In keeping with our theme this month of doing paper projects, the Columbus day ships fit the bill. The 2nd grade had to cut the cartons a bit and shape them to form the bow, add a back deck, then add the masts and sails cut from paper and mounted on BBQ sticks. Of course they had to decorate them so he must have had a very colorful armada of ships to discover America.
The 1st graders made all 3 ships using the cup part of the egg carton and BBQ sticks for the large mast with wood axles for the small mast and styrofoam "S" peanuts for the sails. We used homemade clay to secure the masts. We wrapped strips of paper around each cup to make it look more like wood. This was a bit challenging for the group but we were able to complete them with beaming faces by the end of the class.
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