Cardboard Model Sailing Canoe

by Timothy M in Craft > Cardboard

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Cardboard Model Sailing Canoe

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This is a model sailing canoe I made with cardboard, skewers, hot glue, a chopstick plastic bag, tape, and string.

Cut Out Shapes

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Cut out a 4" x 8" piece of cardboard. Divide it into 3 equal sections lengthwise. Cut out the shapes in the photo. :)

Make Body Pieces

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Tape the two triangles and the large rectangle piece together as show. Do the same for the other four pieces, you should have three pieces of cardboard.

Body Done

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Tape the sides together to get what's in the photo.

Pontoons

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Cut out two shapes like the photo. And fold them to make pontoons.

Sail

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Make a sail by hot glueing a chopstick and a skewer to together. Tape the bag to the sail frame. Cut bag into triangle shape.

Put It All Together

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Put the boat together like the photo. Feel free to comment and post photos of your boats!