Create a Racetrack Craft
Have a Talladega Night with your budding NASCAR driver.
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Lindsay
Lindsay
Head outside and craft a makeshift loop-de-loop course, or on rainy days, you can race around the living room (which might be more like an obstacle course, but oh well!).
- Crepe paper: Or really any kind of long skinny tape like blue painter's tape.
- Your kid: One or more. (Have older kids, or more kids than you'd want to race? Host a rodeo instead!)
- Appropriate props: Such as PLAYSKOOL HELMET HEROES Race Car Driver gear and a winner's trophy. And maybe a cup of milk for the winner, just like the Indy 500.
Choose a space where you and your kid can make a decent-size loop.
Stretch the crepe paper or tape along the track to mark the path. You don't have to stick to a traditional oval loop—try a figure eight, a circle or a crazy amoeba.
Finish off the tape with a finish line—first one to break the tape is the winner!
Get into your racing gear and GO!
If you're racing with your kid, you can vroom-vroom together, or you could pretend to be the avid spectator or give the play-by-play as announcer.
- Prefer something that moves at a slightly slower pace? Check out our instructions for a walking maze.
Submit!
