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'Birch Bark' Canoe Craft

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Many Native American tribes made finely-crafted birch bark canoes. You can make a small model using construction paper and yarn.

Estimated Time: 20 minutes
Supplies Needed:
  • Brown construction paper or brown paper from a grocery bag
  • Crayons, tempera paint, or markers
  • Scissors
  • Yarn
  • A hole punch

Instructions

1.

Fold the piece of construction paper in half the long way.

Folded paper
2.

Make another fold about a half-inch from the fold line. Do this on both sides of the original fold. The paper should now look a bit like a capital “W”. The folds will be the bottom of the canoe.

Folded paperFolded paper
3.

Draw a canoe shape on the paper (make sure the folds are on the bottom of the canoe).

Drawn canoe on the paper.
4.

Cut out the canoe shape and punch a few holes on each end.

Cutting out the canoe shape.
5.

Using yarn, weave through the holes. Push the folded floor flat so that the canoe sits upright.

The finished canoe craft.
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