DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Milk Carton Traffic Light
You can turn this simple project into a standup traffic light
or a basket. This is a good craft to make when discussing
traffic safety (when to cross the street when riding a bike, etc).
Traffic Light Song
Tune: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Twinkle, twinkle traffic light,
Round the corner shining bright.
Red means stop,
Green means go,
Yellow means very, very slow.
Twinkle,
twinkle traffic light,
Round the corner shining bright.
Materials:
- empty milk carton - a 2 litre milk carton (Canadian) is the same
as a 1/2 gallon milk carton (American).
- red, green and yellow construction paper (or print the templates
provided).
- black construction paper,
- scissors,
- tape and/or glue.
- OPTIONAL: gift wrap tube
Instructions:
- Cut the top off a milk carton (just the very top part where you
pour -- keep as much of the rectangular part of the carton as possible).
- Cover the carton with black construction paper (tape it on).
- Cut 3" circles from red, green and yellow construction paper.
- Glue the circles onto the container (red, yellow, green from top
to bottom). If you're making a basket, the open side is the top.
If you're making a prop, the closed side is the top.
- OPTIONAL: Put a gift wrap tube inside the traffic light and
set it on a hard flat surface (a hard cover book works). You can
use it as a prop to discuss traffic safety or you can do some "real
life" practice by covering the green and yellow lights with wax paper
(so red is brighter) and have the kids ride their bikes up to the lights
and stop.
- OPTIONAL: To make a basket, take strips of green, red and/or
yellow and tape them to the container (the opening should be up).
Templates:
- Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
- Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
Traffic Light Template
(color)
or
(B&W)
Print friendly version of these instructions
