Making an Egg Carton Ship

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July 16, 2018

Egg Carton Sail Boat - finished boat While taking a stroll at San Diego Marina we enjoyed seeing the yachts, boats, and sailboats! My little one wanted to have his own and use it to transport rocks and marbles! You can use a lot of imagination with an egg carton!

Total Time: 30 minutes + drying time

Supplies:

egg carton
chopstick
newspaper insert
glue stick
hot glue
ribbon
paper
scissors
craft sticks
paint
paint brush

Steps:

Cut off the top and flap of an egg carton.

Egg Carton Sail Boat - cut off the top and flap on the carton

Egg Carton Sail Boat - top and flap removed

Using any newspaper inserts/ads you no longer need, cut out a triangle. Your child can paint, or apply stickers/decorate anyway they would like. If using paint, allow to dry.

Egg Carton Sail Boat - cut a triangle from the scrap newspaper ad

Egg Carton Sail Boat - the triangle and be attached to the chopstick

You can tape the triangle to a chopstick or use craft sticks and hot glue (like I did).

Egg Carton Sail Boat - or glued to the craft sticks and then attached to the chopstick

Egg Carton Sail Boat - sticks glued to the chopstick

Once the triangle is painted and dried, glue it down to the craft stick.

Using an X-acto knife, poke a hole in the center of the egg carton and place the chopstick in it. To reinforce the chopstick, use hot glue all around to keep in place.

Egg Carton Sail Boat - poke a hole in the center of the carton with the knife and insert chopstick and glue in place

Using ribbon tie a knot at the top of the chopstick and thread through another hole in the center of one end of the egg carton and secure with another knot.