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Match Stick Mini Rafts (Another Simple Wine Cork Craft for Kids)

July 22, 2015 /

Match stick mini rafts:

What you need:

Wine corks
Paper
Match sticks
Elastic bands
Cocktail sticks or wooden skewers
Ice lolly sticks
Blue tack or playdough
PVA glue

What you do:

Attach 3 wine corks together by wrapping 2 elastic bands around the corks ensuring that the lie flat like a raft. (I had to do this for my kids)
Cover the top of the raft in PVA glue
Place an ice lolly stick on top of the raft, press down to ensure that it sticks.
Now, cover the lolly stick in PVA glue
Stick the matchsticks close together across the length of the lolly stick
Leave to dry
Cut a triangular sail from coloured paper of design you own sail and cut it out.
Pass a cocktail stick or wooden skewer through the sail.
When the raft is dry, stick a little lump of blue tack or playdough onto the raft and stick the sail into it.
Fill up your sink or paddling pool and launch you rafts!

For more rafting fun check out:

Have fun!

Ciara xox

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