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How to Make a Mini RC Track Out of Cardboard

Race cars circle a track until one completes a number of laps first. Make your own miniature racing car track out of cardboard. Supplies from a hobby shop or crafts store will be needed, as will tools that most homes already have on hand. No special equipment is needed other than a pair of race cars that will go against each other once the track is made.

Things You'll Need

  • White cardboard square, 10 by 10 inches
  • Protractor
  • Utility knife
  • Green magic marker
  • 2 stickers
  • Black magic marker
  • 2 toy race cars
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Instructions

    • 1

      Place the cardboard square on a table. Place the pointed tip of the protractor on the center of the square. Push the tip into the square. Widen the protractor so that the arc almost reaches the ends of the square. Draw a circle on the square with the pencil attached to the protractor. Close the protractor halfway. Draw another circle on the square.

    • 2

      Cut a groove into the outer outline drawn on the cardboard with the blade of a utility knife. Color the area of the cardboard that is outside the outer circle with the green magic marker to be grass. Color the circle at the center of the cardboard green also.

    • 3

      Write ̶0;Start̶1; on a sticker with a black magic marker. Write ̶0;Finish̶1; on a sticker with a black magic marker. Place an end of a toothpick against the back of each sticker.

    • 4

      Insert the end of the ̶0;Start̶1; toothpick that is now a flag into the groove cut in the outer circle at a point farthest from you. Insert the end of the ̶0;Finish̶1; toothpick that is now a flag into the groove cut in the outer circle at a point closest to you.

    • 5

      Draw a vertical line to the left of the ̶0;Finish̶1; flag across the track with the black magic marker.

    • 6

      Place the two race cars on the track behind the ̶0;Start̶1; flag. Place a finger on the top of each car. Wait for the announcer to say ̶0;Gentlemen, start your engines,̶1; and count down from ̶0;3̶1; to ̶0;1̶1; and then say ̶0;Race.̶1; Push the two racing cars around the track until one clears the ̶0;Finish̶1; line and wins the race.


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