Wheels Day / Design a Dream Vehicle
Design a Dream Vehicle
Children draw or build futuristic vehicles from boxes and bottle caps, adding wheels that really turn.
How to run it
- Brainstorm future vehicles and what they might do.
- Children sketch their design.
- Build the body from boxes and attach bottle cap wheels with split pins.
- Paint and name the vehicle, then share its special features.
You will need
- cardboard boxes
- bottle caps
- split pins
- paint
- sticky tape
Make it easier or harderYounger children can glue wheels on; older children can make wheels that spin on axles.
SafetyEducators make holes in bottle caps for the split pins.
My Time Our Place · Outcome 4Designing and building vehicles develops creativity and engineering thinking.
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