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This is a series of posts by our contributor Amy, where she shares fun and easy art projects that she does with her 5-year-old daughter, Sara. All of the homemade art projects are designed for and/or by Sara and are meant to be low cost (always), worth keeping/gifting (sometimes), and a manageable mess (never).
Art: Feel Better Fire Truck
Occasion: The perfect toy
Level of Difficulty: 2 (Low)
Materials:
- flat piece of cardboard from a box (1ftx1ft)
- red paint (we used Melissa & Doug poster paint)
- paintbrush
- googly eyes
- white pipe cleaners
- scissors
- tape
- glue
- x-acto knife (to cut the cardboard)
Sara designed and built this fire truck for her two-year-old brother Jack. Whenever Jack gets hurt I scoop him up, take him to the window and show him the trucks outside to distract him. One day Jack wasn’t feeling well. While he was napping Sara decided to make him this fire truck so when he woke up I could take him to the window and he could see his very own fire truck outside and feel better.
Step 1: Build your fire truck
- Sketch out the body of your fire truck onto the cardboard using the below guide/measurements.
- Cut along the outer edges of your sketch to cut out your truck.
- Fold down the (longer) sides and the (shorter) ends of the cardboard.
- Attach the sides to the ends with glue.
Step 2. Paint your fire truck
- Use your red paint and paint your fire truck all over.
Step 3. Add a ladder and a hose
- For the ladder, cut two long pieces of pipe cleaner for each side and six short pieces for the rungs. Glue the rungs to the sides. Tape the ladder to the side of the fire truck.
- For the hose, role up a pipe cleaner and tape it to the side.
Step 4. Add a happy face
- Tape two googly eyes to the front of your fire truck.
- Cut a small piece of pipe cleaner and tape on the mouth.
Step 5. Present your fire truck
- As they say, it is as all about the packaging, and you could not fit more love into this one.
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