The Amazing Book Of Paper Boats: 18 Boats To Fold And Float Read Free Books and Download eBooks
Make classic paper boats that actually float, thanks to a remarkable new technology. Printed on colorful waterproof (yes, waterproof!) paper, each of these 18 model boats will bob merrily along--without Titanic consequences. Forty-eight sheets of boat patterns come with step-by-step instructions for assembling accurate replicas of all manner of recreational and historical vessels. Drawn from different nautical eras, each boat is accompanied by a fascinating look at its construction and lore by maritime historian Jerry Roberts. Challenging and fun, this hands-on book is the perfect gift for model kit lovers, engineers, history buffs, and seafaring enthusiasts everywhere.
Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Chronicle Books; First Thus edition (February 1, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0811829391
ISBN-13: 978-0811829397
Product Dimensions: 1 x 1 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #881,758 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #71 in Books > Children's Books > Activities, Crafts & Games > Crafts & Hobbies > Models #74 in Books > Children's Books > Activities, Crafts & Games > Crafts & Hobbies > Papercrafts #1201 in Books > Engineering & Transportation > Transportation > Ships
Grade Level: Preschool - 7
I bought this book for my 9 year-old son as a birthday gift. I thought he would enjoy it since he has recently become interested in model making. The Amazing Book of Paper Boats contains interesting information about each of the boats featured in the book, but it's the model boats themselves that are truly amazing. They are printed on waterproof paper, so once you make them they actually float! My son had no trouble assembling the simpler boats, like the speed boat and the sail boat, and once he did he had a blast playing with them in the sink and tub. While the complex boats are more challenging, the book is a lot of fun and perfect for a rainy day. Highly recommended.
This book kept my husband busy for two months! He made all of the boats and we displayed them in our bookshelf. The book goes in order from easiest to hardest, and each boat has a nice written description about it. This would make a wonderful holiday present!
I bought this book three times. The first out of curiosity, the second for a friend in the hospital and the third for backup purposes. The paper is coated, so white glue does not work well. I have not found a glue that works well yet, but trying is half the adventure. Ended up buying my types of scissors to cut out projects, but an x-acto knife works best. This was a great book for an introduction to papercraft.
I've had paper airplane books but they are all a bit disappointing, just not very realistic or sculptural, lots of flat surfaces. Real planes have curves! And so do boats! These boat models are fully 3 dimensional, they look good, they float, and most important, they're fun. Good variety of different boat and ship types. Paper is really waterproof, and glues great with super glue. Not at all with white glue though. Tricky to cut out, and probably not for under 5 yrs, but a great project that will keep a parent or grandparent interested as well as the kid. We had 3 generations going on father's day and then went down to the river to float the results. Also you can build a boat in less than an hour so it's not a huge two week project or something like 'real' models.Just wished these guys did an airplane book!
This is definatley not a book for novices. I bought this book for my 13 year old son for the Iron Clad models to be built for a school project. We found the ships extremely difficult to make. The book recommended model cement for plastic models to glue the ships with. We tried 3 different kinds of plastic model cement and the glue would not dry. Our chubby fingers made it impossible to work with the smaller pieces of the ships. Our MONITOR looked so awful we chucked the entire idea of using the paper models and he made his project with Legos. In the end, I felt this book was a total waste of money from the modeling aspect. However the information provided in the book on each of the 18 boats was very good. Overall was a good book to read, but the models were a flop.
this is a fun book for paper builders. a bit challenging as well. not only does iy have 18 boats to build but information is also provided.
Great book for gift to Brother-in-law that has everything...something he's going to do with his Grandson!!
Fun. you will have to scrape the coating off the paper to get the glue to stick. Yet still enjoyable.
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