Cardboard Parking Garage
Turn an old cardboard box into a parking garage play place.
Materials
Directions
Cover a work surface area, then have your child paint his toilet paper rolls any color he wishes. Allow them to dry.
Using a marker, create parking spaces by drawing little lines on the two large cardboard rectangles. Your child can use a toy car as a template for line spacing.
Lay one of the large rectangles, with the parking lines already drawn, face up on the work surface. Glue the four toilet paper rolls to it, one in each corner.
Lay the second large rectangle on top with the parking lines facing up. Once you position it in a place that looks right, glue the second rectangle on the top of the cardboard rolls.
On the long, thin rectangle, draw dotted lines down the center to make two traffic lanes. Glue this rectangle to the top rectangle platform to form a ramp.
That's it! Now your child is ready to zoom around, roll down the ramp and park some cars in his new garage.
Caroline Gravino Urdaneta, a PBS Parents resident crafter, is a designer of creative family projects, tinkering painter and mother of four children. She writes about project ideas for the whole family and how to encourage creativity in kids on the popular blog, Salsa Pie.
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