This week we took advantage of the good weather and got outside to try something I’ve been wanting to do for quite a while now. It was a huge hit with both my daughter and son.
What was it? Painting with toy trucks! (You may also like our painting with flowers activity.)
Materials needed to paint with toy trucks:
- Toy trucks (We chose ones with interesting tire patterns.)
- Acrylic paint
- Shallow container to put paint in
- Thick paper (Very thin paper may rip during the activity.)
- Tape
This activity can get messy, so we took it outside.
I started by taping the corners of the paper to the picnic table. (I recycled some brown packing paper for our first activity.) Then I put several colors of paint onto our “paint pallets” (A.K.A. frisbees).
They had fun running the trucks around in the paint to coat the tires.
Then it was time to drive!
The tires left tread marks wherever they pushed the toy trucks.
It was neat to see the different patterns that each truck left.
Once they had painted with the trucks for a while, we decided to try something different.
I taped some large pieces of thick craft paper onto our slide.
After making sure the tires were covered in paint, they let them go down the slide. They loved seeing the trucks zoom down the slide, leaving their mark behind!
My son couldn’t resist doing a few truck races this way.
Oh, and when a couple turned sideways and got stuck? He had a blast making a colorful traffic jam on the slide.
Painting with trucks was a huge hit. The paintings are so bright and colorful that we made special homemade picture frames for them so we can hang them up in the play area.
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Candice says
I love this idea! I’m surprised I haven’t done this one myself with my little ones. Thanks for the motivation 🙂
Lisa/Syncopated Mama says
What a fun idea – and you could do so many things with this activity!
Elise @frugalfarmwife.com says
This looks like such a fabulous idea! My 4-year-old just got a little remote-controlled truck for his birthday, and I can just see him having a blast doing this – but with his remote!
OneMommy says
Oh — I love that idea! We may have to try it with one of the remote trucks here sometime.
susen @Dabbling Momma says
We have done this but indoors…..definitely smarter to head outside for this one, like you all!
Kylie says
Master almost 3 and I are going to try this tomorrow!
OneMommy says
Have fun! 🙂
Tina says
This looks like a lot of fun, especially the part where the trucks have to ‘race’. Thanks for sharing at Toddler Fun Friday