For those who are tired of hearing their friends going ga-ga over the iPhone, but are too cheap to shell out $500 for a phone (or if you live in Vermont), I present to you something you can make for about $2 - behold, the iToid: the iPhone Altoids! From a distance, it looks quite like the real thing, so your co-workers may scoot over to your cubicle for a closer look. If they're disappointed that you don't have the real thing, there is a plus side to it: you can offer them an Altoid.
If the process isn't obvious to you, here's how to make it:
Step 1. Get Yourself a tin of Altoids | |
| Step 2. Paint the red parts black. You can also use permanent markers, though I happen to have black paint. Update 7/4/07: Apparently, licorice flavored altoids already comes in black, so you can skip this messy step. | |
Step 3. Print the iPhone Picture Download the iPhone picture (JPEG | PNG formats) then print it and cut it out. (You may need to open it with Photoshop or Fireworks rather than printing it straight from the browser.) | |
| Step 4. Glue and Affix Glue the printed paper onto your altoids tin, and voilà! You've got yourself an iPhone Altoids! | |
Step 5. Celebrate by Eating an Altoid |
