Thursday, April 15, 2010

Drive-in Movie Project

Jack's school had a special "Drive-in Movie" event for which each child had to create his own cardboard "car" to sit in. They didn't give any guidelines other than to make it out of cardboard, so it was fun to see what all the kids (and their parents) came up with. They made their cars at home and then brought them to school on the day of the drive-in movie. The teachers gathered all the kids and cars in Johnson Hall where a film was shown on one wall. The kids sat in their cars and ate popcorn. They loved it!
The happy designer: Daddy
The eager helpers: Jack & Sam
The test ride.

Rick and I had so much fun adding racing stripes, headlights, a steering wheel, a license plate, and chrome dual exhaust pipes. We came home from a dinner out and spent thirty minutes decorating the car in the garage while our kids slept away inside the house. Every time we thought we had added the last piece of duct tape, we thought of another upgrade or feature to design. The photo above is of the boys checking it out first thing the following morning. They were very excited to see it parked in the living room!
Oh, yeah, we made it a hybrid vehicle...

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