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September 14, 2010

Colour Fun #5 - A Colour Car Play Mat



Little One loves playing with cars and so I thought this would be a fun and novel way to teach colours and to match-up colours. I made the play mat out of cardboard (a big cereal box) and covered it with a piece of black cardboard and then covered that with colour squares. Simple! 


I plan on leaving it out next to his cars and occasionally modelling  the cars parking in the correctly matched parking spaces. If you do make this for your little one, please come back and tell me how it was received.

PS. I am linking this to It's Playtime, Tot Tuesdays @ My Delicious Ambiguity and ABC and 123 Show and Tell.

21 comments:

  1. JodieSeptember 14, 2010 at 11:30 PM

    I love this idea! I like all your color ideas.

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  2. UnknownSeptember 15, 2010 at 4:35 AM

    That is a great idea. I know both my kids would love this!

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  3. Jen @ lil Mop TopSeptember 15, 2010 at 5:46 AM

    What a great idea! My son loves cars too so I bet he would love this. Thanks for sharing a great boy idea! :)

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  4. RedTedArtSeptember 15, 2010 at 10:01 AM

    Wow! This is so simple and yet so effective. Great way to learn colours! Love it!! Looks pretty too..

    Would love for you to stop by at Kids Get Crafty and link up too? Every Wednesday at Red Ted Art. This week's link is here:http://www.redtedart.com/2010/09/15/kids-craft-the-mona-lisa/

    Hope to "see" you later?

    Thanks!

    Maggy

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  5. Katie from ABC&123: A Learning CooperativeSeptember 21, 2010 at 3:50 AM

    So simple and easy and such a good idea, I'm wondering why we haven't seen this before. Great! Featured tomorrow☺

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  6. Jenn @ Delicious AmbiguitySeptember 21, 2010 at 4:56 AM

    Thanks so much for linking to Tot Tuesdays last week. This mat is so awesome and on my to do list for kais busy bags. I've featured you today! Have a wonderful day!

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  7. Michelle GibsonSeptember 21, 2010 at 4:55 PM

    This is really a cute idea! I think my little ones would play with it too just-for-fun. :-)

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  8. KrystalSeptember 21, 2010 at 8:58 PM

    My boys are way into cars. I can't wait to try this out!

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  9. Polly @ Pieces by PollySeptember 30, 2010 at 4:46 PM

    I saw the feature on ABC and 123 and fell in love with it immediately. My son LOVES cars and LOVES to park them in parking lots. I just finished doing this for him and posted about it here.

    http://helpinglittlehands.blogspot.com/2010/09/car-color-matching-parking-lot.html

    Mine is made from fabric instead of paper because I knew he'd want to play with it a lot and that the paper wouldn't hold up for him. Thanks for such a BRILLIANT idea!

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  10. BethOctober 1, 2010 at 2:52 AM

    I love this idea, it's going to be awesome to give this for my little guy at Christmas, and it will really help in learning colors, thanks for sharing!

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  11. EmilyMOctober 20, 2010 at 7:18 AM

    This is such a simple but great idea! I just did it today with my son and he loved it. I posted some photos in my blog.

    http://puppydogtails.blogspot.com/

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  12. UnknownApril 11, 2011 at 11:27 PM

    This is simply adorable! So simple, so effective, so playful! Exactly the kind of thing we are looking for on It's Playtime. Thanks for linking up and we hope to see you again this week!

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  13. WeenaJune 29, 2011 at 2:25 PM

    I love this idea! I'll be making one for my toddlers class!

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  14. Cyndi-ellaJuly 2, 2011 at 5:26 AM

    I made the play mat today for my 20 month old little girl who also likes to play with cars. She played with it when she woke up from her afternoon nap and brought it to dinner at a friend's house tonight so she could share it with her three-year-old son.

    Two things I did differently: used a similar size piece of cork flooring I found in the garage and used Mod Podge to seal it.

    Thanks for sharing your creativity...another fun idea off of my to do list!

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  15. elhadadepapel.comJuly 16, 2011 at 2:39 PM

    I love this one!!!!
    Thanks

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  16. AutumnVineAugust 23, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    Thanks for this idea. Here is a blog about our cars parking board

    http://huistuis-unschool.blogspot.com/2011/08/cars-parking-board.html

    Esther

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  17. Katey (Having Fun at Home)September 30, 2011 at 9:53 PM

    Love this idea. I'm getting ready to have my first boy and so am collecting as many fun boy activities as I can. Your blog's photography is beautiful, by the way!

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  18. Happyscrapper42November 10, 2011 at 7:11 AM

    I made this on my 12 x 12 printer. My son loved it and has used it everyday this week. It is usually the first tray he chooses to play with. I included it in my blog today if you'd like to take a look. http://1mommysjourney.weebly.com/1/post/2011/11/workbox-wednesday.html

    thanks for posting it is a great idea!!

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  19. Sam @ Thrive 360 LivingApril 27, 2013 at 11:38 PM

    My son would absolutely adore this activity and I love that I can easily make it during one of his naps (even a short one)!

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  20. AnonymousJuly 30, 2013 at 6:18 PM

    Thank you for this idea. I cannot wait to make this for my little tot. I have been looking for ways to entertain him and help him learn at the same time while I homeschool his brother. Thanks.

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  21. AliciaAugust 3, 2013 at 3:46 AM

    Hi! I absolutely love your idea! I can't wait to create my own. I am thinking about incorporating it into the felt road set I created for my daughter!

    We featured you in a post we did on several more do-it-yourself toy car ideas.

    http://www.feltwithlovedesigns.com/2013/08/02/links-with-love-diy-toy-car-activities/

    Thank you for sharing!

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