DLTK's Crafts for Kids
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