attacks! Christmas ornaments. It’s fun because you get to dress up your tree in ornaments that show off your true, geeky nature. For example, if you’re into sci-fi, then the aformentioned ornaments will obviously tickle your fancy.

If you’re a huge airplane buff, then you’ll probably find these aviation Christmas ornaments off the wall.

PlaneOrnament AThey don’t look like airplanes though, instead, they look like traditional tree ornaments. Upon closer inspection, you’ll see that each ornament features a specific event or special celebration in aviation history, like the 25th Anniversary in Space and the Berlin Airlift. One even shows off the history of the Boeing Flight Test.

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When I was a kid, I remember wanting to be a pilot back then. That was the time when I first heard of Amelia Earhart’s story, and her passion for flying just really got to me. I ended up being an engineer instead, but if opportunity presents itself in the future, I’d definitely jump at the chance to earn my wings. Here’s to hoping.

Each of these Christmas ornaments are available online for $4.71(USD). If ornaments aren’t your thing but airplanes are, then you can find a whole bunch of other aviation-themed stuff on Skygeek.