Make a Home Made Kid Race Car

Get ready for racing fun with this Home Made Kid Race Car!

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About The Civil War For Kids

Rectangular Boxes - apple boxes, xerox paper boxes or similar

Make a Home Made Kid Race Car

Civil War On Sunday (Magic Tree House #21) Best

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Civil War On Sunday (Magic Tree House #21) Overview

Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House!

Cannon fire!

That's what Jack and Annie hear when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the time of the American Civil War. There they meet a famous nurse named Clara Barton and do their best to help wounded soldiers. It is their hardest journey in time yet—and the one that will make the most difference to their own lives!

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Civil War On Sunday (Magic Tree House #21) Specifications

Traveling back in time from the rumbling thunderstorms of present-day Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, to the booming of Civil War cannonballs near Richmond, Virginia, Jack and Annie set out on their 21st Magic Tree House adventure. The mysterious Morgan le Fay, magical librarian of Camelot, the long-ago kingdom of King Arthur, has left the brother and sister a message in their magic tree house, asking for their help saving Camelot. "Please find these four special kinds of writing for my library: Something to follow, Something to send, Something to learn, Something to lend." Jack and Annie enthusiastically transport themselves to a field near the fighting, and soon are enlisted as volunteer nurses assisting none other than Clara Barton, legendary "Angel of the Battlefield," as she drives her horse-drawn ambulance right onto the battlefields to help save wounded soldiers--including one with a very special connection to Jack and Annie.

Mary Pope Osborne's tremendously popular Magic Tree House series launches into a new realm, as Jack and Annie are challenged to save Camelot. Young readers will effortlessly learn the basics of Civil War history, while losing themselves in another gripping tale that has turned many a nonreader into a bookworm. (Ages 5 to 8) --Emilie Coulter

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Colorful plastic or paper plates

Spray paint

Construction paper in various colors

Heavy ribbon

Staple gun

Brad fasteners

Craft knife

Glue and Masking tape

Markers

Foam letters and numbers to decorate

Instructions:

Prepare the Box - Start with one rectangular box for each party guest. If the box has flaps, cut them off with the craft knife. Turn the box upside down and cut out a square area on one side of the lowest (now the top of your race car) big sufficient to accommodate a child.

Paint Your Race Car - Spray paint your box a entertaining color - red, blue, green, yellow, or orange.

Attach "Suspenders" - Using the staple gun, staple heavy ribbon from end to end on either side of the box as "suspenders" to allow kids to wear their cars.

Add Wheels - Choose four plastic plates to make two wheels on either side of the box. Use a contrasting color to the color of the race car box itself. Fasten the plates with brads so the wheels will turn. Add someone else plate on top of the box to make a functioning steering wheel.

Add Headlights and Tail Lights - Cut two circles of yellow building paper and glue to the front of the car for headlights. Cut two smaller circles of red building paper and glue to the rear end of the car for tail lights.

Make an Exhaust Pipe - Make an exhaust pipe from a toilet paper tube with crepe paper streamers. Attach the tube to the car by production a series of cuts around one end of the tube, flaring it out against the back of the car, and securing with masking tape.

Personalize Your Race Car - using colored building paper shapes, markers, foam numbers and letters.

Now make a race track in your yard using caution tape, old tires, hay bales, or whatever. For great ideas on incorporating this craft into a party, visit our Race Car Birthday Party page.

Make a Home Made Kid Race CarXenia - Sing You Home Video Clips. Duration : 3.80 Mins.

Music video by Xenia performing Sing You Home. (C) 2012 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

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