Boat Craft for Kids

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This boat craft for kids is perfect for summer crafting sessions. Add it to your ocean lessons or your Letter Bb activities.

I love preschool crafts and art projects, and crafts with templates are easy for little ones to complete. Scroll down to the bottom of this post to download the template that will help make this boat craft a breeze for little ones to make.

Boat Craft for Kids

Let’s get rid of boredom with a fun preschool craft! Let’s teach kids about boats.

Nothing is easier than creating cute crafts when you have free printable templates to work from. And you don’t need too many supplies for it either.

So, check the list below, and collect all your supplies. Then, let’s get busy making our cute boat.

What You’ll Need

• construction paper
• scissors
• glue stick
• pencil
• ruler
• markers

What You’ll Do

First, print out the template (scroll to the bottom of the post to download it), and cut out the pieces of the template in your desired colors.

Take pieces numbered 1 and 2. Glue the number 1 piece on the bottom of piece number 2 and allow the glue to dry.

Now, take piece number 3, and glue it on the top of piece number 2 – slightly overlapping them. Leave the glue to dry.

Take piece number 4, and glue it on the top of piece number 3. Now, the boat’s body is complete.

Glue piece number 5 on the top. This is the chimney for the paper boat.

Last but not least, glue the windows on the ship. Take pieces numbered 6-9 and glue them on the boat horizontally on a straight line.

Finish off the boat by drawing some details using colorful markers.

You can now glue the entire ship to a paper ocean background made either with blue construction paper or with ocean-themed scrapbook paper.

PRESCHOOL BOOKS ABOUT BOATS

Fill your book basket with a great collection of books about boats. Most of these books can be found at your local library or used bookstore.

If you have a hard time finding them, you can order them through my Amazon affiliate links by clicking the images below.

 

Boat Book – Rowboats, canoes, sailboats, speedboats, cruise ships, submarines, tugboats, and more! Boats come in all sizes and we use them in different ways: for recreation, for transportation, and even for police work and fighting fires. 

Richard Scarry’s Boats – Hit the high seas with this board book featuring Richard Scarry’s fast and fun boats! From motorboats and sailboats, to submarines and kayaks, little sailors will be eager to cruise through these adventurous pages!

Boats – Using simple text and illustrations, these colorful boats of all shapes and sizes float through the waters of this delightful introduction to boats for young children.

RESOURCES I LOVE

Kids will enjoy making origami paper boats with this activity book for kids.

These no-mess cork boats are loads of fun for kids and super easy on parents.

Gather the little ones around the table for some fun with the Don’t Rock the Boat Game. Take turns trying to keep your pirate penguins and friends on the ship. 

download the boat craft template

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