Do-it-yourself Daredevil Gifts

The Emersons at Home

"Ahhh... close enough."

"I spilled a red dot of paint, so I painted the whole room so you wouldn't notice it."

'Is that the only wallpaper you could find?!'

"He built his own airplane from a kit."

"Because when you go first nobody else has any fun, that's why."

A DIY disaster.

'It all started when he tried to assemble a backyard gym without reading the instructions.'

"Of course I know how to use a chainsaw!"

"Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!"

'What a time to return from climbing! There's not way your coming into this house tonight.'

'Roger's busy making a cat-flap in the kitchen.'

'3-D TV Kit'

"I think I've fixed the intercom. Just remember to speak into the ceiling fan when the doorbell rings."

Texturing the Walls

The Hammer

A crab with a utility knife claw

"I was ironing the curtains and fell out of the window..!"

"The white flag means he gives up and will finally hire a professional to finish the renovation."

Job Safety - Pumpkin.

'The New... New, Swiss Army Knife.'

'... and we're also having a sale on do-it-yourself emergency surgery kits.'

'Put your tools away. We can't afford to pay any more tradesmen to fix another of your botched DIY projects.'

Jenkins took special pride in his new invention, the rubberband-powered runabout.

Undignified Exits of the Planet World: Geronimo!

This year Mike decides to make his own Valentine's cards.

'I thought I knew what a cubit was.'

George was a bit intimidated by his IKEA self-assembly wardrobe.

"See, Honey, I told you that TV would fit in this room!"

'Certainly. Here's the break-down. Seventy-five dollars for my labour. And seventy-five dollars for you impersonating a plumber.'

Wallpapering with Nails

"The 'Queer Eye' people came by - but they fled."

"I warned you not to use parts from the microwave oven, to mend the electric blanket...."

'Well, in the hands of my husbnd it's almost as lethal as a loaded gun.'

'We're waiting for an estimate that doesn't make him do that.'