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Milk Carton Spanish Galleon

Materials:

  • 2 milk cartons
  • 2 straws
  • playdough
  • black and white paper (construction paper)
  • glue, 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.
  

  • tape a piece of construction paper about 1/2 way up the milk carton as shown in the photo to the right.
      
  • tape black construction paper all the way up the back of the milk carton, leaving about 1 inch sticking up over the carton
  • tape white construction paper over the rest of the milk carton
  • glue two blobs of playdough into the center of the pirate ship
  • cut a two to three inch piece off the bottom of the second milk carton.
      
  • Tape it onto the ship (covering the playdough)
      
  • poke two holes in it (with a pencil) right above the playdough blobs
      
  • cover with white construction paper
  • stick two straws through the holes you poked in the top carton
      
  • Print out the template pieces
      
  • poke 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
      
  • draw windows and a door with markers or glue on the template door and windows
      
  • Cut two small slits in the top of the front straw (about 1/2 inch long)
    • fold the flag in half and glue so it is colored on both sides
    • slip it into the slits you made in the straw

 
  • OPTIONAL:  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

 

  • Close the template window after printing to return to this screen. 
       
  • Set 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     Colour   or   B&W

 

   

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