Viking Boat in a few short minutes....yeaaaaaah right!

So we are doing Medieval History this year and using a variety of texts and hands on projects where they apply. Currently we are talking about Vikings and I thought what better project to do but a Viking Long Boat. So I found this cool site: http://www.looledo.com/index.php/viking-ship.html that shows how to make a very cool little Viking boat.

In the video it says you can whip one of these up in no time. Well nay I say! NAY! This boat took us ALL WEEK to do LOL We did it in 45 minute stints and it took FOREVER! So while we are happy with the end result, it was waaaay too time consuming, lesson learned!

Some pictures of the week long adventure, it really is a sturdy boat and the rudder is movable as well:

The base already water tight!

All set with terrifying dragon head LOL

The child is goofy! We layer the tape to give it a wood look.

Getting the sail all tied on

Mast, sail and rigging all set

Finished product, shield, oars, movable dragon tail rudder

Floats and everything LOL

Blowing on it to test the sail