Adorable Boat Craft with Avocado Skins
This avocado boat craft is an awesome way to use avocado skins in a creative and playful way! Avocados are pretty fascinating…and who would have guessed that their skins could be used to make a boat?!
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Note: If you love crafting with food scraps, be sure to check out this Peppers Art craft using discarded bell pepper tops and our Paper Plate Sunflower craft using extra dry lasagna noodles.
👍 Why We Love this Boat Craft
A fun engineering challenge! The best part about this craft is setting sail! Kids will be challenged to position the avocado boat’s sail in such a way that the boat doesn’t tip over.
Simple Supplies- Other than the avocado, you may have many of these supplies at home, like tape, paper and straws.
Avocado facts- Take this time to to share some fun avocado with kids, like how avocados grow on trees and are considered fruits by botanists because of their seeds.
Fine motor skills– Our boat craft allows kids to put their developing folding, taping, and gluing skills to good use.
✂️ Supplies
Notes on Supplies:
- Avocado skins- flesh removed and skins dried as much as possible.
- Straws- ideally the kind that bendKid-friendly scissors.
- Markers – we love these Crayola Super Tips for coloring thin/fine lines.
- Tape– glue is also an option!
🥑 How to Make an Avocado Boat Craft
- Cut a straw in half to make the boat’s mast.
- Color a small, square piece of paper. You can pick the size. This will be the boat’s sail.
- Fold the square in half diagonally and tape it around the straw.
- Bend the top of the straw and tape the bent end to the inside and bottom of the skin. If the avocado is still moist, consider taping a small scrap of paper to the bottom of the avocado and then fastening the straw to the paper.
- Place your boat in a medium-sized bowl of water and set sail! You may need to play around with the straw’s placement to give the boat the most balance. Consider adding figurines like Lego people to the boat.
Pro-tip: this avocado boat craft works best with dry avocado skins, so consider putting the skins aside a few hours before starting the craft.
❓FAQ
If your boat won’t float for is sinking, try playing around with the positioning of the sail and/or any figurines inside your boat. The weight of these items need to be balanced in order for your boat to stay afloat.
There are tons of materials that can be used to make a boat craft, like sponges, wine corks, foil, cardboard, or even empty egg cartons!
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⛵️Boat Craft with Avocado Skins
Supplies
- Medium size bowl of water
- Avocado skins (dried )
- Straws (ideally the kind that bend)
- Scissors
- Square piece of thick paper (we used 3×3)
- Markers
- Tape or glue
Instructions
- Cut a straw in half to make the boat’s mast.
- Color a small, square piece of paper. You can pick the size. This will be the boat’s sail.
- Fold the square in half diagonally and tape it around the straw.
- Bend the top of the straw and tape the bent end to the inside and bottom of the skin. If the avocado is still moist, consider taping a small scrap of paper to the bottom of the avocado and then fastening the straw to the paper.
- Place your boat in a medium-sized bowl of water and set sail! You may need to play around with the straw’s placement to give the boat the most balance. Consider adding figurines like Lego people to the boat.
Notes
- This avocado boat craft works best with dry avocado skins, so consider putting the skins aside a few hours before starting the craft.
- If your boat won’t float for is sinking, try playing around with the positioning of the sail and/or any figurines inside your boat. The weight of these items need to be balanced in order for your boat to stay afloat.
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