ok so for the past couple weeks ive been looking and looking for a gift i can make my 9 year old brother and i cant seem to find anything!! so now i need something really fast but thats red and for a 9 year old boy... anyone have ANY ideas?? he loves dino's mario and that kind of stuff but i cant find anything not on youtube no patterns nothing!! help!! his birthday is this saturday and i will feel so horrible that i havent made him anything

Just searching 'crochet mario' on this site gave 41 results - including this mario hat how-to
http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/mario-crochet-hat

you can make a mario hat, or the mario power mushrooms. I have a how to on how to take an old shirt and turn it into a pillow, and the shirt i used happens to be an old mario shirt. LOL

Mario Ami:
http://wolfdreamer-oth.blogspot.com/2009/08/mario-plushie.html

Mario and Luigi Hats:
http://funkychika3.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00:00:00-06:00&updated-max=2012-01-01T00:00:00-06:00&max-results=2

Power Mushrooms:
http://wolfdreamer-oth.blogspot.com/2009/05/mario-brothers-mushrooms.html