Jude O'Connell
Free Steam Train Colouring and Gluing Craft for Kids
May 28th 2008 14:58
Make yourself the driver of a steam train...
Materials Required
1. Colouring Tools (eg crayons, textas, pencils)
2. Glue, sticky tape or double-sided tape
3. Craft knife
4. Pictures - cut from magazines, or photos.
Instructions
1. Print ou the templates (below) for the train, coach and truck.
Hint - you can print out multiiple coaches, or trucks if you would like a longer train
Printing Instructions
Click on the image(s) below to bring up the full-size image.
Choose "file", and click on "print preview"
Click on the printer symbol to start printing
2. The Engine.
Colour in the Engine.
Using the craft knife, cut out the window.
Glue a picture or photo behind the window. I used pictures cut out of junk mail catalogues, but magazines, old calendars etc can all be used.
Hint - I made one of these trains using family photo's, with my 2 year old son in the engine as the driver - he loved it.
3. The Coach.
Colour in the coach.
Using the craft knife, cut out the windows.
Glue pictures behind the windows.
Cut the left hand side of the picture so that the edge is level with the edge of the buffer (see picture). This is so you can layer this picture onto the engine picture and "join" the buffers.
4. The Truck
Colour in the truck.
Using the craft knife, make a slit along the mid section of the top of the truck (approx 15 cm long).
Insert a picture (eg of an animal, thing such as wood logs, person - I used sunflowers in my example) through the slit - this will make the load appear to be sitting in the truck. Glue (or tape) the picture in place.
Cut the left hand side of the picture so that the edge is level with the edge of the buffer (see picture). This is so you can layer this picture onto the coach picture and "join" the buffers.
5. Join the train together by layeriing the coach on to the engine, and the truck onto the coach. See picture below.
6. Trim the top and bottom edges of your picture to make them level.
Finished Steam Train Craft
Materials Required
1. Colouring Tools (eg crayons, textas, pencils)
2. Glue, sticky tape or double-sided tape
3. Craft knife
4. Pictures - cut from magazines, or photos.
Instructions
1. Print ou the templates (below) for the train, coach and truck.
Hint - you can print out multiiple coaches, or trucks if you would like a longer train
Printing Instructions
Click on the image(s) below to bring up the full-size image.
Choose "file", and click on "print preview"
Click on the printer symbol to start printing
Steam Train Engine Template
Steam Train Coach Template
Steam Train Truck Template
2. The Engine.
Colour in the Engine.
Using the craft knife, cut out the window.
Glue a picture or photo behind the window. I used pictures cut out of junk mail catalogues, but magazines, old calendars etc can all be used.
Hint - I made one of these trains using family photo's, with my 2 year old son in the engine as the driver - he loved it.
3. The Coach.
Colour in the coach.
Using the craft knife, cut out the windows.
Glue pictures behind the windows.
Cut the left hand side of the picture so that the edge is level with the edge of the buffer (see picture). This is so you can layer this picture onto the engine picture and "join" the buffers.
4. The Truck
Colour in the truck.
Using the craft knife, make a slit along the mid section of the top of the truck (approx 15 cm long).
Insert a picture (eg of an animal, thing such as wood logs, person - I used sunflowers in my example) through the slit - this will make the load appear to be sitting in the truck. Glue (or tape) the picture in place.
Cut the left hand side of the picture so that the edge is level with the edge of the buffer (see picture). This is so you can layer this picture onto the coach picture and "join" the buffers.
5. Join the train together by layeriing the coach on to the engine, and the truck onto the coach. See picture below.
6. Trim the top and bottom edges of your picture to make them level.
Finished Steam Train Craft
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