This guide is pretty simple, you’ll be turning a mattress into a boat. It’s easy, cheap, with homemade materials and tools. The making process is effortless and requires a few hours of your day, and you'll be done.

This video guide will require an expert woodworking skill level to be able to make the boat that the creator made with a few pinewood boards. After using a table saw, a planer, and a few other machines for woodwork projects, the creator made an outstanding boat that is worth the stress, although it’s pretty small, you can use the idea to make something bigger. 10. How To Build A Boat Out Of PlywoodSee also How Wide Is A Pontoon Boat? - Choosing The Right Width 11. How To Make A Sailboat Out Of Styrofoam The creator made this using PVC pipe, it was super easy to build and it didn’t cost much. The PVC pipes that the creator used are pretty large and are also durable. The creator also used a 42cc 2-stroke engine at home and it worked perfectly. 3. DIY Boat From Plastic Bottles It's time to set sail! Even if you don’t live near a lake or ocean, you will get to do some sailing in this science activity as you build your own toy sailboat. But first you have to make sure your boat doesn’t capsize! Are you up for the challenge? There are a lot of things that are wrong with this guide, but it’s simple to build so far. The creator used duct tape to make the body of the boat. This won’t be solid, it might stay on the water for a while, but it's still a super easy guide regardless. Here is another guide with similar boat ideas, but this is now a bit advanced in the craft category. This can even be used as your child's science project. It’s super easy and simple to build.

Sink, bathtub or a large container you can fill with water (The container should be deeper than the length of your nails/screws.)Your first sailboat was probably pretty stable because it was very wide (made from three corks). When you removed two corks to make it skinnier, however, your sailboat probably became unstable and tipped over. It’s similar to standing with your feet tightly together instead of spread out slightly—it’s harder to balance. When you added nails/screws to the bottom of your sailboat you lowered its center of mass and made it more stable. Individual vertical nails, however, don’t do a very good job pushing against the water—the water can flow right around them. That means the keel doesn’t do a good job making the boat go straight. If you blew on the sail, your boat might have curved off to one side or spun in circles. When you wrapped the nails in aluminum foil you made the keel more like a fin. It can cut through the water very easily in one direction, but it provides a lot of resistance against the water in the other direction. That makes it easier for your boat to move forward, and harder for it to move sideways. This is why real sailboats can be long, skinny and have tall sails—the keel prevents them from tipping over and helps them go straight! This boat idea can pass for a standard boat for boat race due to the way it’s built. This was made with a few plywood boards, and other woodworking materials, and tools. This guide also has a lot of images that will show you how to make them from start to finish. You’ll also need some fiberglass tape, stainless steel screws, waterproof glue, and other essential supplies.