How to make a paper boat with your own hands
Paper crafts are considered the simplest boats. They fold quickly, do not require much time to create, and the child can decorate and color it as desired.
How to make a two-pipe motor ship from A4 paper: step-by-step diagram
You can make a boat from a sheet of paper in different ways and the models come out different. The most classic options are familiar to everyone, and the scheme for folding a paper boat is passed down from parents to children. But for those who have forgotten, there are step-by-step descriptions.
To make a paper boat, we need a sheet of paper and scissors.
Make a square from a rectangular sheet of A4 paper. Fold the sheet diagonally and carefully cut off a strip from the edge.
In the resulting square, fold all 4 corners towards the center. Turn the workpiece over and fold all the corners towards the center again. And let's repeat it again. Let's turn the workpiece over and unfold two small squares - this is how we get the pipes of the future ship.
We put these pipes together and smooth them out.
A4 paper boat: classic paper version
This version of a paper boat is familiar to many. You can make it from a white sheet of paper and then paint it and glue decorative elements. But you can use colored paper to make your boat different from the rest. This option for making a boat is ideal for getting ready for a walk in 10 minutes in rubber boots and launching boats with friends in large puddles.
To make a boat from a sheet of A4 paper, fold the sheet in half.
The upper corners must be bent at right angles to the center.
Fold the free edges of the sheet up on both sides.
Fold the loose corners inward to create a triangle.
The corners of the base need to be brought together to form a square.
Now you need to bend the lower corners on both sides up and again we get a triangle.
The angles at the base of the triangle need to be brought together and we get a square. Move the workpiece to the sides by the upper corners.
Move the corners all the way until you get a boat.
Straighten all the corners of the boat to give it stability.
Paper boat: folding pattern
By showing your imagination, you can create dozens of different ships by design.
A boat with a sail or flags will look original
Theme of the week: “Winter fun”
Lesson 15. Snow woman
(Imprint with crumpled paper. Gouache)
Program content. Continue to teach children to convey in a drawing the features of the depicted object, using an imprint with crumpled paper. Learn to bring an object to the desired image using a brush.
Material. A blue or blue sheet of cardboard, saucers with white gouache, slightly diluted with water, medium-sized lumps of crumpled paper, gouache, brushes, jars of water (for each child).
Progress of the lesson
Read to the children the beginning of A. Barto’s poem “Not Alone”:
We didn't eat, we didn't drink,
They sculpted a snow woman.
February snow light-weak
Wrinkled under my hand,
But just right for a snow woman
We need one like this.
Ask the guys: “What did the children make? (Snow woman.)
Invite the children to draw a friend for the snow woman in an unusual way - with crumpled paper.
Show the children how to place crumpled paper in a saucer of white paint and apply it several times to the bottom of the cardboard to make a round ball. Then draw a small ball in the same way. When the paint dries, you need to finish painting the snow woman’s eyes, carrot nose, and twig hands.
You can end the lesson with lines from the same poem:
The sound of the tram will soon subside
And the moon will rise,
Our snow woman
There will be more than one.
DIY paper boat: step-by-step instructions
Knowing how to make a classic boat and sailboat, you can try to make a double boat or catamaran. In order to make a catamaran, we need a sheet of paper and scissors.
We need to make a square sheet from A4 sheet. Fold it in half, and then fold each half in half again towards the center.
Rotate the rectangle 90 degrees and repeat the folding procedure.
Let's turn the workpiece and see that it is divided into squares. Fold the opposite sides of the square towards the center.
We take the lower corners of the sheet and move them apart. Fold the 2 inner squares diagonally.
Turn the workpiece and repeat the procedure on the other side.
Fold the layout in half and open it, creating volume.
How to assemble a paper boat: diagrams
Add to your collection a few more options for paper boats that are suitable for beginners and experienced shipbuilders. Unusual DIY ship crafts can decorate any children's room.
Tip: to prevent a paper boat from becoming limp in water for a long time, dip it in melted paraffin and dry it. This way it will be able to repel water and will last longer.
How to make a warship out of paper
Ask any boy what his favorite game is and he will name war games. They can be on the ground with an army of soldiers, or using planes or ships.
