By The Green Parent

12th June 2021

A trip to the beach can inspire many creative endeavours. There is something infinitely satisfying about making a folded paper boat – and once you get the hang of it, it can be quite addictive

By The Green Parent

12th June 2021

By The Green Parent

12th June 2021

The perfect post-lunch activity, fold a fleet of boats and have races in sheltered rock pools. Any paper will do – so long as it’s a rectangular shape.

YOU WILL NEED

  • A few squares of sturdy paper (not card), 21.5 cm x 28 cm
  • Wax crayons for decorating the paper
  1. INSTRUCTIONS
  2. Fold and neatly crease the sheet of paper in half along its short side
  3. Now rotate and do the same along the paper’s long side
  4. Turn the paper with creases facing you, fold the top two corners down, leaving a rectangle along the bottom of the sheet. Fold the rectangle up on both the front the back of the paper
  5. Fold the bottom corners in and fold the top flap of the corner in around the edge of the triangle, then fold the bottom flap over the folded down top flap
  6. Turn the triangle and open up the bottom of the triangle, making it pop into a square shape
  7. Crease the edges to hold the square shape
  8. Fold up the bottom flaps and align with the top. Turn over and repeat
  9. Again, turn the triangle and open up the bottom of the triangle, making it pop into a square shape
  10. Pull out the triangles on the side of the square to pop out your boat – crease along all the edges to make your boat nice and sturdy
  11. Ready to set sail!

For visual guidance, see wikihow.com/Make-a-Paper-Boat

TIPS - Decorate your boats using sticks and shells. Use shells to fill the boats with ‘sailors’

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