Thursday, January 20, 2011

stART~ Freight Train


This week we read Freight Train by Donald Crews for our stART activity. Yep! Another book by Donald Crews! What can I say, we LOVE his books!!


 Freight Train Big Book (Mulberry Big Book)


After reading the book – several times, we made a train from toilet paper rolls.

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Lucas lost interest in painting after the second colour, so Dominic helped me finish the rest after he got home from school.

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After the paint dried I joined all the pieces with paper clips and had Lucas glue on the wheels. It didn’t turn out quite how I had pictured, but Lucas loves it and that is all that matters!

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8 comments:

  1. Oh what a perfect perfect train! We adore loo roll crafts and this one is wonderful! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!

    Maggy
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  2. You are SO creative! GREAT job!! Kerri

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  3. I think it turned out great. Lovely rainbow train.

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  4. OH, this is another awesome craft idea this week--thank you!

    We are also fans of Crews' books here.

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  5. What a great idea. I have a question about the paints. Whenever we tried to paint something it turned out the paint made a lot of stains. Do you use any particular kind of paints? Hugs. Ewa

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  6. Thanks everyone for the lovely comments! It was a fun craft to make and Lucas has enjoyed playing with it!

    Ewa, we use tempera paint most of the time I sometimes add a little bit of water and some liquid soap to make it easier to wash of hands, surfaces and clothes... I did this a lot when Lucas first started painting and he would get it everywhere!

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