Cardboard Box Boats – Kids Bloggers Celebrate the Olympics
To celebrate the Olympics we have made some cardboard box canoes. Or they are probably more like kayaks.
We used an egg box cut in half to make the seats.
Around this we stuck two pieces of card cut from a cereal box using masking tape. One goes each side and then the corners are stuck together.
We used another piece of card to go on the top and the bottom. We traced around the canoe and then cut out the shape.
We added a couple of extra strips of masking tape to make it a bit smoother.
Then we painted it. I let the girls choose their own colours. Molly was keen to paint hers red to support Team GB.
We left them to dry.
While they dried we arranged some water beads to make the water. It looks rather tempting, don’t you think. This was a selection of different coloured water beads which I put into roasting trays.
Then we got our favourite small world toys to have a race.
We used another egg box for the spectators.
The Royal family had their own box, closely guarded by the police.
When the twins came down from their nap it was all ready for them to play.
Charlotte put the toy which looks like her into the boat. Then started throwing the water beads on the floor – of course!
Rose had great fun lining up all the toys in the water.
If we get chance we will take them on a real stretch of water and see if they float.
At the end of a tiring and fun day the spectators and competitors can go home on their cardboard box London Bus, which we handily made earlier in the week.
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great great post!
Thanks for particpatign @kids bloggers go Olympics
Love,
Angelique
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This is awesome! What an amazing water activity.
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Very nice and very clever
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Wow your canoes are amazing! Brilliant idea, and I really must get some of these water beads, they look so much fun.
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LOVE your boats, and what a great idea putting them on water beads. I also like the stands!
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I lie the cardboard canoes! But it looks likes more for an older child project. Do you think 3 is too young for this? Wold need a lot of moms help.
Great idea! I would love to have you link this up to my linky party! http://domesticrandomness.blogspot.com/2012/08/friday-fascinations-2-olympics-linky.html
Thanks for thevinvite, I’ll pop on over.
WOW, you are so good Rebecca! I love the bus and the spectators!
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