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How to Make a Bus Out of a Box

A refrigerator box could serve as the perfect material for a bus ride to adventure. The size of the box is well proportioned to hold a child's small chairs for seats. Painted yellow, the box can serve as a school bus. Painted and covered with jazzy stickers, the box becomes a rock and roll road bus, holding musicians and their instruments. Making the bus is a great rainy day craft.

Things You'll Need

Refrigerator box
Scissors
Duct tape
Crayons
Poster paint
Paintbrush
5 black paper plates
2 white paper plates
White glue
Child-sized chairs

Instructions

- 1
  Cut off one long side of the box with the scissors. Reinforce all box edges and folds with duct tape for stability.
- 2
  Draw windows on the sides, front and back of the cardboard bus with the crayons. Paint the bus with poster paint.
- 3
  Glue black paper plates on the bottom edges of the cardboard bus for wheels.
- 4
  Cut out a ring from one black paper plate and glue the ring to the inside of the cardboard bus for a steering wheel.
- 5
  Glue two white paper plates on the front of the cardboard bus for headlights.
- 6
  Place the child-sized chairs inside the box for seats.

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