You can easily make a warship out of paper. It is enough to choose any version of a paper ship, simply paint it with the appropriate colors, and add military attributes.
Such a ship can be made from green paper, or you can pre-paint a white sheet with camouflage.
Let's draw two lines on a piece of paper - horizontally and vertically.
Bend the bottom part of the leaf in half and turn the product over.
We fold the two edges of the figure inward towards the vertical line; they will play the role of the side of the ship.
Let's open the corners at the bottom of the workpiece, which will be the side of the ship.
Carefully fold the top part and bend it upward immediately.
We bend the corners on the sides.
We open the product along the marked lines, and fold the edges of the top closer to the center.
We turn the workpiece.
Paper warship: diagram
A boat with a paper sail: step-by-step description with diagram
A paper boat with a sail looks much more attractive and more similar to the original. Making a boat with a sail is quite easy.
The simplest option is to make a classic boat and attach a mast with sails to it.
You can immediately make a sailboat out of paper. To do this you will need a sheet of paper of any color.
We make a square from a sheet of A4 paper. Fold it in half diagonally to create a triangle.
Unfold the sheet back and fold it in half in the usual way.
Unfold the sheet and fold it in half again on the other side.
Straighten the sheet and bend the corners of the squares drawn with lines towards the center. Fold the craft in half and unfold.
Fold the free left corner towards the center and you will get an open envelope. Bend this edge to the side. We bend this corner into the ship.
We will get something like a diamond.
Bend the right corner up - we get two sails in the end.
Bend the bottom corner back towards the center and turn the product onto your face.
Such a boat can be decorated or some details can be drawn to complete the picture.
Theme "Pets"
Lesson 18. Filimonov horse
(Drawing with felt-tip pens)
Program content. Cultivate interest in the works of folk artists. Teach children to paint the silhouette of a Filimonov toy, alternating straight stripes of two colors (green and red).
Material. Clay Filimonov toys and illustrations with their images (young ladies, soldiers, horses, deer, ram, birds); samples of elements of Filimonov painting. Silhouettes of Dymkovo horses cut out of yellow paper, felt-tip pens or colored pencils (for each child).
Progress of the lesson
Tell the children that in the village of Filimonovo they made toys-whistles from white clay for the holidays - animals, birds, horses, ladies, soldiers.
Show the children the Filimonov horse and pay attention to its features: the horse, like all Filimonov toys, has a very elongated neck and a small head. The horse is decorated with narrow stripes of green and crimson (red), in the center there is a flower consisting of rings of the same colors.
Invite the children to become Filimonov masters and color horse silhouettes cut out of yellow paper with alternating stripes of red and green.
The result was festively painted Filimonov horses.
Ship: paper applique in kindergarten
Activities with colored paper are not only fun, colorful results, but also creative development. For kids who are not yet 3 years old, you can make blanks, cut out the parts in advance, and then glue them onto a sheet of cardboard or paper. Older children can be given scissors with rounded edges.
It is convenient to use glue for appliques - a pencil or PVA with a brush.
Ship made of colored paper: simple application
To make a beautiful and bright applique, we will need a set of colored paper, scissors, glue, pencil, and ruler.
Let's transfer the part templates onto colored paper:
- 3 clouds on blue paper,
- yellow triangle, blue flag,
- yellow semi-oval,
- red rectangle,
- blue hexagon,
- 3 waves of blue color,
- Black bird
The colors of the ship can be safely replaced with those that the child wants more.
Boat template: paper applique
Glue two waves on the bottom of the sheet, leaving room for the third wave.
Glue the deck in the form of a blue hexagon and perpendicularly a long red rectangle - the mast.
Glue a yellow triangle to the right of the red mast, and a semi-oval to the left. We will place a flag on the mast. Directly on the blue deck, between the two waves, we will glue the third wave.
Ship: applique for the younger group
For little ones, prepare pre-printed parts - you can even cut them out in advance. This is important so that children can understand which colors to combine and learn to understand shapes.
Print out ready-made templates and help children understand which part to glue where.
You can choose from several options, focusing on varying degrees of difficulty.
The boat is sailing: three-dimensional applique
If you make some details voluminous, the applique will turn out to be more original. The parts that create volume are glued last.
