We do this for our kids every now and then but with tea instead of coffee.  We take the paper, draw a pirate map on it, crinkle it up, rip a few corners and then antique it.  Voilà...authentic pirate treasure map for the kids to take on an advernture.  Sometimes we then laminate it so it lasts longer and holds up to rolling it up and unrolling it 20 times a minute.

Cool tutorial ! Great idea !

Maven,

I think it's a great idea.  I'm trying really hard to make things concise and complete as well as snappy and clever.  Maybe I'm shooting for too much.  I've been searching for something that gives some technical writing direction on a how-to, but I haven't found anything.  If someone was right next to me in my studio, I could teach them and show them at the same time.  I love the idea!!!

MHET, that's not a bad idea! I've never thought about writing such a thing. I'll run it by Bruno and see what he says. Maybe it could even be a feature article??

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How about doing a post on writing a really good How-To and posting it.  I am trying to improve my tutorial skills.  Hellllppppppp!!!!!

I remember I did this in third grade on a project. I used tea and i soaked it.  It came out good too but not as good as you did here(with the coffee).

I also took a match and burned a few areas and immediately blew them out and let the paper get 'singed' a little more and a tiny bit more of a used look.

Great idea here with a poem.

thanks!

great work! but the shett is a bit wavy... how may it 'ironing'???