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My boys love to play with toy cars, trucks, buses, trains, diggers…. you get the idea. Over the years I’ve featured the myriad of ways they have found to engage with their toy vehicles. Some of the activities were initiated by them, some I set up with some simple materials. Do your kids love toy vehicles as much as mine do? Here is a round-up up 10 of our favorite ways to play. UPDATE: Once you’ve exhausted this list, check out our list of 10 MORE ways to play with toy cars.
Make a Road and Habitat out of Poster Board (There are no directions in the link, but I used white duct tape to secure two heavy pieces of poster board together and painted the road and landscape with poster paint.)
Use a Canvas Drop Cloth and Masking Tape to Make a Road (cat optional)
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Fun ideas we have tried several of these , can't wait to try the rest now.
I'm sure you will have lots of fun.
How fun! My daughter loves playing with cars. These will be a lot more fun than just pushing it around on the floor. Thanks for sharing.
There is certainly a lot of pushing them around on the floor going on over here, too!
What a great list of ideas, my boys LOVE playing with cars, and your list has added a few new ideas. Thanks for sharing! Have a great week!!
Thanks. I'm glad we've given you some inspiration.
I really like these ideas! I like the last one the best! I have two girls, but I can still see them being interested in something like that. I'll have to try it sometime!
Amy @ Creative Kid Snacks
Girls can play with cars, too!
Thanks for this. I agree about girls. I've also had kids make and play with simple cars made from folded over thick paper. Not every kid needs to see the wheels turn. They can still be 'driven' right, left and stop at a hand-made stop/ go sign, and weave under and over bridges made by legs or arms. I've also made cars out of carrots and cheese – inspired by my illustrations to Kirsty Dempsey's Mini Racer. If it helps, you can download some ready made crazy cars to print out, and find food examples and a link to some fun tape with road markings on it here: http://www.bridgetstrevens.com/mini_racer.htm
Thanks Bridget. P. S. My 3 year old loves your book, “Kiss, Kiss”
I love this! My preschooler LOVES playing with cars and we have done our variation of some of these activities, but I definitely have some new ideas that I think he will absolutely LOVE. Thanks for this great post.
Thanks, Jen! It would appear that there are infinite ways to play with toy cars!
Fantastic post! I often forget about the various ways to play. I’ve pinned and shared!
Thanks, Joyce!
My grandchildren have a great time with our large bin of cars. Nana cut a large ramp from a sturdy cardboard box and taped the edge to the bottom stair in the basement with packing tape. We sit on either side of the ramp on the bottom stair and have races. This activity is enjoyed for long periods of time!
Becky: I love that idea!