This website tells about full size boats from paper during the later half of the 19th century.

Good resource about paper boats and boat building. Paper boat tutorial from a book published in 1887 is interesting (http://kcupery.home.isp-direct.com/paperfold3.GIF).

Boat building tutorial with step by step photographs can be found in http://www.laits.utexas.edu/hebrew/personal/toolbox/acm/boat/boat.html

These resources should be great help in helping kids making paper boats and play with them.

Enjoy!!

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