Do you or your kids love to play video games? Have you ever tried painting your game controllers? Painted controllers are so cool! Our crafting expert Tonya is here today to show you how to paint gaming controllers in our latest post in our ongoing sponsored campaign with Testors.com.
I have three children between the ages of 11 and 22. They are all gamers, but my two boys especially love gaming. I don’t know how many fights I’ve broken up because someone claims a controller is theirs. The controllers are exactly the same. Exactly! I don’t know how they can tell them apart, but it always seems to end in a battle of wills.
Well, now my boys have their own customized controllers and can no longer fight over which controller belongs to them.
Customize Your Controllers
You can now customize your gaming controllers with the cool new Testors Color Shift that will be available in Michaels Stores and online at Amazon.com in June, and in Hobby Lobby in July.
I’m going to show you exactly how to paint gaming controllers.
Watch How Easy It Is To Paint Gaming Controllers
What you need to paint gaming controllers:
- Gaming controller
- Testors Color Shift paint – available in Blue Galaxy, Emerald Turquoise, and Purple Fog
- Testors Craft 3oz Aerosol Paint  – Black Gloss
- Tools to take apart your gaming controller
How To Paint Gaming Controllers
Step 1: Take apart your gaming controller. You will need to remove the outer shell, and then the circuits and buttons inside.
Step 2: Place the shell of the controller onto a large sheet of paper or plastic and spray with two coats of Testors Craft 3oz Aerosol Paint in black. Allow each coat to dry for 30 minutes. Note: I only painted the front shell of our controllers, not the back.
Step 3: Once the two coats of black paint have dried you can apply 2-3 thin coats of color shift paint in whichever shade you like. I did one controller in Purple Fog and the other in Emerald Turquoise.
Note: For the purple controller I added two coats, but for the emerald I added three coats. The more coats the brighter the result.
Step 4: Allow the controller to dry thoroughly (preferably a few hours to overnight) and then reassemble them.
The new Testors Color Shift paint is an aerosol flip formulation that will change colors depending upon how the light hits it. It’s perfect for all kinds of DIY projects around the home.
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Be sure to check out our other DIY posts using Testors paints:
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- DIY Handmade Breakfast Tray
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Written by Tonya Staab, contributor at 5 Minutes for Mom
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curious if there are any sealin problems with these or other testor craft paints. I once tried painting a Nintendo controller white, but the color quickly took on a nasty yellow color from my hand sweat 🤢 I would like to try again, but would hate to muck up another controller. Also, surprised that no sanding was required before painting. Is this also something to do with the paint, or maybe something material-specific? Appreciate any insights.
Hi Derek, I’m not sure about any sealing issues. But let us know if you try it out.
Would it work on shoes?
I never thought about that! Would be cool to do and then everyone would know their own controller!!
Both of my children love gaming, they’d love being able to decorate their own controller.
I love video games and I’ve always wanted to paint my controller sparkly purple!
our family all plays and we would love to paint our controllers! would be awesome to personalize.
We would love to try painting our controllers!
These are great. I will make
my husband and daughter play video games and I think this paint would be very cool on the controllers!
This looks like a great idea for customization
We love video games, but I think I’d use these paints for something else, personally!
We enjoy video games- but I don’t know that I want to chance taking my controller apart– I’m afraid I couldn’t get it together again properly.
My son is a total gamer lol… he would LOVE if I painted his controllers!!!
My boys play video games. They would paint their controllers or their model cars.
My son is a huge gamer, and he would love to do this! I can’t wait to paint his controllers!
This is a great idea. My kids would love it.
I like to game but I like PC games, not ones with controllers. My husband likes to buy consoles and then sell them when new ones come out so I don’t he’d like the customized controllers (for the resale value) but I think that I could find a million uses for this paint in other ways!
My kids like to paint video games and this is a cool way to personalize controllers. I think we might find another way to use these paints though with some kind of different DIY project.
Nooooooo, my son will go gaga over this idea. MMmmmmm, I wonder if I can trust him with some spray paint 😉
My son and I play video games all the time. I would love to paint my controller but would also use these paints to paint his NERF guns.
yes the grandkids use controllers,but i have some decorating to do in my grandaughters room with some shelves and frames that need painting
I have 2 boys that just love their video games. I can definitely see my older son painting his controllers.
All 4 of my kids and my husband love to play video games. They would love to use this to paint their controllers.
My kids love thier ps4, but I’d want to pay some garden stakes instead. =)
We like video games! We would use this to paint a bird house.
I love colour so there are a lot of craft projects I could use the paints for.
My kids love playing their video games. It would be fun to paint their controllers with this paint.
I think this would be fun for my kids to paint their gaming controllers!
Would follow the same and paint the controllers
I LOVE this idea! My boys all have their “own” controller but I can’t always tell them apart. They’d love to customize them. Pinned.
Yes we love to game in our house, I would consider painting our controllers!
They love video games, I would use it to paint controllers, it would be green because my grandson loves the color
Not a video gamer, but we would use it to paint jars for our flowers.
My son is a computer gamer mostly. I would love to paint a few different things with Paint shift .
I’ve never painted my controllers but I love the colors would love to try
my son would paint his controllers the same color as his fave character
Those paints would be great for the not so special rocks I add to my Agate/Jasper rock garden. I’ve been collecting paints recently to start this project.
All my kids are gamers this is an awesome idea to keep controllers separate
My son is a gamer and he and his friends would love to paint their controllers.
These are neat! Would love to pain outside pots with these 🙂
My kids like playing video games and generally mix up their controllers. If I win the Testors Craft Color Shift Paint, I plan to paint their controllers different colors. This paint will not only make the controllers look and feel new and clean but will also help my kids be able to more easily identify their contoller.
Wow! Those colors look really good on the controllers. My nephew plays a lot of video games….and I wouldn’t mind having a controller like that for myself.