Teddy Bear Parade

My kindergartener had a Teddy Bear parade recently. Every kindergartener in the school made a "float" for their teddy bear to ride on while they pulled the float around the school. It was done on a Monday to kick-off a week of learning about bears.

We asked my son what he wanted his float to be and without hesitation he says "Jeff Gordon race car." So just in case anybody out there wants to see a cardboard race car, here goes.

And yes to all the Jeff Gordan fans, I know the flames on the door are backwards, that is a slight design flaw on my part.



The car is essentially made up of 4 parts. The front (engine) is a long piece of cardboard bent to form the cone. Then two sides were cut out and fastened to the first piece by brass paper fasteners.

The middle part (doors) is the bottom and two long sides of a computer box. The rear of the car was essentially the opposite of the middle. The rear of the car didn't have a bottom until the very end. That and the hood were the last things that I added. Two things that I wanted to add but ran out of time: 1. a roll cage built from styrofoam. 2. Support for the car "roof." It sags just a bit and I think a center support on each side would have helped that.

All the painting was done with a spray paint white primer and then regular spray paint. The flames, numbers, and letters were all done with stencils.

If anyone wants any more info just let me know and I will try to help.

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