How to Make Your Own Army Dog Tags
- 1). Put a sheet of newspaper on a table. Put the aluminum pie plate on the newspaper with the flat side down.
- 2). Draw a 1-1/2 inch by 2-1/2 inch rectangle using the ruler and the black magic marker. Draw a second rectangle on the aluminum pie plate that is the same as the first.
- 3). Put on the work gloves. Cut out the two rectangles on the aluminum pie plate using the scissors. Discard the rest of the aluminum pie plate.
- 4). Place the two cut rectangles on the newspaper horizontally. Trim each corner of both of the rectangles with the scissors so as to make the two rectangles into a pair of octagons (shapes with eight equal sides).
- 5). Clamp the jaws of the needle-nosed pliers on the edge of one of the octagons. Pull back on the needle-nosed pliers to bend the edge a little. Repeat this procedure with the needle-nosed pliers on all of the other edges of both of the octagons.
- 6). Place both octagons vertically on the newspaper with the bent sides facing down. Smooth all of the edges of both of the octagons with the edge of the ruler to eliminate the sharp edges.
- 7). Straighten out the ends of the paperclip.
- 8). Put a telephone book underneath the two octagons. Etch your name on one of the octagons near the top using an end of the paperclip. Etch a made-up serial number underneath your name using the end of the paperclip.
- 9). Repeat this procedure to put your name and serial number on the other octagon.
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Punch a hole in the top of each octagon with the one-hole punch, just above your name. - 11
String one end of the ball chain through the two holes in the army dog tags you have just made. - 12
Close the clasp of the ball chain. Put the ball chain over your head to wear your army dog tags.
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