How to make a three-dimensional applique: a boat in the senior group
This work uses the skills of drawing, gluing, and cutting, as well as the child’s creative talents.
Materials:
- White sheet A4
- Watercolor
- Brush
- Scissors
- Colored paper
- Markers
- PVA glue
We start by designing the background of the craft. We draw waves and clouds with a blue or light blue pencil.
Paint the background with blue watercolors
To make a beautiful boat, you can print the template
Cut out parts according to a template from colored paper
Glue blue stripes that will be waves. Apply 3-4 drops of glue at an equal distance from each other and attach wave strips to them, creating volume.
On the main parts of the ship, draw stripes and glue three blue circles - portholes.
Glue on the mast and flag
Now let's glue the white sailboat
Ships on the roads: application in the preparatory group
You can easily place several ships on this application and this work can be done collectively. This process will help children learn to identify the parts of a ship. Each boat may have a different shape and deck color. You can depict pirate or warships.
You can pre-color the background
If the work is done by a group of children, you can give each child the task of creating their own model of a ship.
Applique Warship
An application of this type would be appropriate on postcards for February 23, or May 9. When children make cards for dads or grandfathers, they will need the ability to make warship appliqués.
You can use a template to prepare a ship.
Ship template for applique
Applique Ship for the little ones
Little ones should learn to use scissors and glue and be able to draw basic elements of nature before they go to school.
Therefore, such an applique as a boat at sea, which is combined with drawing skills, will be an excellent training.
Materials:
- Colored paper
- Cardboard
- Scissors
- Glue
- Crayons
- Markers
For the base of the applique we use a white sheet of cardboard.
Tear off a few strips of blue paper to glue along the bottom edge of the base, making waves.
Let's cut out the sun, clouds and ship elements from colored paper.
Draw the birds and add other details to the applique.
Theme of the week: “Winter”
Lesson 14. Winter landscape
(Brush painting. Gouache)
Program content. Start introducing children to the landscape. Learn to draw winter trees with the whole brush and the tip of the brush. Learn to draw a contrasting winter landscape using white and black gouache. Develop imagination, emotional and aesthetic feelings, love for nature.
Material. Reproductions of paintings depicting a winter landscape. Blue or gray sheets of paper, gouache, brushes, jars of water, rags (for each child).
Progress of the lesson
Tell the children that when an artist paints nature, he is depicting a landscape. Ask what the artist can draw. (Sea, mountains, forest, river, lake, street with trees, etc.)
Read B. Kapetyan’s poem to the children:
Snow-white, white-winged
Our winter is winter,
I whitewashed everything diligently:
Both trees and houses.
Invite the children to draw a landscape - a winter street with trees and bushes. Ask what colors can be used to represent trees, bushes and snow. Tell me that trees can be painted with black paint, and snow with white paint.
Invite each child to draw black trees in the form of pillars expanding downwards with thin branches diverging in different directions and bushes consisting of branches. When the paint dries, paint white snow and falling snowflakes around with the tip of a brush.
Cardboard ship: how to make it yourself
Children and parents are often asked to bring joint crafts to school on a given topic. It’s not difficult to come up with a cardboard craft on a marine theme. The ship can be made in one evening, taking an old equipment box.
Materials:
- Thick cardboard - old box
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Glue
- Scotch
- Colored paper
- Decor
Print or draw a template. Transfer it to cardboard
Cutting out parts from cardboard
Assembling the ship using glue and tape
Dilute the PVA glue with water, tear the paper into pieces and soak it in the glue. Glue the pieces to the ship blank
You can paint the ship and cover it with colored paper.
Also make a mast from a plastic tube or wooden skewer. Don't forget that every ship must have a flag. Make sails out of cardboard.
And if you recently bought a refrigerator or other large household appliance, then you can make a large ship out of cardboard to the delight of any boy.
Ship made of cardboard and paper
Cardboard is a very convenient material for crafts, and colored paper will help make the craft bright and attractive. In order for the work to turn out beautiful and neat, use good scissors that will not tear the cardboard, but will make a beautiful and even cut. If it is too early for a child to use sharp scissors, then parents can do it for them.
