My mom came to visit Noah the other day and just as all magical Mom-Moms do, she came bearing magical gifts! She gave Noah the cutest Fisher Price School Bus ever (see the pic above)!!!!!!!
It was the perfect gift because Noah has just started to grow enamored with buses. There is an elementary school across the street from where we live, so bright yellow school buses frequent the road outside our house. Noah stands at the window and points and grunts at them with excitement. So you can only imagine the inexpressable joy he had when introduced to his new toy.
Noah has been playing with his precious school bus every moment since. He walks around the house carrying it. It even plays music and the little bus driver (whose name is Eddie) says, “C’mon everyone! Get on the bus! It’s time for school!”
I was so inspired by his little Fisher Price Bus that I decided to create my own!
Here’s what I did…
I grabbed a shoebox and covered it with cut out pieces of yellow construction paper.
Then I cut out windows from white construction paper.
I found a smaller box for the front of the bus and covered it with yellow paper too.
Next I decorated it with headlights and a grate.
I used red paper to tape a couple of STOP signs to the sides and of course every bus needs wheels – so I cut out wheels from black paper.
My FAVORITE part was adding Noah’s pictures to make it look like he is riding in the bus and driving it too! Look out everyone! There’s a 14 month-old on the road! I simply cut the pictures out from some wallet-sized photos I had printed at Walgreen’s.
I glued a back door on too!
I wrote BRASINGTON BUS on the side for another personal touch! 
It’d be even more fun to do this project with a child who is actually in school because you could add pictures of all their little school friends. Or you could throw in some family pictures!
How cute!
What a simple craft! It only took about 15 minutes to put together. Then lay some black pieces of construction paper down on your floor (as a road) and let your child play away!
Don’t forget to sing “The Wheels on the Bus” song! 🙂
“The Wheels on the Bus”
The wheels on the bus go round and round
Round and round, round and round
The wheels on the bus go round and round
All through the town.
(Roll hands over each other)
The wipers on the bus go “Swish, swish, swish,
Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish”
The wipers on the bus go “Swish, swish, swish”
All through the town.
(Put arms together in front of you and ‘swish’ like windshield wipers)
The door on the bus goes open and shut
Open and shut, open and shut
The door on the bus goes open and shut
All through the town.
(Cover eyes with hands on ‘shut’ and uncover them on ‘open’)
The horn on the bus goes “Beep, beep, beep
Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep”
The horn on the bus goes “Beep, beep, beep”
All through the town.
(Pretend to honk horn)
The gas on the bus goes “Glug, glug, glug
Glug, glug, glug, glug, glug, glug”
The gas on the bus goes “Glug, glug, glug”
All through the town.
(Pretend to fill tank using pointer finger as gas nozzle)
The money on the bus goes “Clink, clink, clink,
Clink, clink, clink, clink, clink, clink”
The money on the bus goes “Clink, clink, clink”
All through the town.
(Pretend to put money in cash box on bus)
The baby on the bus says, “Wah, wah, wah!
Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah!”
The baby on the bus says, “Wah, wah, wah!”
All through the town.
(Fisted hands in front of eyes and rub them like baby crying)
The people on the bus say, “Shh, shh, shh,
Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh”
The people on the bus say, “Shh, shh, shh”
All through the town.
(Put pointer finger to mouth to ‘shhh’)
The mommy on the bus says, “I love you,
I love you, I love you”
The daddy on the bus says, “I love you, too”
All through the town.
(Point to self on ‘I’, right hand over heart on ‘love’, and point to other on ‘you’)
Happy School Bus Craft-ing! 🙂
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