Pirate Drink Bottles

Required materials:

*bottles

*newspaper

*flour

*water

*paint

*tracing paper

*printed design picture

*pencil

*Mix flour and water to a consistency of thick cream

*Tear newspaper into thin strips about 1 inch wide

*Dip a strip of newspaper into the mixture and run between fingers to remove excess liquid

*Lay smoothly on bottle and flatten all edges

*Overlap paper strips until majority of bottle is covered

*Paint over the labels using brown acrylic paint

*After dry lightly apply some darker brown/black paint to give it a worn/old look

*Print out your desired pattern

*Using tracing paper run a pen or pencil over the edges of the pattern. Make sure the paper is lined up with your painted area.

*Paint the design with black acrylic paint inside of the traced lines

Set your bottles down, step back and admire your handiwork!