My family has long been fans of making and sailing paper boats, an idea we got from our beloved book, H.A. Rey’s Curious George Rides a Bike. In the book, George secures a paper route, which leads him to make and sail a whole flotilla of folded-newspaper boats. Over the years, we’ve taken our origami boats down to Old Mill Creek, where they indeed sailed along once released, on the gently flowing spring stream.
We were thrilled to learn that the Mill Valley Public Library was teaching kids how to make their own origami boats (which they cleverly dipped in wax), before holding a boat race in Old Mill Creek. What better way to celebrate Children’s Book Week than by making a version of Curious George’s paper boat and joining local children in releasing the boats into the creek for a race?
Follow these directions to make your own paper boat.
This and many other programs are supported by the Mill Valley Public Library and the Mill Valley Library Foundation.
