Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! You will have a lot of fun experiences in this tutorial. You'll learn how to create a pirate treasure map in Photoshop.
In this tutorial we'll look at a number of techniques, including combining images and creating lighting effects.
Let's get started!
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Final result
Photo collage on a treasure map
The southern sector is the glory zone. It symbolizes victory, success, recognition in society. Here you can place a photo of a sports champion, Miss World, an actor who is being awarded a statuette, or a character whose success a person strives for. You can also use a computer program to depict yourself at the time of the benefit.
Southeast is the sector of money and wealth. This is one of the important and favorite sectors for many, as it patronizes material well-being. In this zone you can place pictures of houses, cars, money - everything a person dreams of.
The southwest sector is responsible for love, marriage and relationships. Photos of loved ones or the person they want to meet are pasted into this area. If a girl dreams of a successful, handsome and rich life partner, then it’s good to find a picture of a young man, beautifully dressed and driving a luxury car.
In the love zone, all romantic symbols are appropriate: hearts, flowers, kisses, hugs.
The northern sector is responsible for careers. Here they post pictures of offices, money they want to receive as a salary, a boss’s chair and everything that symbolizes career growth.
The northeastern sector is a symbol of wisdom and knowledge. Here you can place a future certificate of obtaining a license and admission to a university.
The western square of the map patronizes children and creativity. If a person has the prerequisites for painting, you can put yourself with a brush in your hand; if you want to become a writer, you need to place an image of a book with your last name, etc. A woman who dreams of a child must definitely place a photo of the baby in this sector.
The northwest symbolizes travel. A picture of Paris, Prague, London, the Maldives is the perfect place for this zone.
East – family and health sector. Here they post a photo of the whole family, where everyone is smiling, healthy and happy.
Also in this zone they place a photo with a beautiful, slender body - as a symbol of their health.
Where to hang the map
According to Feng Shui, a treasure map can hang either in the bedroom or in the living room. Moreover, it should be located on the eastern side of the room. In extreme cases, it could be the southeast. The card cannot be hung in the kitchen or on the walls behind which the bath or toilet is located, otherwise all desires may come out along with the drainage of the water. In addition, it must be hung so that it often falls into the field of view of the person to whom it belongs. If guests come into the house, then the card can be removed; other people’s views and possible envy can have a bad effect on the realization of desires.
When your dreams come true, you must throw out the old card and replace it with a new one. If some of them remain unrealized, then they can simply be updated, for example, with the onset of the New Year.
They say that only the person who knows exactly what he wants succeeds, so don’t be afraid to dream and write down all your desires on a map. It will remind you every day where you are going and where you are striving, and this is one of the best ways to motivate yourself to work actively and succeed. Good luck!
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Searching for treasure using notes for children
The main advantage of such entertainment is the search for treasure using notes for children; such a puzzle usually does not require a leader, and even if some competitions offer his participation, any parent can cope with this role without preparation.
The goal of the competition is to find a treasure, a way: to get the notes and complete the tasks indicated there. When each stage is won, a new note is awarded with information about the next cache.
Treasure hunting for children involves a whole scenario. You can print out a map with the main treasure, divide it into 8-10 parts, and hide them in different places, write tips for finding them.
Turn on your imagination: treasure hunting tasks for children require variety.
You can offer to go hunting
: display pins with drawings of animals glued to them, or hang the “faces” of predators among the trees and bushes.
A similar competition is the destruction of enemies (prepared pictures or dummies).
If you want to surprise your children, come up with something original. For example, in a note, write to your child to buy a product at the nearest store
related to the competition scenario:
- bananas are for pirates,
barbecue sauce - for hunters,
Make an agreement with the seller of this store in advance by giving him the following note.
An alternative to interconnected notes could be a treasure hunt for children using a photo report
, the scenario in this case will need to be worked out separately. Hide the keyword riddle clues in different places and take pictures of them. In the house it is better to take macro photography; in nature, on the contrary, distant angles are more suitable. Where to hide notes at the dacha? Under a pebble, in a cart, under a bicycle, there are just so many ideas!
Treasure search for children may have a special script containing coded messages
. Here is an example of a scheme for one of the encoding options created using the Russian alphabet.
If you are organizing a holiday for kids, the search for treasure using notes for children can be based on a fairy tale theme
. The presenter can say the key words of the fairy tale, and the participants will guess, or you can show key objects from fairy tales, for example, the key from Pinocchio, the slipper from Cinderella, the apple from Snow White. Children must guess the names of fairy tales.
And finally, another interesting idea is to invite children to come up with and work out a competition for adults.
It is important to take into account that the tasks should not be too difficult, because children get upset and lose enthusiasm if they do not succeed for a long time. And if the competitions are too simple, they can quickly get boring for the picky children's audience.
