
Spanish: 
Qué tal, soy Rob, esto es Man vs. Pin
Muchísimos de ustedes han
solicitado este pin en las últimas semanas.
Lo que es extraño, porque
es ridículamente fácil, o al menos eso pensé.
El dinoplato para galletas.
El pin original de Three Little Monkeys
Studios es todo un tema de conversación.
Lo primero que debí hacer
fue encontrar un dinosaurio de plástico.
Muy fácil, no hay problema. Problema.
Revisé en jugueterías, tiendas escolares,
Kmart, Walmart, eBay, Amazon, en todos lados.
Incluso fui a Jurassic Park. Nada.
Compré este dinosaurio, pero tenía espuma
y era muy endeble. Un desperdicio de dinero.
Pensé que este dragón serviría, pero las
alas estorbaban, luego las manos... todo mal.
Tiene que ser de plástico rígido,
y veo que son muy difíciles de encontrar.
Esto es muy triste, pero
encontré uno una semana después.

English: 
What's up, Rob here. Man vs Pin. 
A ridiculous amount of you have been requesting this pin over the past few weeks. 
Which is odd, because it's just so ridiculously easy, or so I thought. 
The Dinosaur Cookie Platter. 
Originally pinned from Three Little Monkeys Studios, this thing is pretty awesome and would make a hell of a party conversation starter.
The first thing I had to do was find myself a plastic dinosaur.
Super easy, no problem. Problem. 
I went to toy stores, educational stores, Kmart, Walmart, Ebay, Amazon, you name it. 
I even went to Jurassic Park. Nothing. 
I got this dinosaur, but it had foam stuffing in it and was way too flimsy. Total waste of money.
This dragon I thought would work, but the wings got in the way... and the hands... and by the end I just messed the whole thing up.
It's just gotta be hard, thick plastic. No other way around it. And, as I expected, they're just completely hard to find.
Now this is totally sad, but I found one a week later. 

English: 
Unfortunately, I had to steal it from my sweet, sweet nephew who... well he doesn't watch Youtube, so he'll, he'll never know. 
Let's get started.
I got myself some white spray paint, sand paper, some E6000 glue, a handsaw, and a white platter.
First I spray painted the T-Rex white and let it dry.
Then, with a marker, drew a straight line across its neck. 
This is important so that when you cut the head off the platter sits level on its body. 
I took out the handsaw and got to hacking off the head.
This process proved to be a little more difficult than expected. 
Took me a few tries to get this kinda semi leveled off.
Lots of sand papering, and cutting, and shaving and... 
Once that nightmare was over, I began to apply the glue around the top of the dinosaur body.
The E6000 didn't work so well, and never really took, so I switched over to a hot glue gun instead. 
I then carefully added the plate, making sure to position it evenly and proportionately to the body.
It went on pretty level. I let it dry and proceeded to add the head onto the top. 

Spanish: 
Se lo tuve que robar a mi querido sobrino...
él no ve YouTube, así que nunca lo sabrá.
Comencemos.
Pintura blanca en aerosol, papel de lija,
pegamento E6000, sierra y un plato blanco.
Primero pinté el dinosaurio y lo dejé secar.
Luego, con un marcador
dibujé una línea recta en el cuello.
Esto es importante, ya que
el plato debe estar transversal al cuerpo.
Tomé la sierra y
comencé a cortarle la cabeza.
Este proceso fue un poco
más difícil que lo que esperaba.
Me tomó un buen tiempo
lograr que quedara medianamente nivelado.
Mucho papel de lija, cortes y...
Al acabarse la pesadilla, apliqué
pegamento alrededor del corte del cuello.
El E6000 nunca pegó bien,
así que mejor usé una pistola de pegamento.
Coloqué el plato y me aseguré de que
quedara equilibrado y proporcional al cuerpo.
Estaba bien nivelado. Lo dejé secar
y agregué la cabeza en la parte superior.

English: 
Lastly, to blend everything in, I took a little bit of white paint and touched up the edges and it was finished... for the most part.
Now, to give it the cookie test. 
I began to add these delicious frosted animal crackers to the tray, slowly, concentrating on weight distribution... and disaster.
Definitely not working like it should. Having some problems with the balance. 
Little bit of an issue here.
Kind of only works if you place the cookies on very meticulously.
Which doesn't seem like it would work too well at a party after a couple of people get their hands on some.
Also, the whole underneath part of this thing looks a little iffy. Looks a little... *thud* ...You see what I mean?
Just falling over in the background. Not a cookie on it. 
In retrospect, I would probably fill the inside of the dinosaur with some kind of sand or some rocks before I glued the platter on.
Just to give it a little bit more weight. 
Otherwise, jf you've got a piece of tape, or something, just... just feel free to tape the tail down to the table and you're golden.

Spanish: 
Para que quedara bien, usé pintura
blanca para retocar los bordes y listo.
Ahora, había que agregar algunas galletas.
Agregué estas delicias, despacio
distribuyendo el peso pero... desastre.
No funciona como debería.
Hay problemas de equilibrio.
Un leve problema.
Solo funciona si uno coloca
las galletas con mucho cuidado.
No es lo ideal para una fiesta, después
de que las personas vayan tomando algunas.
Además, la parte de abajo se ve rara.
Se ve un poco... ¿Ven lo que digo?
Solo se cayó allá atrás.
Ni siquiera tenía una galleta.
Tal vez habría que llenar el dinosaurio
con arena o piedras antes de poner el plato.
Solo para darle un poco más de peso.
O si tienes un poco de cinta adhesiva,
puedes pegarle la cola a la mesa y listo.

English: 
Well there you go. It only took five days and a very sad nephew to complete this project.
Totally worth it... not really.
Hey, if you try this project, better luck to ya.
In the meantime, be sure to head on over to ThreeLittleMonkeysStudios.com for more awesome DIY projects
and leave your favorite pins in the comments below, that way we know what we're doing next week.
Until then *snip, snip, snip*

Spanish: 
Eso es todo. Tardé cinco días y mi sobrino
quedó muy triste, pero completé el proyecto.
Valió la pena... en realidad, no.
Si intentas este proyecto, buena suerte.
Entretanto, busca más proyectos
geniales en ThreeLittleMonkeysStudios.com
y deja tus pins favoritos en los comentarios,
para decidir qué haremos la próxima semana.
Hasta entonces.
