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Set sail at your VBS with our Jesus sailboat, which creates a wonderful focal point for
your Gangway opening and closing site.
We cut our boat out of one large piece of cardboard. Make sure the sides are cut straight
so that the edges will fold and meet neatly together.
Using the Director’s CD, print out the boat template onto clear transparency paper. Then
trace the outline of the boat onto your cardboard.
Once all the edges are drawn onto the cardboard, you can cut them out. Then with a straight
edge, cut into the areas that will be folded to score those edges, but not all the way
through the cardboard.
Tape the edges and repeat the process with the cabin portion of the boat.
Now you’re ready to paint! If you’re painting the portholes on the side of the cabin, we
suggest painting those first in white, and then coating the whole surface.
This will leave an edge that you can then follow when you add the grey paint for the
outline of the windows.
Next, you’ll want to start on the sail. We used white bed sheets, painted the sheets
with white latex paint.
Once the paint is dry, project the image of the sail on the sheet and draw the outer shape.
You can use a paint brush to finish the finer details later.
Once the sails are painted, then it’s time to add the mast.
Paint the tube white, stick the tube into the boat mast hole to determine where the
bottom of your sail will be before attaching it to the tube.
Next you’ll want to add the sail onto the tube.
This scene will create an Opening that your kids will never forget!