Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Cardboard Train

     Now that the ticket station is open and running we needed a train.
I had a spare box squirrelled away in the storage room that would work.
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Building the train took a bit of designing.  We chose where the windows
           and door would be first, drew them then cut them out.
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                   But what kind of train would it be?
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After playing with several types of trains and reading books we decided
                      that it would be a steam train.
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                         A smoke stack was added.
                                 Time to paint.
          I put it to the children what colour they wanted the train
                     and white was the preference.
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     One of our favourite activities is getting the paint rollers out
               and painting anything so there was lots of help.
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The children used blocks to make the track in front and behind the train.
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       Cotton was added for the steam coming out of the stack.
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And we had just enough time to make wheels and add tin plates for lights before our morning ended.  I wonder what we will add, if anything, tomorrow?