My kids love making crafts they can play with like our Toilet Paper Roll Space Shuttles and Soda Bottle Space Rockets which have been flying in the air ever since we made them. Today’s toilet paper roll cars craft is a perfect create-and-play craft for my kiddos (and hopefully your kiddos too!) My son always has cars in his hands and my daughter is always looking for transportation for her little dolls–now everyone is ready to roll :).
Toilet Paper Roll Car Craft
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Supplies:
Toilet paper tube
White paint
Paintbrush
Scissors
Hot glue/gun
4 lids or pouch caps
Markers, stickers, or paint
Directions: There are printable directions available towards the end of this post to make craft time easy.
1. Cut a U shape in the cardboard tube to make the opening for toys to sit in the car. Fold the U up and cut it again to make it smaller.
2. Paint the toilet paper tube white and set it out to dry.
3. Let kids decorate their cars with markers, stickers or paint.
4. Hot glue the wheels on and it’s ready to play with. Vroom Vroom!
Craft and Play: Toilet Paper Roll Car Craft
Kids will love making a cardboard tube car that they can play with when they are done crafting.
Materials
- Toilet paper tube (or cardboard tube cut in half)
- White paint
- Paintbrush
- Scissors
- Hot glue/gun
- 4 lids or pouch caps
- Markers, stickers, or paint
Instructions
- 1. Cut a U shape in the cardboard tube to make the opening for toys to sit in the car. Fold the U up and cut it again to make it smaller.2. Paint the toilet paper tube white and set it out to dry.3. Let kids decorate their cars with markers, stickers or paint.4. Hot glue the wheels on and it’s ready to play with. Vroom Vroom!
KEEP THE FUN GOING WITH THESE IDEAS!
Doing this project with my kiddos I watch, however if you glue the wheels on the cardboard they will not rotate, so i’m going to punch holes in the cardboard where wheels should go, run a straw through the holes and then glue pouch caps to the ends so that wheels will spin! So fun, thank-you for the idea, enjoy recycling items.
What fun! I also have a stash of assorted bottle caps! Thanks for a great idea!
These look so fun, I know I'm going to try this one out with my son, he'll love it! Found via #pintorials! x
What an awesome upcycle idea! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Rachel, Thanks so much! We love reusing things around here 🙂
This is such a lovely idea! Love it! Need to try and make some for my kids. Thank you for linking with the #pinitparty
Hi Otilia, Thanks so much! I hope your kiddos have fun 🙂
These are really cool! Thanks for sharing on #ToddlerFunFriday
Thanks! Have an awesome day 🙂
Love the pouch cap wheels! This looks like fun to make AND play with!
Hi Emma, Thanks! I keep collecting them and need to find a hundred more ways to use them, lol 🙂
Wow! This is amazing! I love it! Thank you for sharing it with us #pintorials I have pinned!
Hi Eileen, Thanks so much and I really appreciate the pin!!! 🙂
This is a great activity for my kids. They love making things-that-go AND toilet paper roll crafts! We will be trying it today!
Yay!!! I hope they had fun crafting and playing 🙂