Make an Ancient-Looking Map of Neverland

Pirate Parties are fun, there's no doubt about it. But if you want to shake things up a little and make your party girl-friendly too, a Peter Pan Party keeps everybody happy. Here's how to make a simple-but-effective Old Map of Neverland... it costs next-to-nothing and looks effective as part of the party Decor...

Step 1 Sketch the Map

Using a pencil, sketch a rough outline of the map onto brown craft paper; then go over more carefully with a fine black marker.
I used twist-up crayons to add some soft colour and then carefully tore around the edges of the paper.

Comments

[Aleron_Arrow]

Very nice map! This will help me with an upcoming project I have!

[malsonc]

I enjoyed your 'ible! I have done similar aged documents for sculptures I've created. A couple of tips I learned that helped me were to soak the document in some strong coffee to give the paper an overall old parchment look. The use of the tea bags to make special emphasis areas works well on the coffee background.

When doing the torn/burnt edges I could never get enough control with a lighter. I ended up getting the paper slightly damp and then using a lit cigar held underneath the paper to burn the edges. The advantage I found was that the coal on the end of the cigar would illuminate the path I was burning and allowed me quite a bit of control over the burn. I did have a dish of water handy to snuff out anything that dried too much and started to actually flame up - safety first!

Again, I enjoyed this project. Keep up the good work!

[tinker234]

wow very cool i love the look huge fan

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Amazing map! Neverland is the map I would want to make too!