I’d been wanting to do this craft with the kids all summer long! But somehow, we just never got a chance. Did anyone else’s summer fly by? And P.S., how is it we already have Halloween decorations up?!?
Anyway. I’ve had these craft materials cut and ready to go … sitting there … taunting me … for weeks.
So when we planned a trip to Exuma over Labor Day weekend, I carefully packed up the “craft bag” and off we went. After all, the ocean would be the perfect place for a sailboat craft.
Sorry my tutorial photos are lacking … it was a bit crazy helping 3 girls figure this out AND take photos with a {new-to-me} rented Nikon {boo, by-the-way!}. I’ll do my best to explain directions and for the most part, I think you get the jist from the final images … you’re smart blog readers, right? ;)
So … what do you start with?
- straws {non-bendable & strong … trust me}
- adhesive putty
- construction paper, or scrapbook paper
- juice box
- japanese paper tape {optional}
Directions:
- cut juice box in half … this is not an easy feat {times three … actually six, cuz my cleaning person threw out the first batch!}
- cut out the sails
- we adhered the straw to the center of the sail and folded it over. we started out delicately with our adhering, but ended up taping the heck out of the little suckers. our straws were the bendy kind … {not recommended!} … and wouldn’t stay put for us.
- tape the sail together
- put some adhesive putty on the bottom of the “boat” and adhere your straw to it.
- and wa-la! that should be it.
But it wasn’t. Never easy with us. :) So if you run into problems with your sail weakening, here’s what I suggest … well, first … make sure your straws are really strong. Not the Walgreen’s brand 99 cent kind. Okay, but if they are … put the sail/straw in the corner of the boat and putty & tape the heck out of it there. Then completely wrap your straw in tape to make it stronger. And yeah … that should be good to go!
Then take a few good pictures before you send them off into the sunset and they completely dissolve once they hit water. No seriously … the juice boxes held up well … it was our straw situation that was lacking.
The girls loved this project! We ended up watching them sail off into the distance …
I think we’ll definitely do it again … maybe next time we’ll try this one.
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