Vehicle, Car, Train, Plane, Truck Crafts

Bend and twist the pipe cleaners into shapes of people, animals, cars ...

Race Car - This makes a fun party or preschool activity. Children will enjoy making the car and playing a game of Red Light Green Light.

Craft Supplies That you'll need:

* Apple box for each child (or similar sized box)
* Red, yellow, blue, green and orange paint
* Colored plastic plates
* Paint brush
* Tacky glue
* Box knife
* Colored construction pape

Simple Ark Template - Print out this simple ark template and let the kids decorate it as they choose. There are two arks on the template. You can either fold in half to get a two sided ark or you can cut them apart and make two separate arks

Simple Animal Cracker Noahs Ark - Print out this simple ark template and let the kids decorate it as they choose.

Crafts Materials Needed:

Materials:
- printer
- paper
- crayons
- glue
- scissors
- blue construction paper
- cotton balls
- tooth brush
- blue or grey (rain colored) tempra paint thinned (with 3 parts paint and one part water).
- OPTIONAL: tissue paper

Learn how to create a working truck from a Soapbox...it is called a soap box Truck. You can Get things rolling on a rainy day with this toy truck project. Your children will love making this toy truck from materials around the house.

CRAFT MATERIALS NEEDED:
Small, noncorrugated cardboard box
Acrylic paint and brushes
Scissors
Glue
Craft wire
4 black buttons
2 beads
Toy figure

Children can learn how to make these fun Tadpole Racers toys. Race them with your friends and make these toy vehicles with items that you find around the house. It is a vehicle made with a marble.

Crafts Materials Needed:

Marble
Silver foil

Hey kids, want to make a space ship toy? Well, this is an arts and crafts project for children to make a Recycled Space Ship! A Recycled Space Ship is a handmade space ship made from recyclable objects that you then turn them into a space ship.

Crafts Materials Needed:

# Discards like coffee cans, foam, and stuff like that
# Glue (like Elmer's or Tacky Glue)

Your kids will love this Thomas the Tank Shoebox Train craft. It really looks like Thomas the Tank Engine. Your kids can Make this Thomas the Tank train from a shoebox and the rest of the arts and crafts supplies mentioned below.

Arts and Crafts Materials Needed:

-1 large shoebox
-1 small shoebox (i.e. for toddler size shoes)
-Paint: blue, red, black, yellow, gray[made by mixing black and white] (we used washable watercolors and it took several
-coats with drying time between each one to get good coverage. There is probably an easier way to do it than we did---a different kind of paint that would coat better but we just used what we had on hand)
-Glue (we used tacky glue)
-toilet paper roll
-Yellow foam and/or circle/rectangle foam shapes
-Llarge wiggly eyes
-Leanne's templates from the Thomas paper craft: face and bumper (see below)
-scissors
-(optional) thin doweling (we used 3/16")
-(optional) 3" round woodsies (size can be adjusted/changed to fit the relative size of your train)
-(optional) drill and drill bit (and adult assistance on this part of course!!)
-(optional) use the template from Wendy for the wheels.

Children can learn how to make a real Toy Canoe that really floats in water. This toy canoe is like the birch bark canoes built centuries ago by the Indian tribes in New England, this lightweight toy craft cuts quickly and smoothly through water. Your kids can learn all about about native Indians used to make their canoes with this nifty and fun crafts project idea.

CRAFT MATERIALS NEEDED:
Cardboard
Scissors
Darning needle
String
Acrylic paints and brushes
Box of paraffin wax
Tall tin can
Metal tongs

Kids can actually create their own MayFlower Ship with this cool crafts project idea for chidren. These Instructions to make your own version of the Mayflower Ship is a great arts and crafts project for your kids to celebrate Columbus Day. You can turn a project like this into a historical and educational project.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Construction Paper
# Styrofoam Meat Tray
# Straw
# Glue