All Aboard!
What type of train do you like best? Freight train? Passenger? High-speed? Subway? Monorail? Invent your own engine, cars, and sound effects!
1. Wash and dry three or more recycled plastic containers. Ask an adult to help you punch a hole in each container where you want to attach it to another of your train’s cars. Use the tip of Crayola® Scissors to poke holes.
2. Hitch up your cars! Shape a small piece of Crayola Model Magic into a cube. Push a chenille stem through it. Connect one car to another by passing the chenille stem through the holes in the recycled plastic containers. Fold the ends inside. Connect all of your cars with hitches before you decorate them.
3. Use your imagination to make any kind of train you wish. Here are some ideas to make a freight train with a cowcatcher.
4. Catch a cow? Many freight and passenger trains had a metal V-shaped grille on the front of the engine. This grille was called a cowcatcher. It helped keep debris off of the tracks, including wandering wildlife. Cut construction paper in a cowcatcher shape for the front of the engine. Use Crayola Gel Markers to draw a grill on it. Attach the cowcatcher to the engine with Crayola School Glue. You may need to use tape to hold it in place while it dries.
5. Look out! Make windows for the entire train by flattening a long, narrow strip of Model Magic. Cut small rectangles. Glue on the windows.
6. It’s smokin’! Create a smokestack for the engine by using your markers to color a cork black. Spread out a cotton ball, so it looks long and wispy. Glue it to a short piece of chenille stem. Ask an adult to push a scissors point into the top of the cork. Put a drop of glue in the hole. Push the chenille stem into the hole.
7. Use a small bit of Model Magic to hold the cork at a slight angle. Press the Model Magic to the top of the engine, then put a drop of glue on top of it. Push the cork into the Model Magic, pointing it slightly toward the rear of the train.
8. Roll ‘em! Make wheels for each train car. Roll out and flatten small balls of Model Magic. Place a drop of glue on each wheel. Press a metallic button into each wheel. Put a drop of glue on the top, back of each wheel. Turn your train cars upside down. Push wheels onto the bottom edge of the recycled plastic containers. Air-dry before turning upright.
9. Add train details with markers or more Model Magic. All aboard!
Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project. Observe children closely and intervene as necessary to prevent potential safety problems and ensure appropriate use of arts and crafts materials. Some craft items, particularly beads and buttons, are potential choking hazards for young children. Avoid use of such small parts with children younger than 3 years. Craft items such as scissors, push pins and chenille sticks may have sharp points or edges. Avoid use of materials with sharp points by children younger than 4 years. Read all manufacturers' safety warnings before using arts and craft supplies.
Crayola Modeling Materials including Crayola Model Magic®, and Model Magic Fusion™, Crayola Air-Dry Clay, and Crayola Dough—
- Keep away from open flames. Do not use to make candleholders, hot plates, trivets, or other similar objects that will be used or placed near fire and other heat sources.
- Do not put in an oven, microwave, or kiln.
- Do not make into vessels/containers that will hold unpackaged food.
- The use of modeling material to make items that look like food is discouraged for children younger than age 5 to avoid their confusion with real food.
- Unless sealed with a water-resistant glaze, do not make projects exposed to or immersed in water, such as boats or outdoor bird feeders. They would disintegrate when exposed to moisture.
- Crayola Dough—contains gluten (wheat flour) as an ingredient.
- Crayola Air-Dry Clay, Crayola Model Magic and Model Magic Fusion are gluten-free. However, they are produced on the same machinery as Crayola Dough which does contain gluten. Although the machines are cleaned prior to the start of each production run, there is a slight possibility that trace amounts of gluten from Crayola Dough may be present in the other modeling compound products. For information regarding specific ingredients or allergic concerns, please call our Consumer Affairs department at 1-800-272-9652 weekdays between 9 AM and 4 PM Eastern Standard Time.
Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.
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