Basic instruction paper boat for jewelry folding

Dream yourself to the sea with paper boat jewelry!
The boats are quickly folded and float in different jewelry. Old maps can be prima folded into small boats and sail here through glass balls.

Folding with paper

Step: Fold the paper once in the middle and turn it so that the folded edge is on top.
Step: Now fold the corners to the center.
Step: Now there is an edge at the bottom. Fold it upwards on both sides.
Step: Fold the corners of this and repeat on the other side. Now you should have a triangle in front of you.
Step: Push the triangle apart from the inside and fold it so that you get a square.
Step: Fold the square in the middle again to make a smaller triangle.
Step: Pull the triangle apart at the corners to make a boat.

You may need to press the boat a little more in one place or another. Any paper can be used to make a paper ship. Old land or sea maps look especially good. Or design the paper for your boat yourself with a little paint to give it a very individual pattern.

For which jewelry can you make the paper ship? In ourOnline Magazine Glückswerke 13we present five different jewelry ideas for which you need to make a sailing ship. For example, the Maritime necklace with pendant paper boat in glass ball. For this beautiful necklace we used a glass ball and matching lid, ball chain with connector and Miyuki Rocailles beads. With the blue shiny beads, it almost looks like the boat is sailing across the sea. Feel free to check out the basic techniques of "Making Glass Ball Pendants" and "Attaching Connectors to a Ball Chain" for the right way to put the pendant together.

You need the same technique for the maritime earrings and the maritime ring with paper boat. We used the paper boat a little differently in the following two jewelry ideas: nautical necklace with paper boat pendant and nail polish and the matching earrings.
For this we painted the finished white paper boat with glittery nail polish and let it dry before we attached it to the chain or to the earrings with eyelet. If you prepare one of our jewelry cards by punching two holes with a hole punch, you can give the jewelry away. You can find the size of the paper you need to make the ship in the description for each piece of jewelry.

Discover moreMaritime jewelry ideasin our online store. We wish you a lot of fun with folding!

Basic instructions for folding a paper boat for jewellery

Many people learn to fold a paper boat when they are still children so that they can play with it. But did you know that you can make the little boats to use them for jewellery? Hardly any other symbol is so strongly associated with the sea as ships and boats. And since we have our home port on the coast, you will also find the little paper ship in many categories in our shop. So why not also make jewellery with paper boats? That's exactly what we asked ourselves and put this idea into practice. This has resulted in some beautiful maritime jewellery ideas.

The basis for all these ideas is paper boat folding. Everyone has probably done it at some point, but the exact technique has been a little forgotten. As a refresher, we'll show you here exactly how to do it. All you need for the DIY paper boat is a rectangular piece of paper.

Folding with paper

Step 1: Fold the paper once in the middle and turn it so that the folded edge is on top.

Step 2: Fold the corners towards the middle.

Step 3: Now there is an edge at the bottom. Fold it upwards on both sides.

Step 4: Fold the corners of this and repeat on the other side. Now you should have a triangle in front of you.

Step 5: Press the triangle apart from the inside and fold it so that you get a square.

Step 6: Fold the square in half again to make a smaller triangle.

Step 7: Pull the triangle apart at the corners to make a boat.

You may have to press the boat a little more in one place or another. Any kind of paper is suitable for making a paper boat. Old land or sea maps look particularly good. Or design the paper for your boat yourself with a little paint to give it a very individual pattern.

Make jewellery with a folded boat

What kind of jewellery can you make with the paper boat? In our online magazine Glückswerke 13 we present five different jewellery ideas for which you have to make a sailing ship. For example, the nautical necklace with pendant paper boat in glass ball. For this beautiful necklace we used a glass ball and matching lid, ball chain with connector and Miyuki Rocailles beads. With the blue shiny beads it almost looks like the boat is sailing over the sea. For the correct assembly of the pendant, please also have a look at the basic techniques "Making a glass ball pendant" and "Attaching a connector to a ball chain".

You need the same technique for the nautical earrings and the nautical ring with paper boat. We used the paper boat in a slightly different way in the following two jewellery ideas: Maritime necklace with paper boat pendant and nail polish and the matching earrings.

We painted the finished white paper boat with glittery nail polish and let it dry before attaching it to the necklace or the earrings with an eyelet. If you prepare one of our jewellery cards by punching two holes with a hole punch, you can give the jewellery away as a gift. You can find out how big the paper needs to be to make a ship in the description for each piece of jewellery.

Discover more nautical jewellery ideas in our online shop. We hope you enjoy folding them!