We made these sail boats as part of the #30DaysWild challenge. They were fun to make and even more fun to watch them sail down the river!
I didn’t think that we would be able to retrieve our boats after we’d put them in the water so I thought it was important to make them out of natural materials. We used some sticks, a biodegradable twine and a leaf for the sail. To make the base of the boat we made an overlapping square with the sticks and tied them together with twine. We then tied on more sticks across the base and another stick pointing upwards for the sail. When we arrived at the river we found a large leaf and tied it to the stick.
Penguin had great fun watching the boats sail down the river and also enjoyed videoing the experience, I’m just glad his camera is waterproof!!
Have you had fun playing in the river? Any ideas for fun river play?
The Real Lara Shoe 
Cool. Which river was this?
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It’s the river Rea, some good spots for paddling and dam building!!
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These are so gorgeous. We’ll have a go at making some for sure. Sarah #FabFridayPost
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Looks so gorgeous! I need a holiday now! #FabFridayPost
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Hope you got your holiday…probably need another one by now!
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Such a cute idea – love it! We used to always play Pooh Sticks (from Winnie the Pooh fame…I think?!), where you each stand on one side of a bridge (upstream) and drop a stick, then rush to the other side of the bridge and see whose stick makes it over to the other side first! #FabFridayPost
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I love pooh sticks, such a simple game 😀
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Aww this is such a sweet idea and one which my children would adore!! We have lots of streams round our way, we might even try it out this weekend! Thank you for the inspiration! #fabfridaypost
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I think this is lovely! Before I read the comment above from You the Daddy I was going to say it reminds me of Pooh Sticks. I love the idea of a babbling brook that the little ones can paddle in – reminds me of my childhood. The kids seem like they’re having great fun. #fabfridaypost xx
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It’s great to have streams to play in, The kids just can’t get enough of them!
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These look great. I would never think of doing something like this. We have a river (stream) near us so worth a try when Piglet is older. #FabFridayPost
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These look great, my kids would love making these. They will probably have as much fun just finding the sticks too! Thanks for sharing, looks like a great activity. #fabfridaypost
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Just collecting some good sticks is a fab activity. I now really appreciate a good stick!
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This is fab – what a brilliant thing to do together! I’d love to try this when Emma is older 🙂 Thanks for hosting #fabfridaypost xx
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It’s fab when little people get older, so many more possibilities 😀
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That’s so cool! I kept meaning to do this with Ethan. We even pick some sticks together but never got around to doing it. I think as soon as we are back in the UK – we’ll definitely have to do this! This for the inspiration! 🙂 xx #FabFridayPost
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Hope your enjoying the sunnier climate! I think we have a house full of sticks and stones. Mine are always collecting something!
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Those look wonderful. As a child we played pooh sticks. #FabFridayPost
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Thanks, pooh sticks is a lot of fun 😀
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