I you are not already aware, dear reader, I reeeeally enjoy pirates (pronounced "poy-rates") Not the murder and theft, but the aesthetics of the golden age of piracy. Today I'd like to focus on treasure (as any good pirate would).
This is my first treasure chest. It is composed of cardboard and a manila folder(the rounded part at the top). The exterior is toilet paper mache. The best part: the rust is cinnamon sprinkled in the wet paint.
Now we step things up a notch. This full sized chest is made of wood. The metal bars are are craft foam with clay rivets. The lock is made of craft foam and a clothes hanger hook. But what's this?
TREASURE! "Good job," you may be saying, "you built a useless 30 pound space waster." Don't get sassy with me, reader!
It has a false top, and functions as storage year round. The false top is a piece of lauan, a mound of foam and 200-some plastic coins glued in place.
COINS!?
The best
option I found for lots of cheap and good looking pirate style coins was
from Hobby Lobby. Only a couple bucks for 72 with a ship on one side
and Spanish shield on the other.
"Ye don't know what this is, do ye? This is Aztec gold" -Capt. Barbossa
If that's too boring for you, go ahead and make your own!
If you don't recognize these coins or the quote I'm very disappointed in you reader. I made a one sided mold from a Disney trading pin with sculpey clay. I then used more sculpey to make casts and painted each. A slow but very easy process.
Keep a weather eye open mates, thar be more
pirate posts on the horizon.
pirate posts on the horizon.
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