Wide plastic lid (like the lid from a margarine tub)
Drinking straw
Construction Paper
Scissors
Hand-Held
Paper Punch
Crayons ,
Markers , and/or stickers
Modeling
Clay
Cut a triangle from a piece of construction paper - this will be your sail.
Decorate the sail with crayons, markers, and/or stickers.
Punch three holes along one side of the triangle.
Weave a drinking straw (the boat's mast) through the holes.
Put a small wad of molding clay on the inside of the lid. Push the end of the drinking straw into the clay.
You now have a cute little toy sailboat that can float in water!
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