1. Poke a hole large enough to see through in the metal
bottom of a
clean potato chip can.
2. Using a 2 3/8" by 9 5/8" pattern, cut three pieces
of mirror, Plexiglas
or acetate, and slide them into the
can so that their tops form a triangle.
For Plexiglas and acetate, slide a
matching piece of black construction
paper behind each piece; for acetate,
add cardboard behind the paper
to give it body.
3. Cut out a circular piece of acetate to fit on top
of the triangle inside
the can.
4. Line the inside of the can between the acetate circle
and the top of
the can (about 3/4") with construction
paper to hold the circle in place.
5. Fill this area with small, shiny, colorful objects,
put on the plastic top,
and decorate the outside.
6. To make even more professional - put a colored 2 -
3" band of thin
cardboard around the outside of the
can after decorating the can. Hold
the band and turn the tube for easier
viewing.
The mirror is unnecessary if you use Plexiglas. The height
of the pieces
allows a space at the end of the can (about 3/4") to
put the colored pieces
- beads, paper clips, rhinestones, colored flakes of
acetate (that has been
colored with permanent markers), pieces of Plexiglas
that have also been
colored with markers, and etc. inside the can but on
top of the triangle
formed by the three pieces of straight Plexiglas. By
using black
construction paper behind the Plexiglas - it works like
a mirror.
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