Cardboard Boat Building
Our Cardboard Boat Building challenge has teams designing and constructing their own seaworthy vessel using nothing but corrugated cardboard and duct tape. Once built, teams decorate their boats before taking to the water to race, with awards for the most imaginative designs along the way. It's a hands-on, laughter-filled challenge that brings teams together through creativity and teamwork.
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How It Works
Teams are given cardboard, duct tape, and a build brief before racing against the clock to design and construct a boat that will actually float.
- Split into teams and receive cardboard and duct tape
- Design and build a seaworthy cardboard boat
- Decorate your boat to stand out from the fleet
- Take to the water and race against the other teams
- Awards presented for speed and the best boat design
Why Cardboard Boat Building Works
Building something with your own hands that has to actually work brings out creativity, problem-solving, and no shortage of laughter, making it a memorable way to bond as a team.
Hands-On Creativity
Design and build a boat from scratch as a team.
Problem-Solving
Engineering a boat that floats takes real teamwork.
Plenty of Laughs
A light-hearted challenge with a splash of competition.
Why Teams Book This
Build challenges can feel pointless if there's nothing to actually do with what you've built.
Cardboard Boat Building fixes that. Teams design, build, and decorate a boat from cardboard and tape, then race it, so all that planning gets properly tested.
It pairs well with our raft building team building activity and long tail boat racing team building activity for a water themed day.
Good to Know
- All cardboard, duct tape, and build materials provided
- Awards presented for speed and the best boat design
- Best suited to a venue with access to a pool or calm water
Cardboard Boat Building Gallery
What People Say
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