Take a piece of wood-board and plane it so that the prow is pointed and the deck is smooth.

Make the keel (1) to help the toy-ship hold itself upright.

You can use a V-look twig for it (2). Put the keel into the bottom of the toy-ship. To do that drill two holes in the bottom of the board.

Fix the pegs of the keel into the holes. You have already done the mast and a rudder for a cortex boat.

If you take a bigger wood-board, the toy-ship will be larger.

It will be possible to set up not one, but two masts with sail or to fix an additional flagstaff (a pole for a flag).

You can use a piece of paper or rag to make the flag.

Find a thick piece of a pine-tree rind in the forest (1).

Shave the form of a hull of a boat that you need, then carefully hollow the middle with the tip of the penknife out. Split a thin twig (2), set a big leaf of an elm, a linden or a maple into it – it’ll be a mast with a sail. Bore a small deepening in the bottom of your boat, but be careful not to break it through. Set the mast with the sail into the deepening as  it shown on the picture.

Make a rudder of a flat stick (3 and 3a). Shave it from the both sides. Bore a hole through the stern and set the rudder into it.

Lower the boat onto the water. It’ll float!

P.S. You also can make a captain using acorns, matches or thin twigs and  plasticine. Set your imagination free.

Great One Minute Toy!!!

* Two milk or juice cartons
* Masking tape
* Soapbox
* Piece of cardboard
* Markers or pens for customizing
* Paper (for the airplanes)

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To begin this project you must first draw out your wing design for your shuttle. When you’ve settled on your design go ahead and cut the wings out.

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Find these or similar supplies

• Plastic water bottle
• Masking tape
• Soap box
• Some old cardboard or construction paper
• Toilet paper tube

Let`s get started