I painted three thin sheets of cardboard using black paint and a kiddie sponge roller.
I cut each sheet into different pieces. Out of the first I cut some short roads.
Out of the second I cut some long roads.
And out of the last one I cut four semi-circular roads for making into roundabouts and curved corners.
Then I cut a stack of small rectangles from white card. I needed twice this many in the end.
I then cut two of the semi-circular pieces in half to make four smaller pieces, as the big ones didn’t make tight enough bends. I kept two the original size for making into a roundabout.
And here it is set up in one combination with a few of Cakie’s cars and tractors ready for some imaginative play! She will be able to set it up in endless different ways and we may add some buildings from boxes and other play-scence items using Duplo and Playmobil 123 in order to increase the possibilities.
This was done quickly and without measuring, rulers and accuracy. If you wanted to do this *properly* it would make a really lovely low budget Christmas gift. Just package it beautifully in a shiny, black gift box with a packet of colourful cars for playing with!
oh I am in love!!! this is such a wonderful idea!
This would be perfect to take when visiting a relative that doesn’t have toys!
Love it! And althoug I have a girl, I know she would love it too! 🙂 She loves playing with cars in all shapes! 🙂
Awesome idea! Love it, need to find some big sheets of cardboard now. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Oh yes JD4Mom, I love the idea of taking it as a portable toy! Brilliant.
Great idea!
I LOve it! Thanks so much for sharing 🙂
Oh what a perfect road! And you clever. I love it. Great bit of recyclin too!
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Maggy
What a great idea, I love your resourcefulness 🙂
this is just fantastic, I am definitely going to bookmark this one
I really love this – I love that it’s recycled, can be put together in lots of different ways and gives lots of play. Thanks for sharing with us at the Play Academy.
Such a great road! Soooo fun. I’ve added it to the M&T Spotlight! http://www.makeandtakes.com/spotlight
Sooooo fun! I love that idea. plus easy clean up. 🙂 I have about a million boxes from moving also–I think this will be a fun craft the kids would enjoy doing with me. 🙂
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Many thanks
Maggy
I am envisioning packing something like this up into a little bag for my son when he has to sit through his sisters dance class. Very cool.
I am going to have to give this a try. Bet my son will like it better then the play matt somebody bought him. Kids are funny that way 🙂
Creativeness, resourcefulness and cost-saving. That’s best describes you and your craft.
I’ve got to try this for my car-crazy kid!
I am thinking of making this for the 5 yr old I nanny for Christmas. I love this!
Thanks .. I love this idea for my 5 yo son and all my preschoolers and it looks so doable!