Paper Boat Craft Activity - Roleplaying Kids Activity

Let kids have fun with an activity that’s good for them. This simple paper boat craft activity is a fun roleplaying game for preschoolers.

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Simple Preschool Roleplaying Paper Boat Craft Activity for Kids with Worksheets (4-6 Year Olds)

We are constantly looking for ways to empower and develop children’s abilities, but we barely think about their social and affective development. Roleplay is an activity that allows boys and girls to develop their social skills. Through this game, children rehearse their adult attitudes and develop skills to interact with their environment.

This boat craft allows children to develop their concepts about reality while playing. In this process, interaction with other children is essential. Children manage to learn the rules of coexistence and respect differences. It also promotes shy children’s participation allow them to be more secure and express their ideas.

It is very important that, during this process, children are with an adult since the adult is the one who guides and motivates the activity and talks with boys and girls about it at the end of the game to measure the knowledge they get.

After playing the game and talking about it, the adult who was with them can propose doing other roleplay activities to enhance other children’s skills.

The following paper boat craft activity aims to develop boys’ and girls’ fine motor skills by creating a craft related to the game’s roleplaying. Remember that motor development helps children get the skills necessary for their school stage, especially for their lives.

Paper boat role playing craft for kids. A great way to introduce them to mayflower of thanksgiving.

THEME: PAPER BOAT CRAFT ACTIVITY

HOW DO WE DO THIS ACTIVITY?

Topic: Roleplaying

Age: 4-6 years old children

Goal: Enhance children’s hand and finger movement accuracy and their self-esteem.

Difficulty level: Basic. This paper boat craft activity is designed to be done autonomously and independently with adult surveillance.

Skills:

Hand and finger movement accuracy
Autonomy
Following instructions
Self-esteem
Concentration

MATERIALS

Geometric shapes (previously made)
Different blue tones cardboard
White cardboard
Glue

ACTIVITY DEVELOPMENT

Step 1:

Rip the blue cardboard and glue the pieces at the bottom of the white cardboard to create a sea.

Step 2:

Use a yellow circle to make the sun. The boat will be made with a semi-circle, a triangle, and a popsicle stick.

ACTIVITY RESULT

A boat made with geometrical shapes. A fun paper boat craft activity.

FREE PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS

After their paper boat craft activity give children some worksheets. Click the link below to download and print.

Free printable boat worksheets for preschoolers

Download the Free Printable Worksheets

HOW TO CARRY OUT THIS PAPER BOAT CRAFT ACTIVITY WITH CHILDREN OF OTHER AGES?

CHANGES FOR CHILDREN UNDER 4 YEARS OLD

You can do this paper boat craft activity with younger children, but you will need to use other materials. Although ripping is one of the first techniques children learn, making it on cardboard maybe a little bit hard for them, so that you can use Tissue paper. To create the boat, you can print a template, and children can use paint, playdough, or pieces of color paper.

CHANGES FOR CHILDREN OLDER THAN 6

To do this activity with older children, you will not need to change materials. At six or older, children may be able to cut the geometrical shapes and glue them to the cardboard.

VIDEO DESCRIPTION – THE PAPER BOAT SAILOR. A PAPER BOAT CRAFT ACTIVITY

In this paper boat craft activity video, you will find a step-by-step explanation of the “THE PAPER BOAT SAILOR” activity. This activity was designed for 4-6 years old children. In this thanksgiving activity, children will create a boat using geometric shapes and different learning techniques. Children will develop skills such as Hand and finger movement accuracy, autonomy, following instructions, self-esteem, and focus. They will need cardboard, glue, and color papers.

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