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November 23, 2020 By Jill 2 Comments

Nature Crafts: How To Make A Hickory Mayflower Ship

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This Mayflower ship is the perfect nature craft to make while sharing the Pilgrim story with your children!

This time of year is perfect for teaching my children the sacrifice that our forefathers made in coming to America. A fun visual to use when telling the story of the Mayflower journey is a Mayflower ship made by using hickory nutshells and a few other items easy to find. 

It’s very simple to do! And I love teaching my kids to appreciate nature even more by making fun nature crafts with them.

Nature Crafts: How To Make A Hickory Mayflower Ship

  1. My daughter found hickory shells in our driveway. We broke the pieces apart and made little boats out of them.
  2. Next, we filled the small shell with modeling clay. You could also use play dough, chewed gum, or whatever sticky thing you can find around the house. 🙂
  3. Cut a rectangle out of white paper, making sure that the bottom of the rectangle is wider than the top.
  4. Push a toothpick through the bottom and top of the paper to make a sail.
  5. Place the toothpick in the clay to complete your ship!

As far as sailing these miniature ships, let’s just say that my girls and I are thankful that the real Mayflower ship did a better job of safely bringing the pilgrims to America’s shore. 😉 Perhaps a different nutshell would sail better, but they are fun to sail across the table too.

Aside from these not being the best floaters for us, they are a fun craft to do for this time of year and give me the perfect opportunity to teach history to my girls!

Have you made a Mayflower craft?  I would love to hear new ideas!

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  1. Susanne Drazic says

    November 15, 2013 at 8:16 pm

    Hi, Jill. Tried leaving a comment at the other site but it kept telling me there were errors.

    I thought it was a nice project and that they would make nice place cards for a Thanksgiving table. Each person’s name could be written on the sails. Then they could take them home with them.

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    • Jills Home Remedies says

      November 16, 2013 at 8:45 pm

      Hmmm – sorry you’re having trouble with the website! I know the Bulk Herb Store is in the process of moving to a new blogging platform, so that may be it.
      Using these at a Thanksgiving table is a great idea! Thanks for sharing! 🙂

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