My Grandson has been very exited watching the progress of my Clyde Puffer and now my Portgarth Tug, so I thought I'd strike whilst the irons hot (and its a good excuse to buy some boating bits
) and get the Grand kids building a simple boat.
I chose the Traplet Pilot boat as it just about falls together (with the laser wood kit), and is a good size. My Grandson (5 years old) however has insisted on a few important rules;
1/ It goes fast
2/ It looks like a "Batman Boat"
(I now have some Batman stickers and a Batman lego figure to suit)
So armed with the wood pack, plans and other hardware collected over the last few weeks, I showed my Gson all the parts so far collected, and we put them into a big box with his name on the lid, so he knows its all his, and today we started.
It wasnt long before my two Grandaughters (7 & 8 years old) also wanted to get involved so away we went.
The three of them took it in turns to sand and glue the parts
At this point we stopped to allow the glue time to dry, and besides next Sunday is probably going to be another wet day
Its been great to have the 4 of us working on what should be a fun project, not only to build but also to sail.
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