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How to Build a Simple Toy Car

Sometimes all that you need to fuel a toy car is just a little imagination. Toys do not have to be expensive or complicated to be enjoyable. Building your own simple toy car out of common household materials is a game in itself, and can teach your child how to make his own fun. For added fun, your child can decorate the car and begin building a collection of cars for racing and display purposes. Before you know it, his room might look like a garage.

Things You'll Need

Empty facial tissue box
1 sharpened pencil
2 unsharpened pencils
4 medium-sized metal washers
Scotch tape

Instructions

- 1
  Poke the sharpened pencil through the left side of the box near the bottom and the front. Slide the pencil through the hole until it pokes through the right side in a spot opposite the first hole.
- 2
  Poke the sharpened pencil through the left side of the box near the bottom and the rear. Slide the pencil through the hole until it pokes through the right side in a spot opposite the hole on the left side.
- 3
  Slide an unsharpened pencil through the front holes, and slide another unsharpened pencil through the rear holes.
- 4
  Place a washer on each side of the protruding pencils. If the middle of the washer is too large, wrap scotch tape around the edge of the pencil until the washer fits snugly. Now you can take your new car for a spin.

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