I did the primary derby for singing time yesterday and it was a HIT with
the kids. They absolutely loved it and I will definately be making this
a tradition during Pinewood Derby time each year. My hubby made a track
for me.
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| We used baseboard
from Lowe's. It has to be shaped like this one so that the cars do not
fall off the track. The edges go up on the sides. We bought one 8 ft
board and cut it in half for two tracks. |
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This was the
finished product. My hubby made the supports on the back using a piece
of wood in the garage and then spray painted it black. He screwed the
track onto a small piece of wood that went in between the two legs. I
will post the side view below
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I wanted to get two checkered racing flags from party city for the kids
to direct the music. When I went they did not have them available. I
went to Wal mart and picked up a tablecloth for $2 and was able to use
that to make 2 flags, 2 banners and the left over checkered part fit
perfectly on the small table in the primary room.
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| For the flags I
bought a dowel at Lowe's for $.56. I cut out my 2 sections from the
tablecloth and taped and hot glued them to the dowels. The banners were
the top and bottom portions of the table cloth. Perfect to hang above
the chalkboards and the left over cloth fit on the small table in the
primary room. |
To play I taped the songs on the bottom of 14 hot wheel or match box
type cars. I picked two kids to come up at a time, they picked the cars
they wanted and on GO they would race their car down the track.
Whoever's crossed the finish line first or at all,
won and that's the song we would sing. The kids that raced would direct the song with the racing flags. They loved it!!!
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| This was them in action!! A big hit! Definitely a keeper |
This next week we will be doing our Singing Super Bowl. I will post pics
of that in the next few days! Oh, and one more thing. The kids sang so
well Sunday that the Rocking Ball dropped to the floor and they were
able to get their treat. This was our monthly motivator. You can find
that in a previous post. I will be starting February's motivator next
week. The Bursting With Love package! Check back in for those pics as
well! Thank you for stopping and Happy Singing!!
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