Grow Your Own Super Mario Bros. Fire Flower Jan 5, 200912:13 PST

…well, dress up your plant like one anyway. Here’s how you can enhance your living quarters with plant life while pimping out your crib to show your geek cred. Turn your house into a level of Super Mario Bros with either a fake chomper plant in a real pot, or an actual 8-bit potter for your “fire flower”. Of course if you actually grow a plant that makes you shoot fireballs and kill walking mushrooms, just cut back a little on the experimentation and stick to the games.

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Being that we couldn’t find any places to buy the potter, we at VideoSurf came up with some free materials and a protocol for at least making your own chomper plant like the one above.
1. Download the free image below. Print 2 copies.
2. Cut out the chompers. Trace a piece of cardboard from one of the cutouts into the chomper shape and cut a cardboard outline also.
3. Glue all 3 together to a straw and stick it in your flower pot (or a green pipe).

With these decorations you will need to keep continuity for the rest of your living room, so here is some inspiration. Maybe you’d like to decorate with some brick blocks for your loose coins, or a glowing star that plays smooth jazz. Make Mario your muse for the next 5 minutes: