Ok, who doesn't love pirate stuff? Kid's these days love pirate parties and what pirate party doesn't need tons of loot? With all the cool accessories you can buy for a pirate theme party, throwing a shin-dig can get pretty pricey. Here in this Instructable I will teach you the amazing art of turning trash into gold and silver treasure! Shhhhh! Don't tell anybody, it's a pirate secret. Anyone caught stealing secrets will walk the plank!
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First you will need a few things from around the house.
---A pizza box, or any cardboard will do. We have used cereal boxes, the backs of old notepads, and old shipping boxes.
---Now you need something round to trace around, we used a can from the pantry, just find something that is the size you want your coins to be.
---You need some glue, we used Aleene's Tacky Glue because it's thick, but you could use regular Elmer's school glue, or even hot glue (adults only).
---Aluminum duct tape, or tinfoil (requires more gluing) OR silver or gold acrylic paint.
First thing to do is to place the can (or round object) on the cardboard and trace around it, move trace, repeat until you have lots of circles drawn. Now you will begin drawing the skull and crossbones in each circle with the Aleene's tacky glue. 1st draw a keyhole shape in the center, 2nd draw two dots for eyes, a triangle for a nose, 3rd a line for the mouth. Then draw two upside down hearts for the bottom crossbones, and last draw two hearts for the top crossbones. (SEE THE PICTURES BELOW FOR EXAMPLES, EACH IS DETAILED WITH DESCRIPTIONS)
---A pizza box, or any cardboard will do. We have used cereal boxes, the backs of old notepads, and old shipping boxes.
---Now you need something round to trace around, we used a can from the pantry, just find something that is the size you want your coins to be.
---You need some glue, we used Aleene's Tacky Glue because it's thick, but you could use regular Elmer's school glue, or even hot glue (adults only).
---Aluminum duct tape, or tinfoil (requires more gluing) OR silver or gold acrylic paint.
First thing to do is to place the can (or round object) on the cardboard and trace around it, move trace, repeat until you have lots of circles drawn. Now you will begin drawing the skull and crossbones in each circle with the Aleene's tacky glue. 1st draw a keyhole shape in the center, 2nd draw two dots for eyes, a triangle for a nose, 3rd a line for the mouth. Then draw two upside down hearts for the bottom crossbones, and last draw two hearts for the top crossbones. (SEE THE PICTURES BELOW FOR EXAMPLES, EACH IS DETAILED WITH DESCRIPTIONS)
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I hope things work out and we can have a pirate party, these will deffinetly be made!