Hi Friends,
Today we’re sharing a simple Columbus Day craft that requires just a few items. They aren’t as involved as last year’s boats but still a lot of fun. We tore construction paper to create wispy & layered waves and folded the paper boats accordion-style for dimension. We then added waving flags, a sun, and a short phrase, “Columbus sailed the ocean blue…”.
Tearing the paper was kind of therapeutic and calming lol Maybe it was the sound, the unique shapes it created, or the fact that we could tear on purpose. Haha. This turned out cute and put a little twist on the 3 ships. Take a look and try it with your kiddos.
*Click on photos for closer look
What You'll Need
(1)Yellow, White, Off-White, Brown, Dk. Blue, Lt. Blue & Lt. Green or Turquoise Construction Paper
Scissors
Marker
Glue
Pencil
The Steps
Tear the blue and green/turquoise papers into thin strips or larger pieces.
2. Begin to glue down the pieces onto your white paper, horizontally.
Make sure to leave about 1/2 the page white.
3. Draw your 3 boats with a pencil (you may use different sizes or keep them the same size) and cut out.
An easy way to create identical boats: Fold the page into thirds, draw the boat on the top, hold firmly, and cut out.
4. Next fold your boats into mini accordions- the smaller the folds, the more dimension you’ll see.
5. Cut 3 inch thin strips for the flag pole (like Naomi’s) or for added dimension(like mine) cut 3-inch by 1-inch strips and fold into thirds. Glue the folds together.
6. Glue your poles down onto the paper and then add glue below them for the boats. Press your boats down at the lower folds/creases NOT the peaks, or you will flatten the boat.
7. Draw your flags in a wavy design (like Naomi’s above) or fold the paper in thirds(mine, not shown), draw, and cut out.
She created larger flags, mine were smaller and identical in shape/size.
8. Cut out your sun. We traced the gluestick for our sun.
9. Glue your flags on the poles or next to them and glue your sun too.
You may add clouds if you’d like.
Naomi’s boats
10. Lastly, with your pencil write out, “Columbus sailed the ocean blue…” and then trace with your marker.
That’s it!
I added clouds to my picture and opted for 2 smaller & identical flags and 1 larger one for the center boat.
Happy crafting!
Amanda and Naomi
To share: take a photo of your craft and let us see it! Click on photo submission and submit the photo.
