| Get ready for racing fun with this Home Made | | | | wear their cars.Add Wheels - Choose four |
| Kid Race Car!MATERIALSRectangular Boxes - | | | | plastic plates to make two wheels on either |
| apple boxes, xerox paper boxes or similar | | | | side of the box. Use a contrasting color to |
| | | | the color of the race car box itself. Fasten |
| Colorful plastic or paper plates | | | | the plates with brads so the wheels will |
| | | | turn. Add another plate on top of the box to |
| Spray paint | | | | make a functioning steering wheel.Add |
| | | | Headlights and Tail Lights - Cut two circles |
| Construction paper in assorted colors | | | | of yellow construction paper and glue to the |
| | | | front of the car for headlights. Cut two |
| Heavy ribbon | | | | smaller circles of red construction paper and |
| | | | glue to the rear end of the car for tail |
| Staple gun | | | | lights.Make an Exhaust Pipe - Make an exhaust |
| | | | pipe from a toilet paper tube with crepe |
| Brad fasteners | | | | paper streamers. Attach the tube to the car |
| | | | by making a series of cuts around one end of |
| Craft knife | | | | the tube, flaring it out against the back of |
| | | | the car, and securing with masking |
| Glue and Masking tape | | | | tape.Personalize Your Race Car - using |
| | | | colored construction paper shapes, markers, |
| Markers | | | | foam numbers and letters.Now make a race |
| | | | track in your yard using caution tape, old |
| Foam letters and numbers to | | | | tires, hay bales, or whatever. For great |
| decorateINSTRUCTIONS:Prepare the Box - Start | | | | ideas on incorporating this craft into a |
| with one rectangular box for each party | | | | party, visit our Race Car Birthday Party |
| guest. If the box has flaps, cut them off | | | | page.Patricia B. Jensen is a mother of three |
| with the craft knife. Turn the box upside | | | | and kids party enthusiast. She is the |
| down and cut out a square area on one side of | | | | webmaster and owner of - a complete resource |
| the bottom (now the top of your race car) big | | | | for kids party ideas including invitations, |
| enough to accommodate a child.Paint Your Race | | | | cakes, decorations, games, costumes, favors, |
| Car - Spray paint your box a bright color - | | | | and food.Subscribe to the Kids Party Paradise |
| red, blue, green, yellow, or orange.Attach | | | | Newsletter and get timely updates on popular |
| "Suspenders" - Using the staple gun, staple | | | | new party ideas and themes, and so much |
| heavy ribbon from end to end on either side | | | | more... |
| of the box as "suspenders" to allow kids to | | | | |