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Homemade Toy Town
by Deborah Shelton
With a few items found around the house, and a little imagination, you
can make your very own toy town. Once your town is built, fill it with
your favorite dolls and toy cars.
1. Yarn: Use yarn to outline streets for toy cars. Roads can be as
straight or as winding as you'd like.
2. Pinecones: "Plant" these trees along the edges of a street or in a
park area.
3. Cardboard Tubes: Form toll bridges and tunnels with these
easy-to-find tubes.
4. Tin Foil: Create lakes and rivers with flat pieces of tin foil.
5. Cardboard Boxes: Make buildings such as schools, banks and churches
from small cardboard boxes.
6. Magazine Cut-Outs: Glue pictures from magazines onto small cardboard
boxes to represent the type of buildings in the town. For example, glue
a picture of a store or school onto a box.
7. Thread Spools: Set these in a park area, to use as tables.
8. Cotton Balls: Turn your town into a winter wonderland with fluffy
puffs of cotton.
9. Popsicle Sticks: Great materials for building fences and bridges.
10. Kitchen Scale: Bring into play a small kitchen scale to use as a
weigh station for the cars.
About the author
Deborah Shelton is a mother, a freelance writer, and author of the brand
new book, "The
Five Minute Parent: Fun & Fast Activities for You and Your Little Ones."
Visit Deborah's website for more fun ideas and book ordering
information:
http://www.fiveminuteparent.com
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