How to make a cardboard caravel Crafts for children

In Guiainfantil.com we propose a different and fun way to spend time with children. You only have to keep a box of eggs to make this original and beautiful caravel. It's about making an old cardboard boat that will be perfect to decorate a children's room. Crafts report countless benefits to childre

In Guiainfantil.com we propose a different and fun way to spend time with children. You only have to keep a box of eggs to make this original and beautiful caravel. It's about making an old cardboard boat that will be perfect to decorate a children's room.

Crafts report countless benefits to children such as improving their attention span, enhancing their motor coordination and stimulating their imagination.

Material:

  • Silicone gun
  • Rubber eva
  • White wool
  • Wooden sticks
  • Toilet paper
  • Cardboard
  • Paint
  • Brush
  • Chopsticks
  • Egg box

How to make a boat with an egg box

1- Cut an egg cup according to the size you want your boat to have. Cut out four squares of eva rubber to make the candles. Two bigger and two smaller ones.

2- Draw a skull on one of the small candles and insert the candles on the wooden sticks.

3- Take four palilos and form a star with them. Surround it with a little roll of toilet paper to make the shape of a rudder.

4- Tie the yarn of wool to different points of the egg cup to make the railings of the boat.

5- Cut and color a cardboard dragon to make the figurehead and place the rest of the elements on the egg cup. You already have your caravel ready to sail the seas.


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