Classic Folded Paper Boats and Hats: A Great Craft + Activity To Do Today!

Folded Paper Boat

There was still some water left in our wading pool and given the severe drought we are suffering from here in Israel, I wanted to make sure we got every last ounce of usage out of that water before it is finally used to water plants and clean the porch. Then it came to me, why not show my children the simple joys of making folded paper boats! I sat down to see if I could remember how to actually make one, but my memory got me only as far as a paper hat, which didn’t float very well! So I looked up how to actually make a boat, which resulted in the orange model above.

Folded Paper Hat 2

Nonetheless, paper hats would be fun to make, child-size from newspaper as my mother used to do for us, or from letter sized paper for stuffed animals and dolls! Children can draw on the boats or hats as my son did, or even decorate them with stickers, but I wouldn’t invest too much time in them, as their lifespan is somewhat limited.

Paper folding in itself is a wonderful activity, especially for older children who can follow directions themselves and make multiples to use as decorations. There are many origami books on the market, as well as a specifically Jewish one, so spend some time encouraging your children to learn some new paper folding tricks, and they’ll use them over and over again!

For complete paper boat folding instructions within this blog, click here.

 

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One response to “Classic Folded Paper Boats and Hats: A Great Craft + Activity To Do Today!”

  1. Raizy Avatar
    Raizy

    When making paper boats with your kids, be sure to tell them the story of “The Captain’s Undershirt”:
    (hold up one boat and pretend that it’s bobbing in the water)”There once was a captain that was very proud of his ship. Every summer he would sail his ship across the blue blue ocean. One terrible night, a storm broke out. The wind tossed the boat from side to side. The heavy rain lashed across the deck. The rough waves caused the boat to rise and dip. The captain struggled to keep control of his ship, but the storm was too powerful. The boat crashed into a rock, ripping a hole in one side (now gently rip off the right corner of the paper boat). The boat crashed into another rock, ripping a hole in the other side (now gently rip off the left corner of the paper boat). The captain panicked, his sailors screamed, and the boat turned upside down as the top sail was ripped right off (now gently rip off the point at the top of the paper boat). Slowly, amid the chaos of the wind and the rain, the precious boat sank. Three days later, a rescue team found the ship on the bottom of the sea. But it was too late because all that was left (now unfold the paper boat leaving only the first fold in) was the captain’s undershirt.”
    If you did this correctly, then the paper should have the shape of a man’s undershirt.
    Kids love this story.

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