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27 thoughts on “Handmade boats

  1. your photos are simply stunning! my 2 year old isn’t yet ready to wrap sting around twigs, so i’m saving this one for the future. love it.

  2. Thank you for all your comments as always – it always makes my day.

    Thanks especially Rachelle for your comments on my photography. My tried and true method is to simply take hundreds and hundreds! Usually one turns out – haha!! Thanks goodness for the invention of digital cameras!

  3. Great post. We’ve been having so much rain in Sydney lately, there is a smally torrent running down our street. I was just looking at it yesterday thinking ‘BOATS!’. I also wanted to know how to make newspaper hats and that origami boat should do just the thing. Thanks!

  4. Hope the weather cheers up soon in Sydney Lisa. Weather blinkin’ horrible in the UK. We have just moved here after a seven year stint in Perth and it’s taking some getting used to.

  5. So beautiful. I just discovered your lovely, colorful blog this evening and am having the BEST time digging through your archives and bookmarking fun projects to try with my girls!! Thank you for your colorful and crafty inspiration!

    fondly,
    pink and green mama,
    MaryLea

  6. thanks katie…I love making all the things for this blog…so wonderful to get great feedback 🙂

  7. Kate, I made these boats with my son last weekend and he LOVED every aspect of this project – from eating a lolly before we started the project (to get the lolly stick), to looking for the twigs, tying them together, and testing whether the boats floated. We even did a ‘science experiment’ to see how many pebbles the boats could carry before they sank!

  8. Hi Sonya,

    I love it when people write and say they have tried something….it’s the best kind of comment. Glad your son had a lot of fun. I’m holding out for a little sunshine at the mo…then we are gonna go sail them!

  9. The boats are awesome(as is your photography)! My son is at the door, rushing me to go outside with him and hunt for sticks to make the stick boat. 🙂

  10. Hi!

    First of all, I love your website. Such beautiful things!

    Also, which font did you use for the text “Angor aweigh”?

    Thanks,

    Sophie

  11. Where exactly is the tutorial of how to make this twig boat? I think it’s adorable and I would love to make it as a gift.

  12. The raft is absolutely adorable! I can’t wait to gather sticks with my little one so that we can make it together. Beautiful site 🙂

  13. i love both of them, this year i have made crocheted wooden shoes and made of those sailboats, the tag was the origamie boat with the text on it.
    it was a great succes.
    i think i love boats because those tiny ones are magical and a tiny bit like a fairy tale full with promises.
    thank you for the sharing and the links.
    awesome done.;-D

  14. Hello, thank you a lot for this idea. I,m french and i made your boat with my son. It was great! I’ll write a post on my blog as soon as is possible about it (with your pinterest link).
    sorry for my english!!!
    K.F.

  15. I was just wondering, have you only used string or have you also used some glue to stick the wood pieces together? I love these boats and I want to make it myself for the little one to play with (he’s too young to do this kind of craft unfortunately), but I don’t think I’m skilled enough with string to actually make it hold together.

  16. HI Kate! Did you happen to post instructions for these boats? I can’t see them and am preparing to my church’s nautical themed VBS this summer and believe these would be a perfect craft!
    Thank you 🙂

  17. My grandson and I found some large thick bark, from a willow tree driftwood last evening, and it’s rainy today, so we’re going to give them a try!! Thank you so much for the ideas!!

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