Did you know that May is transporation month? Here are three crafts that include air, ground and water transportation to help you get involved in the celebration.

Craft 1  Airplane

You Will Need:

  • Two paper towel tubes
  • One bathroom tissue tube
  • Acrylic paint
  • Three wooden craft sticks
  • Glue

Instructions:

  1. Paint the paper tubes to the desired colour for your plane. Paint on windows and other details.
  2. Measure 3 inches or 7.5 cm. from end of the paper towel tube and draw a line. Measure two inches or 5 cm. from this point and draw another line.
  3. Cut this section from half of the tube.
  4. Insert the other paper towel tube for the wing section and glue into place.

For the tail, cut a slit on each side of the body at the other end of the tube. Glue the bathroom tissue tube between the slits.

I used two cups from a clear plastic egg carton to make a stand for the plane. I also used one clear cup for the nose cone.

Craft 2 Car Carrier

You Will Need:

  • Half gallon or 2 litre milk carton
  • Old magazines
  • Hole punch
  • Yarn

Instructions:

  1. Wash out the carton and cut off the top.
  2. Cut out lots of pictures of cars and trucks.
  3. Glue them all over the outside of the milk carton.
  4. Punch two holes on opposite sides of the carton near the top. Tie the yarn through the holes for a handle.

Craft 3 Floating Styrofoam Boat

You Will Need:

  • Two Styrofoam meat trays in contrasting colours
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Toothpick

Instructions:

  1. Cut out two boat shapes from the meat trays.
  2. Glue them together.
  3. Cut out a triangle sail from the other meat tray.
  4. Poke a toothpick into the sail and mount it on the boat bottom.

Here are some other fun things to play with in a water table along with your boat:

  • Balloon filled with water
  • Balloon filled with air
  • Ping pong balls
  • Sieve
  • Rotary beater
  • Baby powder container with the bottom cut out
  • Eyedroppers
  • Funnels

[Photographs by Linda Dunbar. Reproduction prohibited]