Quick Craft: (More) Walnut Boats
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Yes yes yes… we have had walnut boats (click through to see that they do float!) before here on Red Ted Art.. but a child’s childhood can never have too many walnut boats. Surely?! They are easy peasy lemon squeasy to make and this time, I used up some multi coloured birthday candle left overs for that little bit of “something else”. Ta da… our walnut boats! (You can also use playdough or blutack to secure the masts, if you wish!!!!). (Check out the original walnut boats, for more detail on how to make them! Including tips on getting the walnut shell open in tact).
The children chose all the colours and we still had some pretty paper printed off from our Free Printables page! Oh and make sure the wax is FULLY cooled before playing.. we had some eager hands play quickly and the sail kept coming out.. not the end of the world, just frustrating!
Hooray for Walnuts. Hooray for Walnut Boats!
Happy Sailing!
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Category: Kids Craft, Nature, traditional crafts
I love them, but knowing my son he would add them to the bath. Do they float?
@alison YES! They float and YES perfect for the bath
maybe make the sail out of plastic.. as the big waves in the bath are likely to knock the boat over!
I was going to ask exactly the same about floating!
Very very cute and simple
Frankee – it has made me realise that my kids HAVE to take these in the bath tonight!!! You can see them float here http://www.redtedart.com/2011/02/23/kids-get-crafty-walnut-boats/ they can get waterlogged (like a real boat!), but just let them dry out and they float again!
oooh so cute! H loves boats we might have a go at these!
This is super cute! I look forward to seeing you at My Dream Canvas!
oh wow!! this is awesome.. so pretty.. Thank you for linking into Made with love..