Turn frozen juice can lids into real looking toy coins- super easy DIY!
Arizona Coin Collector
Something to teach small kids on coins. However,
orange juice lids sometimes have sharp edges on them
and could cut there finger. Do this with caution and
remove (debur), the sharp edges.
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Turn frozen juice can lids into real looking toy coins- super easy DIY!
December 30, 11:39 AM
by Michele Johansen & Lexie Tigre, Seattle Eastside
Not long ago, I started collecting the metal lids from
cans of frozen orange juice concentrate. I put some
stickers on some as a game for my 3 year old, and also
gave her a stack of plain lids just to play with. She
loves the size and weight of them, and loves to line
them up, stack them, all sorts of things. One day I
noticed she was pretending the lids were coins. I
thought it would be cool to make the lids look like
real coins, so I found some images, sized them to fit
perfectly on the juice can lids, and created a full
set of images to turn into coins.
Here is how you can do it too.
What you need:
Frozen juice can lids (as many as you want)
Coin template
Blank sheets of sticker paper
Color Printer
Scissors
1. Start collecting the metal lids from frozen juice
cans. Most brands have the same size lids, so you
should be fine collecting whatever you like to drink.
2. Download the coin template right here.(adobe reader
see below)
http://www.rubyslipperguide.com/home/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=t0JUFxvI%2fsc%3d&tabid=165&mid=632
3. Using sticker paper, print out the coin templates,
as many as you want to make. My two-page template is
designed to make 12 double-sided coins
4. Cut out each coin from the sticker paper and apply
to the center of each lid. The coin images are
smaller than the juice can lids in order to avoid the
rims of the lids. Each coin has a front and back image.
5. Give your kids their new toy coins and let the
fun begin!
A few notes on the sticker paper:
I got my paper at Office Depot, but any office supply
store should have packets of 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of
blank sticker paper. The style I got was glossy,
which works better than the non-glossy, since it
looks more real and tends not to smear so much.
Here is a sample type.
(Story Photo Image)
http://image.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/coinssmall.jpg
When cutting out your stickers, don't just cut the
coins out before peeling the back. It is a royal
pain trying to get the backing paper off when you
do it this way. Instead, after you have printed
the coins, check the sticker paper to see if it has
a side with a special tab designed to make it easier
to peel. It is far easier to peel the back off and
then cut the stickers out, rather than the other
way around. On my paper, there was a scored edge
running down one side that helps you fold and peel
off the backing- I cut strips of coins, making sure
that each strip had some of the scoring, then was
able to peel sets of three and cut them out. If you
need to peel the whole sheet at once, you can peel
it then cut strips of coins, so it is easier to cut
out the coins, rather than working with a whole sheet.
If you want to make the coins more authentic, make
sure to apply the stickers with the top of one side
opposite the top of the other side (check a coin and
you will see that when the heads is top side up,
the tails is top side down.)
If you can't find the sticker paper, you can also
print it out on regular paper and then apply the
images using spray craft glue.
Want some other DIY fun?
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RWF
"Arizona Coin Collector" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Hello
>
> Something to teach small kids on coins. However,
> orange juice lids sometimes have sharp edges on them
> and could cut there finger. Do this with caution and
> remove (debur), the sharp edges.
Wouldn't it be easier to let the kids play with actual coins?
The Dollar Tree by me sells play coins and currency for a buck too.
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