An antique pirate map is easy to create with your own hands. Children as young as four years old can help you make it. And children 7-8 years old or older can draw it themselves. Such a drawing can become an element of the design of a children's room, serve as an accessory for a children's themed birthday party or a game of pirates or treasure hunt. Guys like such “antique” things, especially boys. By the way, the method of “aging” paper can be useful in many other cases. For example, on such paper you can write a greeting card or a vintage album. How to make an antique pirate map with your own hands
Take thick Whatman paper and moisten it with water using a cosmetic cotton pad. Then we take ground coffee and pour it onto the paper. You can spread it lightly with your hand to evenly cover the entire sheet. Let’s get this “beauty”. Even the smallest children will enjoy participating in this creative process! Let's wait for the coffee to dry and shake it off the paper. The most impatient can use a hairdryer to dry it. The same must be repeated on the other side of the paper. We get this sheet. We aged the paper and got the basis for an old pirate map. You can also age paper with tea. To do this, you need to brew strong tea, wait until it cools, crumple the paper and place it in a vessel with tea for 20-30 minutes. Then take out the paper, dry it and smooth it with an iron. To make it clear that our pirate map is really old, we will cut the edges of the map unevenly with scissors. This kind of work can also be entrusted to kids - perhaps they will turn out even more picturesque than you! To add color, the edges of the card can be set on fire with a candle. This is not a mandatory procedure at all. And, of course, only adults should do it! So, we created a “parchment” for an ancient pirate map with our own hands. Now we need to fill it with content. Let's draw a sketch, then transfer it to the map with a simple pencil. The most convenient way to glass a picture is to place it on the window in the light and trace the lines. Draw thin and precise lines, because it is not recommended to use an eraser on our “parchment”! You can outline the drawing with felt-tip pens in brown, orange, and red shades. Our map is missing only a wax seal. Polymer self-curing clay (terracotta color) is best suited for simulating such printing. If you don’t have clay, then you can, of course, use regular plasticine. But such a seal will be fragile. To increase the life of the plasticine seal, cover it with a thin layer of nail polish. Let's take clay or plasticine, roll two balls and flatten them into flat cakes. Put a rope on one cake and stick a second one on top. Let's press. Now let’s take some decoration with a convex pattern (or a wine cork) and apply it to our seal so that an impression remains. Another option is to make a print out of paper and cardboard. Let's cut out two parts of the seal from red cardboard (or cardboard and paper) and glue them together, laying a rope in the middle. Any drawings and inscriptions can be applied to the paper “stamp”. Our DIY antique pirate map is ready! You can start the game. Happy sailing!
Rrr! Beast pirates in search of treasure!
Pyrrrat Carrrts is a simple game where you need to get your Pyrrrat Carrrats on the table as quickly as possible. At first it’s simple - whichever pirate is already on the table, this one can be posted. And then it’s more difficult - because each card has its own special properties!
Captain, we need to collect a treasure map!
But it was blown piece by piece to the farthest corners of the Caribbean islands. A task that pirates who are not afraid of adventure and the most terrible storms can cope with. Which one of you has the bravest team? Go ahead, other captains are not asleep! This is the sea, which means the rules can change while sailing - be careful and cunning.
What to do?
In this bright game, smelling of gunpowder and sea salt, you can swim freely, or you can go in search of parts of the map and the main treasure - the golden pineapple.
How to play?
To sail, you lay out the cards on the table so that you have an open discard pile next to the deck of pirate cards. You deal players 8 cards. Everyone goes clockwise: if you have a card in your hand with the same pirate as on the top card of the discard pile, you can put it on top. If there is no such card, you will have to take a card from the closed deck into your hand and pass the turn to the next one. Your goal is to be the first to discard all the cards in your hand.
What about the map?
Treasure seekers receive one of the four parts of the card, and spend the entire round trying to get the next one - it is also given for the freed hand. Whoever collects all 4 parts of the map first wins.
Adventure is always more important
You have a whole booklet of rules, but there are also adventure cards that can change the basic rules. Listen to the cards! There is always room for surprises at sea. For example, a card is laid out with the condition that if you walk as a monkey, you must give another card to another player - do not forget, you must always monitor the completion of all adventure cards.
Who adds adventure to you?
Imagine the pirate who won the round! The cunning one draws three cards from the adventure deck, hides one back under the deck, puts one on the table, and takes the third for himself as part of the treasure map. Nothing, but in the next round it’s not him who goes first, but the neighbor on the left.
Chasing the Jolly Roger!
“Pirate Cards” is a fairly simple and fast game in which something is changing all the time, so you need attentiveness and concentration, which are well trained in the process. Suitable for the whole family - can be given to both children and adults. It will especially appeal to fans of pirate themes, the aesthetics of navigation, those who have watched all the “Pirates of the Caribbean” in the director’s cut, and those who simply love fun, light board games for half an hour.
Who are “Pirate Cards” for?
- To the family, to play with the child.
- For a children's party.
- Visiting parents.
- Play at school, on the road, in a cafe and in the country.
- As a gift for a little pirate.
Composition of "Pirate Cards"
- 55 pirate cards,
- 40 adventure cards,
A box of pirate maps is a small work of art. It just begs to be picked up, and you can give the game directly to anyone in it.
I hope you agree with me that every self-respecting parent should organize a treasure hunt for their child (at least once). We were already looking for a secret chest and an explosive device during training in .
