Toddler Craft: Pickup Truck
As mentioned above the supplies that you will need for this are two toilet paper rolls, a small food item box, about the width of the toilet paper roll, construction paper to cover the first three items with and of course glue or tape and scissors. When you are doing crafts with a toddler you and your toddler can each have your own job, they may want to be the ones to squirt the glue and you put the paper over the glue or visa versa. Whichever you decide to do, help your toddler glue black construction paper around both of the toilet paper rolls to make the tires for your truck. You also can have your toddler color the toilet paper rolls instead of using construction paper, if you have white or gray toilet paper rolls they will be easier to color on than the traditional brown.
Something that you may want to do prior to starting the craft with your toddler is the cutting that is involved in this craft project. Cut out half of the front of the food item box, but leave the area that you cut out as a whole piece as it will become the roof of the truck. You will also have to cut out four strips of paper or cardboard to hold the roof up as well as the piece of construction paper you use to cover the food item box.
Help you toddler cover the box with the color of construction paper that they want their truck to be, and add any decorations that they want such as two circles for the head lights of the truck. Glue or tape the four supports that you cut out for the trucks roof on the other half portion of the truck that you didn’t cut out, but leave a little room for the vehicle’s engine. Lastly trim and glue the roof on after your toddler has covered it with paper.
You can find step by step instructions with pictures of this pickup truck toddler craft at EasyToddlerCrafts.com, as well as many other fun and free toddler craft activities and projects that you and your toddler can do together.
