It takes only a few minutes to rig up one of these toy sailboats.

Materials

• Baby foil loaf pan
• Nonhardening modeling clay
• Flexible vinyl report cover
• Permanent marker

• Scissors
• Bamboo skewer
• Fishing line

Instructions

1. Gently pinch one short end of the loaf pan to shape the boat's bow and then re-straighten the sides of the pan, if necessary.

2. Press a 1 1/4-inch-wide ball of clay onto the center of the boat floor, sticking it securely in place.

3. On the report cover, draw a triangular sail (about 7 1/2 inches high and 7 inches across the base).

4. Cut out the sail, fold it in half vertically, and make a tiny cut into the fold 1 inch from the top, and another 1 inch from the bottom.

5. Unfold the sail.

6. Cut a 9 1/2-inch length from the bamboo skewer and thread it through the holes in the sail.

7. Insert the mast bottom straight down into the clay.

8. Make a small hole in the bow and tie on a long piece of fishing line for maneuvering and retrieving the boat once it's launched.

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