| Build this great Sailboat with just a few items you can | | | | strap, try using a 3 inch piece of tape, roll it onto itself |
| find around the house. This is a fun craft for kids, | | | | lengthwise, and flatten it. Next carefully wrap the strap |
| parents, teachers and educators to learn to build, and | | | | around your mast and tape it to the boom. |
| you can make it with very simple supplies. Just follow | | | | 7.Add a bowspirit! |
| the instructions, and view the video and photo | | | | You can attach a bowspirit to the front of your |
| step-by-step instructions for more information. | | | | sailboat hull. Use the excess piece of taped straw left |
| Getting Started | | | | over from your boom. Tape it on the front of your |
| Always use your imagination and be creative when | | | | ship. Add a layer of blue tape to the front, so that it |
| building this project or any others. It's your creation, so | | | | matches your mast and boom. |
| be inventive when looking for building supplies — you | | | | 8. Start rigging your boat! |
| just may be surprised! When building your project, | | | | The more time you spend on adding string for your |
| experiment with new and different ways of putting it | | | | rigging, the more realistic your sailboat will look. I like to |
| together. The most important thing is to have fun! | | | | start off by making holes at the corners and a few |
| Find these or similar supplies! | | | | more on each side of the sailboats hull. Use a hole |
| Blue Masking Tape (Optional For Customizing) | | | | punch, and add holes around the edges of your hull. |
| Regular Masking Tape | | | | Try to space the holes as evenly as possible if you |
| String or Thread | | | | can. |
| Straws or Sticks | | | | 9.Add a mast-tip! |
| Milk Carton | | | | Another great tip that will make rigging your boat |
| Plastic Bag | | | | easier is to carefully cut small slots at the top of your |
| 1. Cutting your carton! | | | | mast and on the ends of the boom and bowsprit. |
| Place the carton down on a surface with the open | | | | 10. Keep rigging! |
| side facing up. Using a ruler, measure and mark | | | | Start out by tying a long piece of string to one of the |
| halfway points at each corner, like you see here. Next, | | | | corner holes you punched earlier. Next, run it up and |
| use the ruler to draw a straight line from point to point | | | | over the mast, laying through your mast slots. Then pull |
| all the way around the carton. By cutting on this line, | | | | it down tying it to the opposite corner. Continue this |
| you will create a perfectly even boat hull. Now cut | | | | going from corner to corner, side to side and front to |
| your milk carton in half. | | | | back. The most important thing is to use your |
| 2. Taping the carton! | | | | imagination and be creative! |
| Start the first row of tape at the bottom. Tape your | | | | 11.Make the sails! |
| carton all the way around, leaving about an inch | | | | Cut your sails from a plastic bag. Hold them in place |
| excess off at the front. Add two or three first row | | | | against your mast to see if they will fit, and ether |
| layers, until you no longer see through to any printing on | | | | re-cut new ones or make corrections as needed. Do |
| the carton. | | | | this until you have the shapes and sizes that you like |
| 3. Keep adding tape! | | | | for your sails. |
| Continue adding layers of tape about 1/4-inch up from | | | | 12.Tape your sail! |
| the bottom of the layer below. I like to add two layers | | | | Place a piece of tape, sticky side up on a flat surface. |
| of tape for each taped row, ensuring that you will not | | | | It may help to hold it in place by taping the ends down. |
| see through. This also makes it much stronger. | | | | Now carefully place your sail down the middle of your |
| 4. Tape the top! | | | | flipped tape, like so: |
| Finish up by adding blue tape for the top row, folding it | | | | 13.Finish the sails! |
| carefully over and into the inside. | | | | Now fold the tape carefully in half onto itself. Trim off |
| 5. Make a mast! | | | | any excess tape and repeat steps 11 and 12 until your |
| I like to use straws for my masts. However, you can | | | | sails are ready to install. You can tie them onto the |
| use just about anything, like a stick, or a pen or pencil. | | | | boat by punching holes along the edges like you see |
| Straws work the best. Start out by covering two | | | | here. (Or you can simply tape them onto your mast.) |
| straws with tape. This makes them look like real | | | | 14.Finishing touches! |
| wooden masts. You can add a strip of blue tape at | | | | VOILÀ! — a milk carton sailboat, made from trash! |
| the top for a cool finishing touch. | | | | You can add flags and all kinds of cool stuff. It's your |
| 6. Make a boom! | | | | project, so be creative and always use your |
| You can make a boom that moves by using a strap | | | | imagination! The most important thing is to have fun! |
| that wraps around the mast. Start by cutting a 5–6 | | | | You can see specific photo and video step-by-step |
| inch piece from the second taped straw. To make the | | | | instructions for this project here. |