Fairy boats!

We have an unsightly puddle in our drive that we cannot afford to fill at the moment. And so - fairy boats.

We made them this morning. I think it only took about an hour. I cut a few pieces of wood - drilled a few holes for the masts and screwed heavy pieces of wood to the bottom for ballast.

We hot glued the branches in place - and my son insisted there were safety lines so the fairies wouldn't fall out - that is why we had to add the extra screws ^_^ !

For the sails - we cut up paper - covered them with some old bits of wax we had laying about - popped them in the oven and used a hole punch for clough lines.

I put a bunch of foil down to prevent the wax from getting all over the oven. I just set it to a low temp and watched it carefully. Don't burn down your house. 

They used string to tie the sails to the masts - and I added a dab of hot glue where the string was knotted for good measure.

This rigg was too heavy and off balance for the wood on this one. I ended up screwing a much wider heavier piece of wood to the bottom. It all worked out in the end.

Such a happy happy day ^_^!