How to make a boat out of paper?

In this article we will tell you how to make a boat out of paper. This is a great idea for hanging out with your child. Such an activity is not only interesting, but also useful. During your creative work, your child will be calmer and more assiduous, and this is a very necessary skill, which he will definitely need in the future. He will develop fine motor skills of hands, thinking and imagination. So, we will consider options for creating such crafts so that you can tell how to make a boat and decorate it.

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Paper boat

To create a boat you will need a minimum of necessary items. But it is better to prepare them in advance so that everything you need is at hand. Among these things:

• A4 paper or sheets of colored paper.
• Ruler.
• Glue, colored pencils and felt-tip pens may also be required.

Master class on how to make a boat out of paper with your own hands:

1. Fold a regular sheet of A4 or colored paper in half horizontally and vertically, and then unfold. It is necessary that stripes are imprinted on it.
2. From the upper edges you need to make a side. To do this, fold their lines in the center. Each side must be symmetrical to the other.
3. One of the edges must be turned inward, after which the sheet should be turned to the other side and the same actions should be repeated with the triangle.
4. Pull out the edges to make a square.
5. It remains only to pull the corners of the figure to the outside.

The boat is ready!

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Boat

If you and your child do not want to build a boat, but a boat, you need to proceed as follows:

1. Cut a square from the sheet and fold it in half. On a crease it is necessary to hold with a blunt object, for example, with a ruler.
2. The same actions must be repeated on the other side of the figure. To do this, turn the square over, fold it in half again and draw a ruler along the fold line.
3. Mark the middle on both sides. Fold opposite edges to it, but so that on one side they touch, but not on the other.
4. The next step is to fold the figure in half and pull all the corners out.

Your boat is ready!

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Japanese boat

If you don’t like the boat, and the classic boat seems simple and uninteresting, we suggest you create a sailboat.

How to make a boat out of paper - the instruction looks like this:

1. As in the previous method, you need a square. The parameters depend on how big the boat you want to get in the end. In our case, it is a square with sides of fifteen centimeters.
2. Fold it vertically and bend the top two edges to the center line. So you should have a triangle.
3. Fold the sides vertically.
4. Make the obtuse angle that you have formed straight. To do this, bend it perpendicular to the base.

If all the steps are followed and performed correctly, then you should get a sail on a flat basis. Such a boat withstands wind gusts so that it can be launched through a puddle, stream or stream.

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No sail

If you need an elongated model that does not have a sail, then the progress is as follows:

1. Fold the square from the sheet vertically and horizontally to find the intersection point, that is, the center.
2. Bend each of the edges of the figure to it, but the corners should not touch.
3. You should have a figure with six corners.
4. Step back a few centimeters from the center and mark this point.
5. All angles must be added to this mark again.
6. Now you should get a rhombus. Gently hold the corners with one hand and pull the walls out with the other.

Your ship without a sail is done!

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Rectangular bottom model

To make such a boat, your actions:

1. From paper cut a square with sides of twenty centimeters.
2. First bend it horizontally, and then bend it in the middle.
3. The edges on each side of each side must be bent to this line. You should get triangles of the same size.
4. In general, the figure resembles a hexagon. Bend the top side to the bottom.
5. You need to fold all the corners inward and straighten the figure.
6. The last moment is to spread the bottom.

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Tips and tricks:

• If the paper begins to tear during the ship decoration process, then it is too thin. Use something denser. However, cardboard will not work, as folding the craft will be quite difficult, and details will constantly come out of the figure.
• For each of the methods it will take you no more than half an hour. The process of creating such crafts is quite quick. However, if you need to take a child, you can arm yourself with colored pencils, pens, felt-tip pens and decorate your ships.
• If you do not want it to get very wet when you launch the boat in the pond, you can install the craft on a small cardboard rectangle.
• If you decide to work with ordinary A4 sheets or colored paper in light shades, do not forget to wash and dry your hands thoroughly, as spots on them will be especially noticeable.

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Stock footage

That's all. As you can see, there is nothing complicated in creating boats. We have presented to your attention more than one way how to make a boat with our own hands. Call the children and start creating amazing boats. Good results and a great time provided!