We could have made it smaller, but my two kidlets kept saying "No, make it bigger Mommy!" So I did. We marked off several roads, highways and thruways with blue painters tape (found at your local hardware store or even Walmart).
We then drew "lanes" with a black Sharpie (As pictured below).
We brought out all of our cars (and even some airplanes) and some shoe boxes to act as buildings and had a wonderful time recreating a busy city scene. To make this simple activity "print rich", I printed up some common street/traffic signs here in the US, laminated them and gave them to the kids to disburse around the "streets".
Even with a few "divets" in the road, a fun time was had by all!
what a great way to spend the day, it was rainy here and this would have been a great rainy day activity. Painters tape is easy to clea up too.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I'll have to try that.
ReplyDeleteOh, that would be a great thing to do in a large room. I'll have to let my boys do that. It's worth the cost of a roll of tape :)
ReplyDeleteHow fun is that!! In the 70's with ugly shag carpet, it had "paths" & I'd use that for my play cars... your idea is much better... & I pray no one has that carpet anymore :-)
ReplyDeletewhat a super fun idea!
ReplyDeleteHow fun! They will be disappointed when you want the carpet back! Great signs too.
ReplyDeleteThis is excellent! I'll have to give this one a try!
ReplyDeleteok I think I know what we are doing this weekend! Thanks for the great idea!
ReplyDeleteYou are so brave to allow your children to have sharpie markers that close to your carpet!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like they had a great time, though!
That is a wonderful idea! My kids are learning about communities right now and that would be a perfect lesson. Thanks for the great idea!
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Hello, I've just found you via No time for flash cards. This is such a lovely blog!
ReplyDeleteI love it and I know my boys will too! I made my son a quilt with a road border on it, and now he wants an even bigger road. This is perfect! Thanks for sharing ;)
ReplyDeletegreat idea!!
ReplyDeleteWe did a simpler version of this same activity last week: http://mamasmiles.com/blog/?p=942
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