Hi everyone! Today I'm going to share how I made this shampoo bottle sailboat after being inspired by this DIY boat kit found here:
Materials:
- empty shampoo bottle <-- crap!
- 2 rubber bands
- wine cork <-- crap!
- drill
- stirrer <-- crap!
- straw <-- crap!
- pair of scissors
- triangle from a potato chip bag <-- crap!
- tape (packing tape is best, but I only had clear plastic tape)
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| Here are the boat's main components: |
Directions:
1. Cut your cork in half lengthwise. Then, drill a hole through the middle. The hole should be big enough to hold your stirrer (aka the mast) up.
2. Your straw is going to be the horizontal bar holding up your sail (aka, the boom). Cut your straw to the desired length. Then, make two triangle cutouts on each side of the straw, so that your stirrer (aka the mast) can slide into the straw. Both your stirrer and straw will support your plastic bag sail.
3. Cut your plastic chip bag into a triangle sail shape. Tape the plastic bag onto your stirrer and straw to create a sail.
4. Use two rubber bands to attach your cork to your shampoo bottle. Then, stick your stirrer into the cork's hole and voila, instant sail boat.
The boat sails nicely in your bathtub, but Chuck and I took it one step further and sailed the high seas (eh hem... a nearby lake.) We just tied a ribbon to it so that it wouldn't float away.
Hope you and your little one enjoy this crapt!
