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10 Ways to Play with Toy Cars

April 27, 2014 by OneMommy

 

 

There is just something about toy cars and trucks!  Looking for some new ways to play with them?  For all the car and truck loving little boys (and girls) out there, here are 10 ways to play and learn with toy cars.

10 fun and simple ways to play and learn with toy cars

 

 

10 Ways to Play with Toy Cars

1.  Draw the toy cars a city.

creative ways to play with toy cars -- build a city!

This one is great because you and your child get to design the city whichever way you choose!  Just use a large piece of cardboard to draw roads, stores, houses, etc.  (Ours had previously been decorated so I covered it with white paper.)  You can get as detailed as you like.

What I especially love about this is it takes up almost no room!  I just slip it behind our toy storage drawers when it’s not in use.  (No bunch of track to pick up at the end of the day!)  Plus, you can easily add to it by making several sections and laying them side by side.

 

2.  Use toy cars to make artwork.

car learning activities

We like to tape a marker to the front or back of the small ca,r and then drive it around on paper.  You can also drive your car through paint and get lots of neat tire tracks!

 

3.  Use toy cars to work on ABC skills.

things to do with toy cars -- work on ABC skills

Try matching upper and lower-case letters, like we did in our Learning Activities with Cars post.

 

4.  Drive your toy cars through a maze.

ways to play with cars -- drive them through a maze!

Make your maze as easy or complicated as you like, just draw it on a large sheet of paper.  It’s a great way to help little ones learn how to solve a maze.

5.  Fill a cake pan with rice and let them explore.

Or use oats, beans, sand…. The options are endless!

ways to play with toy cars -- drive them through rice

 

6.  Make a tape road to drive on.

ways to play with toy cars -- masking tape maze

 

 7.  Use blocks with the toy cars.

ways to play with toy cars (and trucks) -- use blocks!

Okay, so this is really a great one for trucks… But chances are, if you have cars, you have trucks!  Use the blocks to build and then knock it down!

 

8.  Draw a sidewalk chalk maze for toy cars.

 

things to do with toy cars -- make a big maze!

Take that maze idea outside and make a huge maze out of sidewalk chalk for trucks and cars to drive through.

 

9.  Sort toy cars.

 

things to do with toy cars -- sort them!

 

Use your collection of cars and trucks to practice sorting.  You can sort by color, size, type…  And once you are finished sorting, use them to make a pattern!

 

10.  Send toy cars down a cardboard tube.

things to do with cars -- send them down a cardboard tube

We used old wrapping paper tubes to create our car slide that goes down the steps.

 

There are so many fun ways to play and learn with toy cars.

 

You may also like:

  • Vehicle Activities for Each of the Letters of the Alphabet 
  • Painting with Trucks 
  • Fun Ways to Practice Sight Words at Home

 

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: cars, learning activities with vehicles

Comments

  1. Emma @ P is for Preschooler says

    April 27, 2014 at 10:43 pm

    We use trucks and cars in sensory bins all the time but these other ideas are new to me! My daughter loves mazes and would love if I made some for her – but mama isn’t so good at the mazes! lol!

  2. Valerie says

    April 28, 2014 at 8:11 am

    Great ideas!! Thanks so much for sharing. My 2 1/2 year old will love theses (we already do a few, but many of them are new!)

    • OneMommy says

      April 29, 2014 at 7:20 pm

      My hope is that everyone will find at least 1-2 new ideas in the list…. Can’t invent the wheel all the time, so to speak!

  3. Kristina@amominneedofadvice.blogspot.com says

    April 29, 2014 at 12:53 pm

    My little boy can’t get enough of cars these days. I will most definitely be using your ideas. You are such a creative thinker! Love this. Great to see you at #notjustahousewife link party.

    • OneMommy says

      April 29, 2014 at 7:40 pm

      My little guy’s first word (other than “da da”) was car. Seriously. Even before ma-ma. 😉 Hope your little guy has fun with a few of these!

  4. Snotty Noses says

    April 29, 2014 at 2:16 pm

    These are simple but great ideas. I particularly like the rolling them down a tube. I think we could try it from the balcony if I can find enough tubes to fit together!

    • OneMommy says

      April 29, 2014 at 6:59 pm

      From the balcony would be awesome! We left ours alongside the steps. It’s out of the way and they can use it whenever they’d like.

  5. Julie @ Don't Lick Your Sister says

    April 29, 2014 at 3:16 pm

    Hi! I love your blog and often pin your wonderful preschool activities! I nominated you for the Liebester award: http://sweetnessandhappiness.blogspot.com/2014/04/liebester-award-x3.html

  6. Paula @ Frosted Fingers says

    May 2, 2014 at 10:03 am

    Those are some fun ways to play with cars!

  7. Mindie Hilton says

    May 3, 2014 at 11:04 am

    I am going to use the alphabet car idea with my youngest. Please come share at the Anything Goes linky, if you have not already.

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