Craft this boat from cardboard boxes as the centerpiece of the party.
Boat:
What you'll need 2 cardboard boxes (22"x22"x22"), clear packing tape, yellow plastic cake plates, hole punch, black brads, glue
Make it:
1. Fold flaps into boxes. Tape to secure if needed, leaving one slit open for kids to enter.
2. Slice boxes at 1 corner seam per box and tape together to form a boat shape.
3. Punch 8 holes around plates, and insert a brad into each hole.
4. Glue plates to the side of the boat as portholes.
Sail:
What you'll need 1 yard of Tyvek, 2" blue painter's tape, scissors, 12"x12" piece of craft paper, 6' to 8' wooden dowel, 3' wooden dowel, clear packing tape, rubber mallet
Make it:
1. Lay Tyvek vertically on floor and cut diagonally from corner to corner to make 2 triangles (you'll use one of them).
2. Lay triangle in a sail-like position (right-angle is on the bottom left) and fold the bottom under about 12", trimming off 8". Tape the cut edge to the back, forming a channel.
3. Apply painter's tape in stripes vertically down the sail, spaced 2" to 3" apart, wrapping ends around the edges for a clean look.
4. Cut an anchor or star out of craft paper and tape to the top third of the sail.
5. Insert 3' dowel into horizontal channel, and tape tall dowel to the back vertical edge of sail.
6. Place dowel inside boat and either tape to secure or hammer into ground with rubber mallet.
