Mind the Bananas

I had some spare sheet metal, so I thought I’d make some driveway decorations.

craft banana made out of sheet metal

In theory, you could make these out of cardboard or plastic sheeting or whatever.

I made a set of 3, because that’s how many Mario Kart gives you at a time. Here is what they look like in progress – one finished, one mostly painted, and one not painted.

set of 3 craft bananas made out of sheet metal

Please ignore the ugly welds.

The goal was to make them “life-size” if you were to have Mario Kart items in real life. They could be a little larger, but I went with this size because the 10-inch width of each strip was what a bunch of my sections of sheet metal were.

Here is the end result:

set of craft bananas next to a car

I have not tried it, but I doubt they would make you spin out like they do in the game. At best they would scratch the paint or scuff the tire.

In case you do want to try this at home, here is how I made them.

instructions for making a cart-sized banana

So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord from the fruit of the ground.

Genesis 4:3

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