by Sillyhelium

Created on: February 01, 2009

Building a toy car is a great way for you to have fun with your kids.Especially with fathers and sons.There are many toy cars you can simply build.Most homemade toy cars are even under five dollars.Save yourself a buck. You can create wood,box,leggo,or ballon toy cars.The list can go on forever,but I will show you these three.I hope you can understand my amateur article.

Let's start with a simple box car.The Items You Need:Box(preferably a shoe box),nails,wires,four same buttons with holes in center.(crayons,markers,straws,tape,and balloons are optional).

The first thing you do is get nails and poke into the box.Then pull it out if you don't want to use nail for safety of children.Now, put the nail or wire through the holes of the buttons.Then poke nail or wire into the holes you have created.If using nails,put styrofoam to fill gap in box, then poke nail throught into the styrofoam.If using wire,first make one end of the wires bigger by twisting it into a ball.Then poke out of the box.If done my way,the other end that is not made into ball should come out on top of the buttons.Then,if wanted,you can decorated it with crayons or makers.For little boys who want faster cars,just tape straws to side of box.The straws must have balloons attached or taped to one end of the straws.The ends with the balloons must be faced to the front.Then,when played with,you blow into ballons through starw,hold,then let go.

Now,the second car I would like to show you is the leggo car.The only thing you need is a simple set of leggos.Now,I won't convey much because this is very simple.You simply buy a leggos block at Toys R' Us and follow directions that are in the bought set.

Now,this car I'm about to allege to you is a wooden car.This car is very complicated and should be made by expert crafters or adults only.The items you need is a brick sized wooden chunk,nails,checkers pieces,tools that can cut wood or craft shapes into wood(chisel),pencil,and paint.(If you have electric crafter,you may want to do outside.)

Now the first thing you do is draw how the car should look like on the wood.(The wood must be a rectangular brick shaped wooden chunk!)Then,you chip and cut off pieces of wood to fit the form you have drawn.After that,you paint the car any way you want.Next,you must make a hole into the center of of four checkers pieces.Then you make a for holes into the side of the car for the wheels.Then you put nails through the checker pieces and into the hole.The hole must be small enough for nail to fit perfectly.It cannot also be too small.It should also be not too loose.If done correctly,naill should fit in perfectly.Then,VOILA!You have finished.Have fun playing with your cars.(Remember,the wooden car must be done under cutting expertise.)

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