In Papa Piccolo, set in Venice, Italy, gondolas play a large part in the story. Satori and I learned a little more about gondolas – they are black, they have an ornate metal bow decoration, and they are long and flat. The person who propels a gondola is a gondolier. These days gondolas cater to the tourist industry.
Today we made a paper Gondola boat that stands on its own.
Gondola Boat Craft
Paper Gondola Boat Craft
You will need:
- Black construction paper
- Gold fadeless or origama paper (we had to settle for gold cardstock)
- Scissors
- Glue
- Tape
- Glitter glue or glitter
- 2 x 8-inch strip of colored construction paper
- Fold the black construction paper in quarters.
Black construction paper folded in quarters, ready to cut
- With the open fold on left, cut the bow shape. Since I wanted my 4 year old to cut it herself, I made a white line for her to use as a guideline.
Cutting our gondola
- Unfold the paper, fold along the long side, and glue ends together to create the bow and stern.
Tape ends of gondola to create the boat shape
- For the bow, fold the gold paper in half, and cut out a design. Glue to one end of your gondola.
- Decorate with your glitter glue!
Decorating gondola with glitter
- To make the gondola stand, fold the 2×8-inch strip of construction paper in half. Cut a notch in the center half an inch wide at the top and 1 inch deep. Take the ends together. (We found a notch shorter than one inch in width to be best.)
Gondola stand
- Set gondola in notch and sail away!
Gondola boat in stand
Here’s Satori’s finished gondola. It was her idea to put the pink hearts in, she wanted the “most beautiful gondola”! Satori calls it her “love boat” and I don’t even think she’s heard of the show.
Gondola Boat craft
Since we made two, we can have a reggata (boat race)! She’s chanting “cheer for love boat!” after I told her we’d race them in a regatta. 
Gondola regatta
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