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Sail Into Summer With Ice Cube Boats by Rachel Meeks for Alphamom.com

Sail Into Summer With Ice Cube Boats

By Rachel Meeks

These ice cube sail boats make a fun activity with very little mess, and you can use the leftover supplies from your latest summer picnic.

Supplies to make Ice Cube Boats (paper cup, tape, hole punch, scissors, paper)

What you need:

  1. a plastic cup
  2. bendable straw
  3. tape
  4. paper
  5. scissors
  6. hole punch

taping a straw

First bend your straw and tape the short end to the bottom of your cup. (You might need to trim the straw to make it fit properly.)

making ice cube boats

Fill the cup with water and let it freeze for a few hours.

Red solo cups with ice and straws

After it has frozen, run water on the outside of the cup to loosen the ice.

Ice cube sail boat craft

Cut a sail from construction paper and use a hole punch to make two holes for the straw.

ice cube boat craft with plastic toy figure

Ahoy matey!

ice cube boats floating in a bowl of water

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About the Author

Rachel Meeks

Rachel Meeks is the voice behind the popular blog Small Notebook, a resource for simplifying and organizing your home. (Because it’s so much easier to be a parent when you’re not surrou...

Rachel Meeks is the voice behind the popular blog Small Notebook, a resource for simplifying and organizing your home. (Because it’s so much easier to be a parent when you’re not surrounded by a ton of stuff.)

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