Ark of the Covenant Ice Chest

Believe it or not I will show you how to turn this strange assortment of toys and such into an Ark of the Covenant as seen in Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Materials:

Two small action figures or even angel figurines would work

Foam paper or something that could be made into wings

Glue (I used a glue gun)

Gold spray paint

Stryofoam Ice Chest or a plastic one you wouldn't mind painting. 

Cut out the wings and glue them down to the arms of each action figure.

Then glue down the action figures to the top of the ice chest.

Take your ice chest with glued down angels and spray lightly with the gold spray paint.

Make sure to do 3 light coats as to not get the Styrofoam to bubble.  Styrofoam doesn't really like spray paint. 

I personally would have used paint but this was very last minute.  The angels would have been much prettier but I had about an hour to do all of this for our Indian Jones themed party.  I really like spraying stuff with gold though, it makes it all look so much better.

 P.S. Rust-o-leum Gold Metallic is the way to go.

And you are done. 

I found the hat at the 99 Cent only store and got the action figures and the foam paper at $1 Tree.

I wish I had more time for this but it came out so cute and a little bit whimsical I am very happy with it.

Thanks for reading and catch up with me Wednesday to see how it all turned out.

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Basic Paper Lantern Tutorial

This is my 100th post! 

Getting ready for Halloween or just a party?  Here is a great money saving way of sprucing up your porch or backyard.

Hope you enjoyed the picture tutorial on making a basic paper lantern tutorial.  This is a no frills tutorial.  I will post soon how to make this into a garland and pretty them up a bit.

The plus is for the battery operating tea light to sit in allowing the paper lantern to actually glow.

Thanks for reading kiddies and catch me later for Sunday's Labor Day weekend post.