With a few items found around the house, and a little imagination, you can make your very own toy town. Once your town is built, fill it with your favorite dolls and toy cars.
<p>
1. Yarn: Use yarn to outline streets for toy cars. Roads
can be as straight or as winding as you'd like.
<p>
2. Pinecones: "Plant" these trees along the edges of a
street or in a park area.
<p>
3. Cardboard Tubes: Form toll bridges and tunnels with
these easy-to-find tubes.
<p>
4. Tin Foil: Create lakes and rivers with flat pieces of
tin foil.
<p>
5. Cardboard Boxes: Make buildings such as schools, banks
and churches from small cardboard boxes.
<p>
6. Magazine Cut-Outs: Glue pictures from magazines onto
small cardboard boxes to represent the type of buildings in
the town. For example, glue a picture of a store or school
onto a box.
<p>
7. Thread Spools: Set these in a park area, to use as
tables.
<p>
8. Cotton Balls: Turn your town into a winter wonderland
with fluffy puffs of cotton.
<p>
9. Popsicle Sticks: Great materials for building fences and
bridges.
<p>
10. Kitchen Scale: Bring into play a small kitchen scale to
use as a weigh station for the cars.
About The Author: About the Author:
Deborah Shelton is a mother, a freelance writer, and author of the brand new book, "The Five Minute Parent: Fun & Fast Activities for You and Your Little Ones." Visit Deborah's website for more fun ideas and book ordering information:
http://www.fiveminuteparent.com
Like ThriftyFun on Facebook
