DLTK's Activities for Kids
Milk Carton Pirate Ship

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.
Cut two large rectangles and two small rectangles from yellow construction paper
Poke two holes in each rectangle with scissors or a hole punch and thread onto the straws as masts.
draw windows and a door with markers.
Cut yellow circles and glue them to the side of the ship as portholes.
Add a gangplank made of cardboard.