| Get ready for racing fun with this Home
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| | to allow kids to wear their cars.
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| Made Kid Race Car!
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| | Add Wheels - Choose four plastic plates
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| MATERIALS
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| | to make two wheels on either side of the
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| Rectangular Boxes - apple boxes, xerox
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| | box. Use a contrasting color to the color
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| paper boxes or similar
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| | of the race car box itself. Fasten the
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| Colorful plastic or paper plates
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| | plates with brads so the wheels will
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| Spray paint
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| | turn. Add another plate on top of the box
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| Construction paper in assorted colors
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| | to make a functioning steering wheel.
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| Heavy ribbon
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| | Add Headlights and Tail Lights - Cut two
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| Staple gun
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| | circles of yellow construction paper and
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| Brad fasteners
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| | glue to the front of the car for
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| Craft knife
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| | headlights. Cut two smaller circles of
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| Glue and Masking tape
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| | red construction paper and glue to the
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| Markers
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| | rear end of the car for tail lights.
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| Foam letters and numbers to decorate
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| | Make an Exhaust Pipe - Make an exhaust
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| INSTRUCTIONS:
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| | pipe from a toilet paper tube with crepe
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| Prepare the Box - Start with one
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| | paper streamers. Attach the tube to the
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| rectangular box for each party guest. If
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| | car by making a series of cuts around one
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| the box has flaps, cut them off with the
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| | end of the tube, flaring it out against
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| craft knife. Turn the box upside down and
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| | the back of the car, and securing with
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| cut out a square area on one side of the
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| | masking tape.
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| bottom (now the top of your race car) big
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| | Personalize Your Race Car - using colored
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| enough to accommodate a child.
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| | construction paper shapes, markers, foam
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| Paint Your Race Car - Spray paint your
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| | numbers and letters.
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| box a bright color - red, blue, green,
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| | Now make a race track in your yard using
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| yellow, or orange.
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| | caution tape, old tires, hay bales, or
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| Attach "Suspenders" - Using the staple
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| | whatever. For great ideas on
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| gun, staple heavy ribbon from end to end
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| | incorporating this craft into a party,
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| on either side of the box as "suspenders"
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| | visit our Race Car Birthday Party page.
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