Fun Pirate Project 3: Money bag with silver coins

Treasure, treasure, treasure! Send you little pirates on a treasure hunt by hiding these DIY silver coins in your yard. They can then keep the coins they find in their little DIY money bag :-)

Silver coins

1. Lay a 50 sen coin on a piece of thin cardboard and trace around it. You need 2 circles to make one coin. Cut out the circles


2. Glue the circles onto a piece of aluminium foil on the non-shiny side. Cut around them, leaving a border, and fold the foil over the circles


3. Using a blunt pencil, draw a picture in the middle of each circle (on the foil side), then glue 2 circles together to form a coin

* In keeping with the pirate theme, draw pirate related pictures on your coins, e.g. treasure chest, skull and crossbones, pirate ship, cutlass and hook, etc.

Money bag

You can let the kids make their own money bags during the party. It's a good ice-breaker activity, also a good way to keep the kids busy while waiting for their friends to arrive.

1. Trace a large circle on a piece of felt and cut it out


2. Punch a series of holes around the circumference of the circle, approximately one inch in from the side


3. Thread a piece of elastic through the holes


4. Pull the elastic tight to gather in the bag. Then tie a strong knot in the elastic, being careful to ensure that the elastic is loose enough for your little one to get the coins in and out, but tight enough to make sure that the contents won't spill out. Then tie the elastic onto a belt or wrist and cut off any loose ends

Images courtesy of Kids Craft Weekly