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| | EASY TRAIN CRAFT
This request came in from "Amy" who
was looking for a train craft for preschoolers. I have two daughters so don't get
too many train requests myself. Amy on the other hand has a son... I wonder if he
had one of those little conductor's hats as a baby. Anyways, I put this little train
together for her son... I hope he likes it!
CLICK here to see a
larger photo of the train, (coloured with markers). Close the photo window when
done viewing to return to this page.
This simple train craft requires a printer, a piece of
paper, some crayons (or paint or markers), scissors and glue. I always prefer to use
a heavy paper (like construction paper), but it isn't necessary. Optional materials
include a cotton ball, photos or magazine clippings of children or toys, and spaghetti or
linguini.
 | Print out the template of choice. If using the black
and white template, try printing it on coloured construction paper. |
| Colour (where appropriate) and cut out the template
pieces. Adults may need to help with the cutting. |
| Glue the face onto the front of the train. |
| Glue the smokestack onto the top. You can glue a bit
of cotton ball to the smockstack as pretend smoke. If you want to make it a bit more
environmentally realistic, you can colour the cotton grey or black with marker or paint. |
| Glue the wheels onto the bottom of the train. |
| You can stop here with TEMPLATE #1 or print template #2 as
well. |
| Glue the car and caboose from template #2 onto the back of
the train. Explain that the caboose of the train is always the last (the caboose is
on the top of the page on template 2. The car is on the bottom). |
| You can cut out magazine pictures of toys or children, a
picture from a coloring book, or a small photo of the child and glue them into the car or
onto the back of the caboose. |
| Really young kids may have an easier time attaching the
cars, cotton balls, etc. if they glue everything to a background piece of paper (they also
have the opportunity to colour in a sky, grass, clouds etc. this way). This
also allows you to use uncooked pieces of spaghetti or linguini, glued underneath of the
train's wheels, to represent train tracks. |
| Close the template window after printing to
return to this screen.
 | Sometimes it may say "No pages available to
print". |
| This happens with some browsers and means that
you've printed or print previewed once already. |
| If you get this message, click RELOAD or REFRESH
on your browser and try printing again.
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| Set page margins to zero if you have trouble
fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP in most browsers). |
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Template #1 for a
colour printer
Template
#2 for a colour printer
Template
#1 for black & white printer
Template
#2 for black & white printer
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