For
something different to do make your own raft to sail on a boating
pond.
It can be blown along by the wind. Ship ahoy!
Ask a grown-up to help you with sharp tools if you need
to. |
Create
your own water craft |
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You
will need:
16 corks from wine bottles
A ball of string
A pair of scissors
Cocktail sticks (rounded)
Wooden skewers
Cardboard
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Step
1
We
need to make four rows of corks. Each row will comprise
of four corks joined together end to end with cocktail sticks.
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Join
the corks using cocktail sticks |
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Join
together a row of four corks |
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Snap
a cocktail stick in half and put it into the end of a cork
and push it in until its half way through. Put the end of
another cork onto the end of the stick and push the corks
together. |
Continue
doing this until until you have a row of four corks (see
above).
And then keep going until you have your four rows of corks. |
Line
up the four rows of corks |
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Measure
the length of skewer needed |
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Step
2
Make
the rods that sit across the rows of corks and allow us
to tie them all together.
Take
two skewers and place them across the rows of corks to measure
the length of rod needed.
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Step
3
Break
the skewers at the right length (discard the pointed end).
When you have four pairs of rods, cut a piece of string
and tie it to the end of one of the pairs of rods. |
Tie
together the pairs of rods |
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