How to make Viking longship model for homework

[Hockeynut]

Has anyone done this for a school project? No idea where to start and would be grateful for any ideas. It's homework for a dyspraxic 10yo who isn't remotely crafty but I have a 9yo who will be happy to help.

[exLtEveDallas]

Use a juice carton. We did one when DD was 6/7 and it was pretty easy. Something like this madebytoya.wordpress.com/2014/04/29/juice-carton-viking-longboat/

[WingMirrorSpider]

How about using a 2 litre pop bottle. Cut off a long side to make a boat shape. Paint brown or cover with paper. Make a big sail from paper and stick into a blob of blue tac to make it stand up in the bottom of the boat. Stick little carboard circles along the sides for shields and use straws for oars.

[WingMirrorSpider]

Or that ^ which looks better than my idea!

[NickiFury]

Google it. There's a template you can print out. We are doing it too

[Bigbiscuits]

How about using modelling clay?

Tiger and Hobbycraft sell it. And it's quite cheap.

[KingscoteStaff]

Lego!

Or follow my DS who picked charred twigs from our bonfire site, stuck them onto a bread board and wrote a label explaining that this was all that was left after the Viking funeral!

[Balletgirlmum]

It go with Lego - or a note saying the homework was unable to be completed.

[UsainWho]

We had to do this in P3. we did a tetra pak carton with paddles on tooth picks stuck in it. Others followed the plastic bottle guide. One brilliant mum made a chocolate cake one!! If your son is not interested, do the thing you find easiest!

[helenwilson]

We used a 12 egg eggbox, then we got some wooden kebab skews and stuck them through to make oars (with bits of paper on the end, and one for a mast in the middle. I think a bit of blue tack came in handy, or sellotape, but egg boxes are easy to paint.

Please note that I am crap at art so was not much help !!

[Hockeynut]

Thanks all. My favourite suggestion is the poster who suggested the note saying homework unable to be completed . I dream of having the balls to write that!

[RomComPhooey]

Cake sounds good.

[EweAreHere]

We've done these out of juice cartons cut in half. Use layered masking tape to make the sides stronger as well as make the sides look like long wooden planks; you can colour it brown with a crayon.