Crafts For Kids Who Are Learning About Transportation

THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK j Millbrook Press Minneapolis To Greyson, who is going places. Text copyright © 2007 by Kathy Ross Illustrations copyright © 2007 by Millbrook Press, Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review. Millbrook Press, Inc. A division of Lerner Publishing Group 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 U.S.A. Website address: www.lernerbooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ross, Kathy (Katharine Reynolds), 1948– Crafts for kids who are learning about transportation / by Kathy Ross ; illustrated by Jan Barger. p. cm. — (Crafts for kids who are learning about...) ISBN-13: 978–0–7613–9464–8 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0–7613–9464–8 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 1. Handicraft—Juvenile literature. 2. Transportation in art—Juvenile literature. I. Barger, Jan, 1948– II. Title. TT160.R7127 2007 745.5—dc22 2005016461 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 – JR – 12 11 10 09 08 07 eISBN-10: 0-8225-7180-3 eISBN-13: 978-0-8225-7180-3 Table of Contents Baby Carriage Photo Frame 4 Garbage Truck Scrap Collector 26 Wagon Skill Puzzle 6 Water-Squirting Fire Truck 29 Bike Bobber 8 Snowplow Attachment 32 Doll Friend Saucer 10 Tissue Box Bus 34 Horse and Rider 12 Bead Train Necklace 36 Honking Car 14 Bath Boat and Buddies 38 Race Car Photo Holder 16 Balloon Motorboat 39 Police Car Chasing Getaway Car 18 Airplane Coming in for a Landing 40 Human Bulldozer 20 Helicopter Puppet 42 Tow-Truck Magnet 22 Secret Message Rocket Ships 44 Box Dump Truck 24 Design-a-Vehicle Tin 46 Baby Carriage Photo Frame Here is what you need: cardboard egg carton four identical small buttons 6-inch (15-cm) pipe cleaner photograph of you as a baby white craft glue fabric scrap scissors cotton ball 4 trim ruler Here is what you do: 1. Cut two cups from the cardboard egg carton. 2. Turn one cup sideways, and glue it in one end of the second cup to form the baby carriage. 3. Glue the four buttons around the bottom of the carriage for the wheels. 4. Glue trim around the top edge of the carriage and around the carriage shade to decorate. 5. Cut a 3-inch (8-cm) square of fabric. Wrap the fabric around the cotton ball, and glue it into the carriage to look like a blanket. 6. Cut the head from an old baby photograph, and tuck the bottom under the blanket at the head of the carriage. 7. Cut a 5-inch (13-cm) piece of the pipe cleaner. 8. Fold the pipe cleaner into a U shape. Slide the ends into the carriage at the point where the hood tucks inside the carriage base. Be sure to ask your grown-up before cutting up any old photographs. The grown-up might want to make a copy for you to use instead. 5 Wagon Skill Puzzle Here is what you need: three different colors of craft foam clear plastic from a blister pack, such as batteries come in scissors black permanent marker two small beads white craft glue thin ribbon or trim 6 hole punch Here is what you do: 1. Cut two squares of craft foam the same size as the