Toilet paper rolls are also actively used in crafts due to their shape.
Theme of the week: “Transport”
Lesson 13. Ship
(Drawing with wax crayons and a brush. Watercolor)
Program content. Teach children to draw objects consisting of two parts according to their imagination and paint over them with wax crayons. Learn to tint a sheet of paper with watercolors.
Material. Half sheets of watercolor paper, wax crayons, watercolor paints, brushes, jars of water.
Progress of the lesson
Read an excerpt from A. Pushkin’s poem:
The wind blows across the sea
And the boat speeds up.
He runs in the waves
On swollen sails -
Past the steep island,
Past the big city.
Ask the children: “What does the ship have? (Hull, deck, sail.)
Invite the children to draw a boat with wax crayons. First you need to draw the hull in the form of an inverted trapezoid, and on top a triangular sail. Paint the ship with crayons in a continuous layer. Paint the sea around it with blue watercolor paint, diluting it with plenty of water.
How to make a ship out of wood with your own hands
A wooden boat is every boy's dream. Together with your dad or grandfather, you can carve the simplest version of a boat.
To preserve the wood longer, you can paint the top or varnish it.
How to make a ship out of shells with your own hands
Did you bring a lot of shells from the sea? They can be used and beautifully decorated by making a boat out of shells. Resorts sell ready-made souvenirs in the form of ships made of shells, but it is much nicer to put on a shelf a craft made by your child.
Materials:
- Big shell
- Small shells
- Super glue
- Braid
Come up with a diagram of your ship.
Place several shells in a row with a toothpick. It will look more beautiful if you arrange the shells according to size - wider at the bottom and smaller at the top.
Lubricate a toothpick with glue and attach the shells. Let's leave it to dry.
Let's attach these sails to a large shell. The base of the toothpick should be generously coated with glue.
We use a chain or gold braid. We wrap it around the mast. To ensure that the boat stands level, you can glue a large shell onto a piece of wood or a flat stone.
DIY foam ship for children
Do not rush to throw away foam plastic after purchasing household appliances, especially if you have children. It can be useful for making a quick boat.
Materials:
- Styrofoam pieces
- Toothpicks
- Knife
- A thread
- Film for decoration
- Colored paper
Using a knife, cut out the shape of a boat - two rectangles of different sizes. A large rectangle needs to have a sharp nose.
Using glue or a toothpick, connect both parts
All that remains is to decorate the boat. In this matter, you can give your child room for creativity.
Cut out flags from paper and glue the flag onto the mast.
You can add a second toothpick to the ship and tie them together with rope or thread. We'll insert another toothpick at the back of the deck. The places where the thread is attached can be lubricated with glue.
The outermost toothpicks need to be shortened.
We will hang small flags folded in half on the thread.
Another option for a ship's mast made of foam.
Let's make a cross from two toothpicks and wrap it with thread. Let's break off the ends.
The sail can be made from a tree leaf or fabric.
More complex foam ship designs will require more time.
Topic of the week: “Poultry”
Lesson 17. Chicken
(Poke with a hard semi-dry brush. Gouache)
Program content. Continue teaching children to draw an object consisting of two circles with a simple pencil. Learn to convey the features of the depicted object using a poke with a hard, semi-dry brush; Bring the item to the desired image using a brush.
Material. Half album sheets, simple pencils, gouache, hard and soft brushes, jars of water, rags (for each child).
Progress of the lesson
Read V. Berestov’s poem “Chickens” to the children, accompanying it with appropriate actions:
Chick-chick! Atty-batty!
We are chickens! We are chickens!
We peck, peck, peck
Everything we meet along the way.
And we sing, we eat, we eat:
Piti-piti-pi-ti-ti!
Invite the children to draw chickens. Show how to draw a large circle (torso) with a simple pencil, and a smaller circle (head) on the top left.
To make the chicken fluffy, you need to put quite a bit of yellow gouache on a dry, hard brush and, holding the brush vertically (the brush taps with the “heel”), make “poke” on top, placing them inside and along the edges of the circles. When the paint dries, you need to finish painting the chicken's eyes, beak, and paws with the tip of a soft brush.
