DIY Minecraft Axe Tutorial

Ashley — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 04:05:51 +0000

I love depleting my scrap lumber pile and my little sister enjoys Minecraft. Merge the two and we have a wooden Minecraft axe! Use this as a costume prop or adorn a wall with it. Follow along for steps on how to make your own Minecraft axe.

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Tools and Supplies

The following items are some of the tools and supplies I gathered to make the axe. The project cost me $0 in supplies, but painting each pixel is a very tedious and time consuming process.

Jigsaw
Orbital sander
Scrap wood
Graph paper
Primer
Pencil
Straight edge
Painter’s tape
Paint brush
Acrylic paint
- 4 shades of gray
- 4 shades of brown
- white
Mod Podge (for sealing the paint)

How to make a wooden Minecraft Axe

Step 1: Create a pattern on graph paper

Minecraft iron axe screenshot

Use an image of the axe as a reference and draw the outline of the axe onto graph paper. For my axe, I used a scale of 1″ per a pixel.

Creating a pattern on graph paper

Step 2: Trace the pattern to the wood

Trace the outline of the axe onto a piece of wood.

Tracing pattern onto scrap piece of lumber

Step 3: Cut out the axe shape with a jigsaw

Cut out the pattern with a jigsaw.

Turning some scrap lumber into a costume prop. #minecraft #jigsaw #woodcraft #scrapwood #bosch #sawdust #costume #diy #woodworking #woodworker #makersgonnamake #axe #pixel #pine #wood

A photo posted by Ashley Grenon (@handmadewithashley) on Sep 25, 2016 at 3:59pm PDT

Step 4: Sand and prep the surface for painting

Cycle through different grits (60, 80, 100, 150, 220) of sandpaper and prime the surface of the axe.

Axe ready for painting

Step 5: Draw guide lines on the axe

Draw guide lines on the axe. Once this is complete you will have a grid.

A grid on the axe

Step 6: Paint each pixel

The bulk of the time spent on the project is on painting. Paint one color at a time. I used painter’s tape to stay within the lines.

Painting pixels

Some progress. There are few more pixels to paint. I need to go back and touch up a few spots, and then flip it over and repeat. #minecraft #costume #costumeprop #prop #wood #scrapwood #plaidcrafts #acrylicpaint #pixel #geek #geekcraft #diy #diycostume #axe #pixelaxe #iron #videogames #gamer #ironaxe #woodworker #pixelart #pixelcraft #minecraftcostume #paint #painting #thisistedious #watchingpaintdry

A photo posted by Ashley Grenon (@handmadewithashley) on Oct 6, 2016 at 6:39am PDT

Step 7: Seal and enjoy!

Seal the project with Mod Podge or your favorite sealer.