Have you ever had one of those great ideas, that's just brilliant - until you realize it's not? That's what happened to me with this little car.
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I found a cute car coloring sheet, and printed it out in a little smaller size, so the wheels were about the same size as a milk cap.
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I traced it, and cut it out the pieces to use as a pattern, for cutting the felt.
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Once I had the felt arranged the way I wanted it, I hand stitched everything in place, and stuffed the car, thinking that later I could walk the kids through the process. They could certainly hand stitch felt pieces together, maybe this could be something they could make for each other.
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Then, I prepared the wheels, the same way I had for the dog, with straws, wooden skewers, and milk caps.
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I attached the straws to the bottom of the car with hot glue, and a few stitches.
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Then, I added the wooden skewers, and stuck on the milk caps, and felt wheel pieces, hot gluing them in place.
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The car rolls really well, and I was pretty happy with it until...
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...I looked at it from the front.
But, I can already visualize the next model, and it's brilliant...
It's great to be a homeschooler.
2 comments:
Very cute! You could call it the transforming car turtle! :) It looks like a car from the side and kinda like a turtle from the front! I still say it's really cute!
I think it's cool anyway :)
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