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Milk Carton Spanish Galleon

Materials:

bullet2 milk cartons
bullet2 straws
bulletplaydough
bullet black and white paper (construction paper)
bulletglue, scissors and tape

OPTIONAL:  template pieces (see bottom of this page) -- you could also make them yourself with white paper and markers.

ALTERNATIVE:  use craft foam instead of construction paper and you'll have a ship that you can play with in the bathtub.
  

bullettape a piece of construction paper about 1/2 way up the milk carton as shown in the photo to the right.
  
bullettape black construction paper all the way up the back of the milk carton, leaving about 1 inch sticking up over the carton
bullettape white construction paper over the rest of the milk carton
bulletglue two blobs of playdough into the center of the pirate ship
bulletcut a two to three inch piece off the bottom of the second milk carton.
  
bulletTape it onto the ship (covering the playdough)
  
bulletpoke two holes in it (with a pencil) right above the playdough blobs
  
bulletcover with white construction paper
bulletstick two straws through the holes you poked in the top carton
  
bulletPrint out the template pieces
  
bulletpoke two holes in each rectangle with scissors or a hole punch and thread onto the straws as masts -- the largest goes in front, the medium and small go on the back
  
bulletdraw windows and a door with markers or glue on the template door and windows
  
bulletCut two small slits in the top of the front straw (about 1/2 inch long)
bulletfold the flag in half and glue so it is colored on both sides
bulletslip it into the slits you made in the straw

 
bulletOPTIONAL:  Put a coffee stir stick or popsicle stick on the front of the boat with glue or tape.  Tie a string or wool between this stick and the front mast

 

bulletClose the template window after printing to return to this screen. 
   
bulletSet page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). 

Template for colour printer

Template for black and white printer

 

 

Different computers work a bit differently in terms of how they print.  If the first templates don't work for you, try these instead:

Template for colour printer

Template for black and white printer