babies.kids.moms.wives.: Sailing on a Sunny Day

Friday, March 15, 2013

Sailing on a Sunny Day

Another way to spend a sunny day is to make a paper boat for your kids and play with them. Crafting a paper boat is very easy. If you are a Filipino, you definitely know how to make one. It is a part of every Filipino's childhood.

You will need:

Any paper with color (colorful things attract kids)

How to do it:

1. Gather papers of different colors. This will make lovely paper boats. If possible let the children involve in making their paper boats so they would know how to do it.

2. Fold the paper crosswise.

3. Find the center of the paper. Use the center as the basis for making triangular folds from left and right. Make this kind of fold. Be sure that both sides have equal and clean folds.

4-A. After making the triangular folds from left and right, you notice that there's about an inch of excess paper below. Make this kind of fold in front and please take a look at below.

4-B. Turn your paper. Make this kind of fold at the back.

5-A. If you notice, you can open this from the bottom. Once you open it, make sure it looks like that one above.

5-B. Slowly fold like this. Flatten each side careful using your hand by pressing it.

6-A. After doing fold 5-B, make a fold like the picture above. Make sure that the tip of the triangle you are folding will reach the tip of the triangle you are following.

6-B. Fold the other one at the back.

7. Looking at the picture of 6-B, there's a space where you could open the paper boat just like how you did it with 5-B. (It's just repeating the same steps however the triangles are getting smaller.)

And you have your boat!