Build-a-Boat BoxiTot Kit

Did your child love making a boat at a Habitot Pop-Up? Now you can bring this activity home with you!

Our Build-a-Boat BoxiTot kit contains materials for your kids to design, build, test, redesign, and decorate their own boats. We love this activity because even in the midst of busy pop-up events, it tends toward quiet thought and careful construction.

Safety: CHOKING HAZARD for children under 8 yrs – kit contains small bolts. Kit also contains sharp items such as toothpicks and skewers.

Suggested Age: 4+

$44 includes tax and shipping

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What we’re learning & skills we’re building

Buoyancy – the ability of an object to float in water or air
Hypothesizing – guessing what will happen to each object based on what’s already known about it
Creative expression – making individual decisions about design and decoration
Fine motor skills – using the small muscles in the hands to draw, punch holes, place tape…

Materials

2 sheets of printed maritime flags
2 sheets of foam for sails
Pool noodles slices (3 half, 3 circular, 4 small segments)
Roll duct tape
3 skewers
3 straws
Toothpicks
Small length of string
A few bolts w holes
Child-safe scissors

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