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Find a relatively flat box such as a tissue box, cereal box or cake mix box to make into your sailboat's hull. With the box's display panel (or wide side) facing up, draw an arc from end to end. Make an identical arc on the opposite box panel. |
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Cut the box along the arcs. Staple the side flaps. |
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Paint the box hull with acrylic paint. |
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Cut 2 right triangles on white construction paper or sketch paper to make the sails. One sail should be slightly smaller. Proportion the triangles' size with that of your hull. |
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Draw designs on the sails with any coloring material such as crayons, paint, or colored pencils. You need to decorate both sides of the sails. |
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A chopstick or dowel will serve as your sailboat's mast. If you need a longer mast, you can tape 2 sticks together. Put some white glue along the larger sail's vertical side. |
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Place the mast on the area with glue and carefully roll the edge of the sail around the mast. |
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Apply glue on the smaller sail's vertical side. |
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Glue the smaller sail on the mast as well, this time pointing towards the opposite direction. |
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Roll a small chunk of modeling clay into a ball. Glue this at the center of the boat's hull to provide an anchoring material for the mast. An alternative to modeling clay is to cut a piece of Styrofoam into a cube shape and similarly glue this at the center of the hull. |
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Stick the mast into the clay or Styrofoam piece. |
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Wait for everything to dry before taking your boat for a pretend sail. Although your sailboat looks all set for a voyage, it's not made to sail on real water. |
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