Creating a transportation scene with sticky notes allows children to explore their imagination while developing fine motor skills.
This colourful and interactive activity turns sticky notes into cars, boats, and aeroplanes, bringing a bustling cityscape to life.
Materials Needed
- Sticky notes in various colours
- Scissors
- Large sheet of paper (as the base)
- Markers or crayons
- Optional: glue or tape for permanent arrangements
Step 1: Prepare the Workspace
Set up a clean, flat workspace. Place the large sheet of paper in the centre as the base for your transportation scene and gather sticky notes in colours for vehicles, landscapes, and backdrops.
Step 2: Cut Vehicle Shapes
Cut sticky notes into various shapes to create cars, boats, trains, and aeroplanes. Add smaller sticky notes or draw features like windows, wheels, and propellers for more detail.
Step 3: Create the Scenic Backdrop
Use sticky notes to design the backdrop:
- Blue notes for rivers, lakes, and skies
- Green notes for parks, trees, or grassy fields
- Brown notes for mountains or roads
Stick these to the large sheet of paper to form a lively background for the scene.
Step 4: Arrange the Transportation Scene
Place the vehicles onto the backdrop to create your cityscape. Arrange cars on sticky note roads, boats in rivers, and aeroplanes in the sky. Use your toddler’s creativity to decide where each piece belongs.
Step 5: Add Moveable Elements
Design moveable parts for interactive play:
- Use strips of sticky notes as train tracks and place trains that can “glide” along them.
- Make sticky note clouds for aeroplanes to fly between.
- Create bridges or tunnels for cars and boats.
Step 6: Encourage Storytelling
Encourage your little one to rearrange the vehicles and create stories about their transportation adventures. They can build a busy city, explore a park, or travel across mountains.
Step 7: Display the Scene
Once the scene is complete, let your toddler display their creation or continue playing by moving the vehicles and adding new elements.
