Noah absolutely loves trucks. He spends most of the day either playing with trucks or reading books about trucks! I definitely take advantage of his love for trucks in order to keep him busy. Here are ten fun truck activities that kids will love!
Read books about trucks! We love the books by Usborne because they present facts about different types of trucks, have colorful pictures, and are fun! I’m always surprised how much Noah understands and remembers from these books, even though they are very detailed! Here are our favorite books about trucks!
Construction Sites (Don’t tell Noah he’s getting this one for Christmas!) 🙂
Shine-a-Light on the Construction Site
(If you’ve never seen the Shine-a-Light series from Usborne, you’ve really got to check them out! Flashlights + Books = Major Fun)!
Paint your own truck! I found this wooden truck at Michael’s for a couple dollars. We used Crayola Washable Paint. Noah spent about 15 minutes painting his truck a variety of colors! He was so excited for it to dry so that he could play with it!
Make truck pancakes! You can use a mold or even just a regular cookie cutter to make pancakes in a variety of shapes! I have a train cookie cutter and a truck mold that we use every time we make pancakes. Noah always eats a great breakfast when trucks or trains are involved. You could also do this with sandwiches.
Make a homemade construction site! This construction site was so much fun to create together, was free, and its been one of his favorite toys ever. I dug around my storage room for boxes and we got to work creating! We cut doors and windows in the boxes to make garages for the trucks. We used crumpled up paper bags for piles of dirt. We used an old bottle drying rack and a magnet attached with yarn to make a crane! Get creative and use what you have!
Make a truck sensory bin. Check out this post for ideas on how to make your own truck themed sensory bin.
Cotton ball painting with truck stencils. I picked up a truck stencil from Hobby Lobby (Noah’s favorite store…”Momma, are we going to Hobby Wobby?”). I clipped cotton balls onto the ends of clothespins, poured out some paint onto a plate, and let him paint!
Truck Wash. This is such an easy and fun sensory activity! Here’s the recipe I used to make the foam for our truck wash. He even had a great time making tracks on the table with his trucks.
Sticky Trucks. I found small foam truck shapes and signs at Hobby Lobby. I just put them in a bowl and taped a piece of contact paper to the table. Noah spent forever creating designs and moving his trucks around!
Truck Stamps. I also found trucks and cars stamps at Hobby Lobby. Noah had a great time stamping them with different colors of ink and then he decided to draw a road with his crayon. He was very proud of his creation. 🙂
Cookie cutter activities. Cookie cutters are one of the best tools to have on hand. There really is so much that you can do with them! Here’s a few things that we’ve done with our truck cookie cutters: make cookies, play doh, tracing with crayons, sand prints, and food shapes (pancakes, sandwiches).
