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How to Make a Toy Car Out of Junk

Toys are important to have. They entertain and they add to the fun. You can bond with your child by helping him make a toy car out of the junk you have around your house.

Things You'll Need

Quart-size milk carton 2 wooden dowels 4 lids from food roughly the same size Hot glue gun Hot glue

Instructions

- 1
  Open the mouth of the milk carton to make it a full rectangle.
- 2
  Cut off the top of the carton down to the halfway mark.
- 3
  Glue the carton back to how it looked before you opened it entirely.
- 4
  Mark the milk carton 2 inches above the bottom on all sides.
- 5
  Place a wooden dowel where you marked your milk carton and shove it through the carton through to the opposite side.
- 6
  Measure down 3 inches from the top of your milk carton.
- 7
  Shove the other wooden dowel through the milk carton where you have marked it.
- 8
  Poke a hole in the center of all four lids.
- 9
  Place hot glue on the hole you created in the center of the lid.
- 10
  Put the dowel through the hot glue and hole. Try to have at least 1/2 inch of the dowel through the lid.
- 11
  Repeat steps 7 and 8 for the last three wheels.

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