Ships Ahoy! - Jun 23rd, 2008
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This boat building project teaches your child various ways to power boats and their imaginations.
Description:
Our waterways are busy with all types of interesting boats. Most towns and cities are situated near a lake, river, or ocean where you and your child have probably seen floating vessels.
Step by Step:
Materials:
Sponges- one for each boat you would like to make
Adhesive tape
Safety scissors
Paper for sails
Drinking straws
Crayons, markers or stickers
Description:
Our waterways are busy with all types of interesting boats. Most towns and cities are situated near a lake, river, or ocean where you and your child have probably seen floating vessels.
To launch your child's understanding of various types of boats, gather up magazines with pictures or visit the library or bookstore.
This boat-building project will teach your child about one of the many different ways to propel boats and introduce them to the physics of floating. Ships Ahoy!
Step by Step:
- Assist your child in cutting the sponges into shapes of boats. Rectangles work well. Or you can make one end form a ship's bow by having it come to a point.
- Make the sail by cutting a small square or a right triangle out of construction paper.
- Decorate the sail with crayons, markers or stickers. Try using red, white and blue markers and star-shaped stickers for a festive look.
- Cut straw to the length mast you would like.
- Tape sail to the straw. For a triangular sale, tape the straw to one side of the right angle. For a rectangular sale, tape the straw to the middle.
- Cut a small slit in middle of sponge and insert the mast.
- Float the boats in a tub of water.
- Blow on the sail and away you go.
Materials:
Sponges- one for each boat you would like to make
Adhesive tape
Safety scissors
Paper for sails
Drinking straws
Crayons, markers or stickers
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