Supplies you’ll need:

• paper
• beeswax
• an old saucepan or double-boiler
• a stove
• tongs
• heatproof gloves
• heat pad
• newspaper

Directions:

Fold Your Paper
1-2. Take a regular piece of rectangular printer paper and fold it half width-ways, then in half again to find the center.

3-4. From the folded edge, fold the top two corners down to the center line.

5. Then fold the bottom flap upward on each side.

6-7. Bring the corners of the base together to create a square shape and fold the flaps under each other to tidy it up.

8. Fold each of these bottom corners up to the top corner on each side. It should look like a triangle. Open up the base of this triangle and squash it into a square shape.

9. Gently pull the side pieces out and unfold it to create a boat shape. Open up the base with your fingers — this will help it to float.

Heat Your Wax
10. Place your wax into your old saucepan or double boiler, and heat the beeswax on the lowest temperature on your stove top. It should take about 5-10 minutes depending on how much you have. Your wax will melt quicker if it is in small pieces, so if you'd like, you can break up your beeswax sheet or use a grater to grate your block of beeswax. Turn the stove off when it has melted. 

Dip Your Boat
11. Take the pot of hot melted beeswax and place it carefully on a heat pad on the table.

12. Hold your origami creation with your tongs and place it carefully into the hot wax. The wax will immediately start to soak into the paper. Use the tongs to carefully rotate the origami piece around so that it soaks up the wax on all sides.

13. After a minute or so, use the tongs to remove the origami from the wax and let it drain on a piece of newspaper. It will be cool and dry within a few minutes.

14. Go and float it in the bath, at the local frog pond, or in your backyard pool.