Inspired by a picture in Little One's all time favourite book, I thought it couldn't be too hard to make an Aircraft Carrier and I knew Little One would love the idea! This little man is C.R.A.Z.Y about all forms of military transportation.
I grabbed a big cardboard box (and cut off the lid), a big juice box and some smaller boxes we've been collecting. Using the book mentioned (My Big Book of Cars, Ships and Planes) as a guideline, I cut out the top of the aircraft carrier, after marking the lines in pencil.
That little hand you see in the picture was just
there to help my camera focus on my blank cardboard canvas. :) If I had a bigger piece of
cardboard available, I would
have cut the Carrier a bit longer in shape.
Then we got to decorating the top of the Ship, using a black marker, some white masking tape (painter's tape) and a yellow highlighter.
Jerry Palotta's, The Boat Alphabet Book, is another one of Little One's favourites and this inspired our tower buildings.
I used my glue gun to glue it all together. Only thing to be aware of before you glue it, is that the top piece of board must be balanced correctly on top of the juice box, as the tower buildings make it heavier on one side.
And there you have it. Have fun!
