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Tiger – 1st Grade
Floats and Boats
Elective
Requirement 3

Paper Boat

Tiger – 1st Grade
Floats and Boats
Elective
Requirement 3

Paper Boat

Snapshot of Activity

Fold paper to make a boat using the Tiger handbook. 

Indoor
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  • 17-gallon tub 
  • Twelve gallons of water 
  • Each Cub Scout will need their Tiger handbook, page 39 
  • 8.5” x 11” piece of construction paper, one for each Cub Scout 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Set up meeting space for Cub Scouts and adult partners to make their boats. 
  2. Fill up the tub with water. 
  3. Follow the directions on page 39 of the Tiger handbook to make your own boat. 
  4. You can also watch this YouTube video How To Make a Paper Boat That Floats – Origami Boat. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Gather the Cub Scouts and inform them that they will be making a boat out paper.  Show them your boat as a model. 
  2. Have the Cub Scouts, with help from their adult partners make the boat. 
  3. Step One – Get your 8.5” x 11” paper. 
  4. Step Two – Fold the paper in half to make it 8.5” x 5.5”. 
  5. Step Three – Take the corners of the folded side of the paper and fold them diagonally to form a triangle.  You will have a small section of paper that is not folded on the bottom. 
  6. Step Four – Fold the bottom part of the paper up on one side, then flip the boat over and fold the other bottom part of the paper up.  
  7. Step Five – Pull from the bottom center (the flat part) to open up the ship.  At this point it may look like a hat.  Keep pulling it and then fold it flat.  It should now be flat and square. 
  8. Step Six – Keep the paper flat with the folded pieces down. 
  9. Step Seven – Fold the bottom part (with the folded pieces) up to the top, flip the paper over and do the same for the other side.  Now you should have a triangle.  
  10. Step Eight – Like you did in step five, pull open the ship from the bottom.  This time do not make it flat.  adult partners may need to help at this point. 
  11. Step Nine – With the bottom of the ship still a little open pull down the two sides. 
  12. Step Ten – As you pull down the two sides allow the paper to bend and fold to form the ship.   
  13. Once Cub Scouts have completed the making their ship have them test it out in the tub filled with water.  

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