Driftwood And Drill Sailboats

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• Step 1

  Place three pieces of driftwood of roughly the same length next to one another.

• Step 2

  Cut down two wood craft sticks to measure 2. inches (5.7 cm) each.

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  Step 3

  Place the cut craft sticks across the driftwood and mark with a pencil where the tacks will be placed, one at each piece of driftwood, for each craft stick.

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  Step 4

  Place the wood craft sticks on the driftwood again and hammer the tacks into place. Set aside for the glue to dry. Repeat for the other side.

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  Step 5

  Drill a hole slightly larger than the tack at each mark. Put a small drop of wood glue on top of each drilled hole.

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  Step 6

  Drill a hole at this mark that is slightly bigger than one of the 8-inch (20 cm) sticks, which will be used as the mast.

• Step 7

  Flip the driftwood structure over and mark with a pencil the center of the middle piece of driftwood.

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  Step 8

  Fill the drilled hole with wood glue and then push the “mast” stick into the hole.

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  Step 9

  Adjust the stick slightly to make sure that it is standing up as straight as possible. Set aside to dry.

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  Step 10

  Hammer a tack at both ends of the middle piece of driftwood.

• Step 11

  Cut out one of Driftwood Sailboat Template A and three of Driftwood Sailboat Template D from the drill fabric.

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  Step 12

  Paint the sail white.

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  Step 13

  Paint two pennants sea-foam green and one pennant yellow.

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  Step 14

  Once the sail is dry, mark horizontal lines as follows: 11⁄8 inches up from the bottom, 2. inches (5.7 cm) up from the bottom, 3. inches (8.3 cm) up from the bottom, and 4. (10.8 cm) inches up from the bottom.

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  Step 15

  Paint the marked stripes aqua.

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  Step 16

  Punch holes in the corners of the sail.

• Step 17

  Cut a length of string 14 inches (36 cm). Mark the center of the string with a pencil.

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  Step 18

  Thread a large-eye needle with cotton string. Thread the string through the punched holes in the sail

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  Step 19

  ... and then wrap the string around the mast stick, at the bottom, about . inch (1.3 cm) up from the driftwood. Then knot the string.

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  Step 20

  Repeat for the top of the mastand the side of the sail, except attach the string to the tack.

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  Step 21

  Glue the yellow pennant to the string center at the mark. Glue the other two pennants to the string, . inch (1.3 cm) from the yellow pennant, on either side. Place paper clips where the pennants fold over the string to keep them in place while the glue dries.

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  Step 22

  Once the glue is dry, tie and knot the pennant string to the top of the mast stick and then to the end tack.

• Step 23

  Daub glue on the string and the stick to secure the knots. Trim off excess string.

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