Halloween Pirate Ship - "Yee must walk the Plank!" [PG]

We took Halloween 2007 to the next level by building not only a cool display, but we made the kids walk up into a pirate ship and walk the plank where the treasure chest full of candy lie waiting. Fog, Lights, Strobe, Sounds and a Parrot! I have include the sound track loop in step 8.
This was approximately a 3-4 day medium level build.

Step 1 Oh No! Sharks! Skulls & Swords!

This build started a few days in advance. Building the extra parts and pieces.

Materials
- Pink Insulation Foam (2 x 8 ft )
- Grey, White, Black, Gold Paint

Tools
- Utility knife
- Small paint brush

Steps: Sharks!
1. Cut out the shapes of shark fins, with a little notch for standing up in base with utility knife.
2. Cut out bases in the shape of a football (us), with notch hole to receive shark fin.
3. After assembling them together, use utility knife to round the edges, and use sand
paper to smooth.
4. Paint Gray with your choice of most the accessible.

Steps: Skulls & Swords!
1. Have a great sister who will cut out and paint skulls, swords, and anchors for you!
2. If you don't have a sister, recruit someone to join your adventure!

Comments

[Doofus89]

Arrrrrrrgg!!! This be awesome!!

[annabel.]

Wow! I LOVE the pirate ship! Gave me heaps of ideas for this Hallowe'en!

[jacob.h.choi]

this is a pirate ship we built for spirit week at school.

[bastonia]

Nicely done! Do you have anymore pictures?

[bastonia]

Surprisingly no ... The Acrylic and Outdoor House paint when down very easily and stayed on very well. The only problem I would see is the wearing time. After a week, and kids still play on it, the paint is getting wear-and-tear. But it is foam after all. lol.

[worldzend]

Fabulous! Your kids must be the envy of the neighborhood. Was it hard to get the paint to adhere to the foam board?