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Cardboard Car Racers

Children build cars from boxes, bottle caps and skewers, then race them down a ramp. Hands-on design and testing.

How to run it

  1. Children choose a small box for the car body.
  2. Push skewers through the box as axles and attach bottle-cap wheels.
  3. Decorate the car.
  4. Race cars down a ramp and compare distances.

You will need

  • small boxes
  • bottle caps
  • blunt-ended skewers or straws
  • tape
  • ramp
Make it easier or harderUse straws for axles with younger children; older children can test wheel sizes.
SafetyEducators make the axle holes and snip sharp skewer ends.
My Time Our Place · Outcome 4Children design, test and improve their creations.

Fits these theme days

Planes, Trains and AutomobilesWheels DayCardboard Box DayInventors DayGreat Race Day

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