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DIY sailboat making tutorial from rectangular paper box

DIY sailboat making tutorial from rectangular paper box

Today I will share with you a DIY tutorial on making a sailboat from a rectangular paper box. Prepare materials and tools: a rectangular paper box, three wooden chopsticks, a roll of string, a plastic bottle, several sheets of different colors and sponge paper, double-sided tape, transparent tape, a utility knife, and scissors.

DIY sailboat making tutorial from rectangular paper box

1. Insert two wooden chopsticks into the top of the paper box and one wooden chopstick into the front of the paper box.

DIY sailboat making tutorial from rectangular paper box

2. Connect three wooden chopsticks with thin wires.

DIY sailboat making tutorial from rectangular paper box

3. Cut the plastic bottle in half.

DIY sailboat making tutorial from rectangular paper box

4. Place the carton inside the plastic bottle and secure them together with clear tape.

DIY sailboat making tutorial from rectangular paper box

5. Cut out different quadrilaterals and polygons from the sponge paper.

DIY sailboat making tutorial from rectangular paper box

6. Thread the rectangular sponge paper onto the chopsticks, fold the remaining three pieces of paper in half along the three lines and stick them together.