TRANSPORTATION THEME

Train Cars activity:

You can print out fun, realistic train pictures online and arrange them to form a train. We put little construction paper squares in the boxcar, for "cargo"; black "coal" sequins in the hopper car; and little people cut from the newspaper in the passenger car. You could also have fun and make a circus train with pictures of all sorts of animals!

TRAIN CARS TEMPLATES:

Engine template
Another engine template
Hopper car template
Tank car template

Caboose template
Crane template

BUILD A CARDBOARD TRAIN:
Save some small cardboard boxes, let your child paint them, and then have him or her glue or tape on black construction paper wheels. Toys can enjoy a wild ride.

OTHER TRAINS COLORING PAGES:
An old-fashioned train, "The Rocket"
Train crossing a bridge
Waiting for the train
Flag signal
Steam train coloring page
Kids and dog on a train
Another train on a bridge

PAINT YOUR OWN WOODEN BOATS TO PLAY WITH

Wooden boats, planes and cars to paint, available at craft stores like Michael's or from Oriental Trading Company for about a dollar apiece:

We used this build-your-own sailboat kit. We also painted a glider and "flew" it around the house. (Well, it sort of fell dramatically and slowly, but that was good enough for us.)