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Paper Plate Boat Craft

Embark on a creative journey with a delightful Paper Plate Boat craft for kids. Easy and enjoyable activity that encourages imaginative play. Set sail today!
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Kids Crafts
Author: Alli Ward

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Start with one plain paper plate.
    blank paper plate for boat craft
  • Cut your paper plate in half.
    cut paper plate in half for boat craft
  • Paint your paper plate boat. We started with a fun stripe along the top of the boat.
    paint stripe on paper plate boat
  • Finish painting your boat. We went with simple stripes.
    paint stripes on paper plate boat craft
  • Print out the sailboat template from the bottom of the page and then cut each template out. There are two sizes of sails. There is a smaller sail for small paper plate boats and one for general size. Use the size that fits your boat craft best.
    preschool boat craft
  • We cut each sail out of a different piece of construction paper as well as the small circles.
    trace the sail from construction paper
  • Glue the tips of the larger sail to the top of the craft stick.
    glue sail to popsicle stick
  • Next, glue the smaller sail to the back of the craft stick.
    glue second sail onto popsicle stick
  • Glue the three blue paper circles in the middle of the boat.
    glue circles to paper plate boat
  • Glue the bottom of the popsicle stick to the back side of the paper plate.
    glue popsicle stick to back of paper plate boat
  • Viola, you have a sweet boat craft!
    paper sailboat

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