How Do You Make A Recyclable Toy Car?
If the kids are stuck inside on a cold or rainy day and you don’t want them to sit and watch yet another DVD, why not teach them how to make a toy car that they can pretend to drive? This one takes only about 20 minutes to make but can encourage hours of creative play. Plus, it’s completely recyclable, so at the end of the day you can just drop it in the bin and take it to the curb. Open up all four flaps of the box. Then sit it on the ground so that the bottom of the box is facing upward. Place your compass in the exact center of the box and draw a 12-inch circle. Use the X-acto knife to cut out the circle, being careful not to create any jagged edges. Ask your child to step into the hole you created to see if the box fits around his waist. Trim off more cardboard as needed. Turn the box over so it’s sitting on the bottom again. Cut the flaps off of the box. Two will be the doors and two will be the front and back windshields. Choose a side of the box to be the front. Flip the box bac
