Instructions: Origami is the art of creating things by folding paper. Fold a boat from a piece of paper according to the instructions and pictures below. Have children make as many folds themselves as possible.

Color a piece of paper with a wax crayon for waterproofing purposes.

Fold the paper down in half the short way so that the colored part is on the inside and the fold is on the top.

Fold the top corners of the paper down so they meet in the middle as shown.

Fold up the bottom rectangular flap, as shown.

Fold the top corners of the colorful rectangular flap down over the white triangular part.

Flip the paper over.

Fold up the other bottom rectangular flap, as shown.

Open up the bottom and crease it the opposite way into a square.

Fold up the bottom triangular flap.

Flip the paper over

Fold up the other bottom triangular flap to make a triangle.

Open up the bottom again and crease it the opposite way into a square.

Open the top corners to reveal your boat.

Your beautiful new boat is ready to sail.

Sail the bubbly seas of your bathtub, your kitchen sink, a lake, or a brook. If you wish, color and cut out Jack and Jill paper dolls and have them ride in the boat, like in the poem below.

This is Tub Lake.

It is quite rough today.

Our dolls, Jack and Jill, are in the boat.

They will sail across the lake.

We made our own boat.

Fold paper to make a boat.