But what are treasures without pirates? It's time to tell you how we organized a treasure hunt for children at one of their birthdays. As you know, a pirate theme, a search for treasures and treasures is an almost win-win scenario for a birthday quest for children (and sometimes even for adults), you can watch one of them.
But since we didn’t have pirate costumes in stock, we decided to make do with a lighter option - not to initiate the children into pirates, but simply look for treasure (that is, a gift for the birthday boy, hidden by pirates). The game took place at our house in the winter, indoors. But it would be even better in the warm season in nature: at the dacha or in the park in the fresh air, if the weather permits.
Quest scenario
Of course, the treasure was hidden in advance according to the prepared map. And so, while unsuspecting guests congratulate the unsuspecting birthday boy:
A treasure was found in our house, you never dreamed of this: ….. years ago Our ………….. was born!
At this moment, malicious pirate screams (SONG 1), everyone runs in there.
There are pirate traces (accessories) and a letter all around:
“You won’t see any gifts, you won’t see a holiday! Your chest is in a safe place. You won't find it! Ha ha ha! Thousand devils! Pirates"
Next to it is another note:
“Or maybe we’ll give away your chest... Only you will get 13 gold coins for the treasure map! So that!"
Pirate language
To deal with pirates, you need to understand their language. We read words from pirate slang to the children, and they had to remember or guess their meaning:
To get “gold coins” and clues, children had to complete the tasks of the game.
"Settled on a desert island"
Each person was given a balloon and a marker. For the set time, the children drew little people on them. The one with the most populous island won. He received a chocolate coin.
"Sea Knots"
Pirates must be able to tie sea knots. Or at least regular ones :). Since there were also very small treasure hunters, the task was simplified. They gave everyone a lanyard. A competition to see who can tie the most knots while the next pirate song is playing.
Puzzles
Solved riddles found on the Internet:
He is the most insidious villain. They scare all the children with it. He carries a gun and a knife. He commits robbery. He is either poor or rich. And he's always looking for treasure. Answer quickly Who is this.....!
(Pirate)
A giant swims across the ocean and releases a fountain.
(Whale)
I grew up in the forest, in silent silence, Now I carry you along the blue wave.
(Pine)
She lives in the water, has no beak, but pecks.
(Fish)
In calm weather we are nowhere to be found. And the wind blows - we run on the water.
(Waves)
If it lies on the bottom, the ship will not run into the distance.
(Anchor)
The giant stands in the port, illuminating the darkness, and signals to the ships: come visit us!
(Lighthouse)
Both in the taiga and in the ocean He will find any path, fits in your pocket, and leads us along.
(Compass)
And pirate riddles of Zabava Polezhaeva
If suddenly on the open sea or in a seaport you see this flag, soon expect pirates on board. The name of the flag spreads horror, promising an attack. Who would dare call him, promising an attack? ("Jolly Roger")
This is a valuable document, With it you will find the treasure in a moment, But you go to the treasure And manage to find it. (Treasure map)
In the vast expanses of the sea, But on the map it doesn’t seem to be there, Hidden from the views of strangers And one keeps a secret: Among the palm trees, in the hot sands, Many years ago, One of the real pirates buried a treasure there. (Treasure Island)
Either an accessory or a trophy, - Having seen it, you would have guessed, - Its owner fought desperately for his life in a battle among the seas
And he was wounded, but did not lose heart, Although he was forced to hide the injury on his face. So let whoever found out be able to name this thing for us. (Black eye patch)
Hints
Then there was a search for coins and clues in a pile of Kinder egg boxes. Most of them contained candies in gold wrappers :).
The clue I found said:
"Look on a desert island."
From the last competition, the children guessed what uninhabited islands were. Another clue was hidden in one of the balloons.
It read:
“Would you like the key to the chest? We will give it to you only for 4 skulls of our old scoundrels who gave up their lives. Find them or go to Dave Jones yourself!”
We had to carry out archaeological excavations :
For 4 skulls we received a new task:
“Did you want a map? Do you know where the south, east, north, west are? Look for the compass, young bastards!
Searches in the room . There were a lot of notes scattered, but most were teasing:
- All hands on deck! Half-hearted! Aboard!
- You have a sense of smell like an old dog! Search better!
- There's no key here!
- Fraternize with the sea devil!
- So you will all end up broke!
- Search, search! Otherwise you will be hanging around like ticks in the wind!
- You can fire with all your guns, but there is no treasure here!
- Weigh anchor, you won't find anything!
- Caramba! Throw out the white flag!
- Well, so be it! I'm like a cook today! Get your card!
The latter, of course, was hidden by the pirates in the farthest corner...
Well, finally, here is the bottle with the map:
The map, compass and key have been found, the rest is a matter of technology. You need to turn the map along the compass and find the chest. On the map, they sketched out in advance the layout of the apartment and the route with arrows, in which direction how many steps to the chest.
The key to the lock on the chest fits:
And here is our treasure:
Hooray! And, of course, all participants were given certificates of honor:
The quest at home was a success, the guests liked it.
If you don’t have time to prepare a script and props, use our ready-made selection of pirate quests , which you just need to download and print. And yes, prepare the prizes yourself
