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Quick Viking Longship build for Scouts

This was a Sunday morning project with the kids, we have boat building session this week with the beavers (6-8 years old) which culminates in them sailing whatever they have built down the river, So i decided it would be worth knocking something up to join in the fun.

Its made of card (As you can see) and is waterproofed and held together with packing tape, given more time i would have painted it (If it survives I still might!) I was particularly pleased with the oars which came from a cheap multi pack of chop sticks. 

The picture doesn't do the scale justice, its actually around 60 cm long. I started with two sheets of card cut out for the sides, these were taped along the bottom and then shield shaped pieces of card were pushed into the hull to give it the correct profile. Everything was taped up before a deck was added and hot glued into place to give it lots of rigidity. It has quite a bit of clay forced into the bottom of the hull as ballast, so hopefully it will float upright. 

The sail is an old off cut of material, the mast a cardboard tube and that's about it.  Unless its sinks instantly tonight Ill get some pictures for an update of the boat on the water tomorrow!

Karl