This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy.

I love our children’s preschool!   It is wonderful and they are learning so much!   They are even helping our kids with the 5 essential non-acamdemic skills that a Kindergartener must know  (you can see this post on why I waited to send our kids to Kindergarten).

I love the adorable arts and crafts that our 6 year old brings home from preschool every week.  He is very creative (which is why we made him this DIY creativity kit for a gift- it keeps him busy for hours on end), so these projects are great for him.  He can create and then he can use what he has made to play!

Today I am going to share these two crafts that he made in school… a DIY airplane & train craft made from materials that you already have at home!

DIY airplane & Train

Lets start with the airplane-  this one is so easy.

MATERIALS:

  • TOILET PAPER ROLL
  • PAINT
  • POPSICLE STICK OR TOUNGE DEPRESSOR
  • KNIFE OR SCISSORS TO CUT SLIT ON SIDESairplane 1


      DIRECTIONS:
    1. Simply paint the toilet paper roll whatever color you choose.
    2.  Optional: Paint the popsicle stick (or a tongue depressor) the color that you want for the wings.
    3.  Cut s small slit on each side of the toilet paper roll to allow the stick to go all the way through…
             That’s it!

airplane 2

 

 

 

THEY ALSO MADE THIS ADORABLE TRAIN (SEE BELOW)!

MATERIALS:

  1. EGG CARTON
  2. TOILET PAPER ROLL
  3. COTTON BALLS (2)
  4. PAINT
  5. GLUE

train 4

DIRECTIONS:
1- CUT THE EGG CARTON UNTIL YOU HAVE IT LOOKING LIKE THIS ONE.
2- PAINT THE EGG CARTON AND THE TOILET PAPER ROLL
3- GLUE THE TOILET PAPER ROLL ONTO THE EGG CARTON
(SEE STEP FOUR LATER)

train 2

STEP 4:
PULL YOUR COTTON BALL UNTIL IT LOOKS LONGER.   I WOULD DO TWO OF THEM TOGETHER.  GLUE THEM INTO THE TOILET PAPER ROLL.  THIS WILL BE THE SMOKE:

train 3

 

STEP 5:  LET THIS DRY AND THEN LET YOUR KIDS PLAY!

train 1

I hope that you enjoyed those!  Our kids play with them constantly!   We have made duplicates for our other two boys and they all play together!

Hi there!

I’m Becky, a former elementary school teacher turned certified child development therapist and blogger. I work at home with my husband and together we are raising (and partially homeschooling) our four children in the Carolinas. I love diet coke, ice cream, and spending time with my family.

You May Also Like

Leave a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.