Spring showers set the stage for the type of adventure found only in a big rain puddle -- like setting afloat a toy boat.
Tips
To launch the boat, rotate the wheel until the rubber band
is tightly twisted, set the boat in a deep puddle and
release.
| Prep Time: About 1 to 2 hours | |
| What you need: | |
| Fome-Cor or styrofoam
Craft knife Acrylic paints and brushes Nails Rubber band | |
| Seasons: Rainy day, Year round | |
| Materials: fome-cor, paints | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. | Use a utility knife (parents only) to cut a 10 by 5 inch rectangle out of 1/2-inch Fome-Cor. Contour one of the shorter ends so that it resembles the bow of a boat. |
| 2. | Starting 1 1/2 inches in from the opposite end, cut a 4 by 3 inch opening for the paddle wheel. Use the removed material to make a cabin. Then cut out a half circle 3 inches long at the flat end and glue it to the top of the bow. |
| 3. | Fashion the paddle wheel out of 1/2-inch Fome-Cor. Cut out two 3 by 2 inch rectangles and make a notch (1 by 1/4 inch) in the center of each of them. Fit the two pieces together to form a cross. |
| 4. | Decorate the boat and the wheel with acrylic paints and seal them (top, bottom and sides) with a coat of acrylic gloss. |
| 5. | Tap a small nail partway into the Fome-Cor on both sides of the wheel opening. Tie an overhand knot at both ends of a rubber band to form two small loops. Then slip a loop around each nail and fit the middle of the band around the center of the paddle wheel. |
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