I found this idea on Pinterest a couple days ago and thought it would be a great indoor activity for us since our nice weather suddenly turned back to the typical rainy gray weather the pacific northwest is known for. I saved a couple of our toilet paper rolls and a bunch of bottled water caps (ok, I may have dug through the recycling bin to find the right amount of supplies) and we made race cars! There is great tutorial for this over at TPcraft.com which tells you exactly how to attach the wheels so they spin.
First we painted each toilet paper roll a different color and the bottle caps black using a little acrylic paint. You could use any kind of paint you want or you could color them with markers.
When everything dried, I took a hole punch and punched for holes in the toilet paper roll where the wheels needed to go. To be honest I didn’t do a good job of this đ I made my hole punches too high and some of the wheels didn’t touch the ground…I know better for next time.
I took a straw and stuck it through two of the holes (and trimmed the straw). Then took a tooth pick and poked it through one of the bottle caps (it easily poked through my Nestle PureLife bottled water caps – they are pretty flimsy). I stuck the toothpick through the straw and poked another bottle cap on the other end of the toothpick. You can trim the sharp end of the toothpick.
I used my sharp sewing scissors to cut a hole for the driver to sit.
At this point you can decorate your cars with more paint, glitter, or stickers. I had some number stickers that we labeled the cars with.
Lego Duplo people make perfect drivers! Now it’s time to race!!
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such a cute idea. Will have to hunt up the supplies to make this with my grandson on one of the weekends he comes to my house. Thank you for sharing
it looks like the little ones had fun!
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This is so cute! Thanks for sharing the idea. đ
So lovely the idea, and children would love it for sure, so easy to do!!
We did something similar when our boys were little only we used buttons and elastics on the wheels and then they went along on their own. It's a fun project and sure brought back some memories.
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Great ideas! But this can be done with some kind of plastic bottles, probably. Iâll have to try this on the weekend, the children should definitely like it.
Looks amazing. I am going to try this next weekend.
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This DIY race car project sounds like a blast! I love how you repurposed toilet paper rolls and water bottle caps. I once tried making something similar with paper towel rolls and bottle caps, but my wheels kept falling off. Your tip about the hole punches is super helpful. Do you think it would work to use hot glue instead of a straw and toothpick to attach the wheels? Also, what other fun decorations did you come up with for your cars?
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