Today's Summer Daily Fun

Float a Boat

Make a canoe that floats:  It's easy!

What You Need

• Birch bark
• Glue (White glue, like Elmer's glue, is fine but a glue gun works better -- then you don't have to hold ends together while they dry.  If you use a glue gun, get help from your folks.  You can get burned very easily!)
• Scissors

How To Make It

1. Cut a strip of bark that is about 3 inches (8 cm) wide and about 5 inches (13 cm) long.  Use the bark off a tree that is no longer alive.  You can also make a canoe from paper, but it won't be waterproof.
2. Cut ends to resemble a V.  Make the V about 1/2 inch (1 cm) deep.
3. Fold the bark in half lengthwise.
4. On each end, overlap the bark remaining after cutting out the V.  Overlap them until the top edges are even and you have a canoe shape.  Glue the ends together.
5. After the glue dries, put the canoe in water and watch it float!

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