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These easy-to-make driftwood sailboats make the perfect place setting at your next outdoor dinner. Driftwood Sailboat Template A (page 139) Driftwood Sailboat Template B (page 139) Driftwood Sailboat Template C (page 139) Driftwood Sailboat Template D (page 139)
These easy-to-make driftwood sailboats make the perfect place setting at your next outdoor dinner. Driftwood Sailboat Template A (page 139) Driftwood Sailboat Template B (page 139) Driftwood Sailboat Template C (page 139) Driftwood Sailboat Template D (page 139)
Place three pieces of driftwood of roughly the same length next to one another.
Cut down two wood craft sticks to measure 2. inches (5.7 cm) each.
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.
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.
Drill a hole slightly larger than the tack at each mark. Put a small drop of wood glue on top of each drilled hole.
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.
Flip the driftwood structure over and mark with a pencil the center of the middle piece of driftwood.
Fill the drilled hole with wood glue and then push the “mast” stick into the hole.
Adjust the stick slightly to make sure that it is standing up as straight as possible. Set aside to dry.
Hammer a tack at both ends of the middle piece of driftwood.
Cut out one of Driftwood Sailboat Template A and three of Driftwood Sailboat Template D from the drill fabric.
Paint the sail white.
Paint two pennants sea-foam green and one pennant yellow.
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.
Paint the marked stripes aqua.
Punch holes in the corners of the sail.
Cut a length of string 14 inches (36 cm). Mark the center of the string with a pencil.
Thread a large-eye needle with cotton string. Thread the string through the punched holes in the sail
... 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.
Repeat for the top of the mastand the side of the sail, except attach the string to the tack.
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.
Once the glue is dry, tie and knot the pennant string to the top of the mast stick and then to the end tack.
Daub glue on the string and the stick to secure the knots. Trim off excess string.