![]() Mark on the thinnest roll the edge of the 3,8 cm piece. Align the opening in the circle with the opening of the roll. ![]() Place the thinnest roll in the open roll and then place the first piece on the rolls. Glue the stripes on top of each other and then cut the thick stripe to 5 pieces 1 x 2 cm. The piece which has the open circle glued 1 cm below the edge has to bear the last character of the code.įrom the cardboard, cut 3 stripes 1 cm wide and 10 cm long. IMPORTANT! The characters that make the code have to be placed over the opening of the open circle (see photo with the letter “Y” – this letter is part of the code). Cut the stripes with the code and glue each stripe to one 3,8 cm wide piece. Let’s decorate the pieces that make the code. Take the cryptex apart and glue some color or decorative paper on both rolls and the 2 cm pieces that are glued to them. Apply some glue to the upper end of the thinnest roll and then place the last remaining 2 cm wide piece on it aligning it with all the other pieces. If the thinnest roll is longer than 23 cm and you didn’t cut it shorter, do it now. Place the thinnest roll inside the open roll and then place all the wide pieces on both rolls. After it’s centered, take the wider piece off. The roll and the 2 cm piece will glue together and the wider piece will help you align and center everything. Then take the piece that is 2 cm wide, apply some glue to the center and place the roll on it. Align the piece with the edge of the roll. Place one of the 3,8 cm wide pieces on the roll you cut lengthwise (open roll). Now draw and cut out 4 circles of 6 cm in diameter and glue them on both side of the two pieces 2 cm wide. Glue 4 of them just at the edge and one 1 cm below the edge. Take these 5 open circles and glue them inside the 3,8 cm pieces. Then cut out a circle with an opening as shown in the last picture. Mark 1 cm on the small circle and right under it 2 cm on the bigger circle and connect their edges. In each circle measure 1 cm from the edge (red dots) and connect them to make a smaller inner circle. Now draw 5 circles as wide as the pieces made from the widest roll. Glue this thick circle inside the middle row aligning it with the edge. Then glue as many circles together to reach the width of just under 1 cm. Paper stripes with the code – 19, 7 cm long and 3,8 cm wide.įirst cut the widest roll into 2 pieces 2 cm wide and 5 pieces 3,8 cm wide.Ĭut the middle roll lenthwise and cut of 1,5 cm from the long side.ĭraw and cut 3-5 circles with the diameter of 4,5 cm from cardboard.3 rolls of different diameter (the widest 6 cm, the other two thinner) and 23 cm long (you can glue together several toilet paper rolls).These instructions show you how to make a 5-piece-cryptex of concrete size, if you want a different size and/or more or less pieces, just adjust the size. You can make your own cryptex and make use of things that would otherwise end up in your trashbin, such as toilet paper rolls or pieces of cardboard. The cryptex hides something inside and gives it away only when you turn the code correctly. If you read Dan Brown’s book The DaVinci Code or saw the movie, you know what a cryptex is. This year I deicded to make Lily a cryptex for her birthday.
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