Don’t you just love how children see the world differently to us adults. This summer activity was inspired by my childrens love of water and by a walk on the beach watching the surfers with them. This is a great activity where you can make a mini surfboard with your child and their sprinkle of imagination will provide them with hours of fun. Even better they are made with something you would normally throw out. Read on to find out how to make a toy surfboard or windsurf board that floats!
We are back sharing another way to make simple everyday objects into something extraordinary, using nothing but our imagination with the Fab Lollies Sprinkles of Imagination campaign.
How to make a toy surfboard
Materials
Polystyrene (we used pizza bases)
Cardboard (we used a Fab lolly box)
Marker pens
Scissors
Our surfboard template
Duct tape (optional) we love colourful
Cocktail stick (optional)
Instructions:
First off print out our surfboard template and choose the size surfboard you wish to make. Then trace them on card and cut them out.
Using your templates draw your surfboard on to your polystyrene.
Go wild and decorate your surfboard. Make sure you use permanent markers, so that the ink doesn’t smudge.
The decoration will be waterproof and your surfboards will float too.
We used ours for LEGO Minifigures in the bath!
They are perfect for fun water play and also a fab hands-on science exploration of water and waves, buoyancy and balance. We discussed that items could be heavy and still float. Placing the minifigures on the surfboards was a great fine motor activity for Mini too. We tried making waves in the bath as you can see from the top image.
But they are also a great addition to any small world play. We got some sand and a tray and a selection for toys and Mini played for a good hour or so making up stories. You could even add water to your small play with a bowl of water.
We also created some windsurf boards too, by simply adding a sail made from duct tape and a cocktail stick pushed into the polystyrene board.
You can also use the duct tape to decorate the surfboards if you choose too.
Download your toy surfboard template
NB: please ensure parental supervision before using any sharp objects
I am delighted to be working with the iconic fab® Ice Cream team as part of the Sprinkles of Imagination campaign, so make sure you keep your eyes peeled for more fun and creative ‘imagination-led’ ideas.
Make sure to visit the fab® site for more information and details of some FabFunday events
Now this looks like fun, I know a few people who would love this. You are very creative.
How cute! My son has loads of these Lego figures so this is something we could do together with them!!
What a super idea, how colourful. i would have loved these as a child and would have been making them for my Barbie 🙂
This looks fantastic! Great for the summer holiday!
This looks fantastic! Great for the summer holiday!
You’re so talented Jen, I don’t know where you get the ideas, energy and time to do all these great things!
What a fun little project! Very clever idea!
Ah I love how you’ve made these with Lego people. And they actually work on the water! Brill.
Hahrrr that’s super cool my kids would love this.
What a lovely idea! I bet you had hours of fun making and playing with these!
These look like so much fun! Bugs will love to play with these in his water table 🙂
This is brilliant! We will definitely be doing this on a rainy day this summer!
last time we made little boats we floated them at the park near us and someone down the river stole them 😉
This is just brilliant, im tempted to go and buy some lego men now x
We love making toy boats and sailing them on the local lake – this looks like great fun too
What a genius idea Jen, I love these. POD would love some in the bath although outdoors perhaps while we’re bathing her in Oilatum! Brilliant fun 🙂
What a fantastically fun idea, I can imagine as a child I would have seen how much I could float off on one. X
Great idea especially as polystrene isn’t recyclable.
Ahh this is cute! My boy loves his lego so I’ll have to try this with him! xx
This is so cute for when they are playing in the sand-pit. Will be making one with my son this summer, for sure!
how fun is this , and very cute too.
What a fun idea!