Fun DIY Project for 6-Year-Olds: Making Moving Wheels with Toilet Paper Rolls

How to Make Moving Wheels with Toilet Paper Rolls

Making moving wheels can be a fun and exciting project! Here’s a step-by-step guide that’s perfect for you.

What You Will Need:

• 2 empty toilet paper rolls
• Scissors
• Glue
• Masking tape or any strong tape
• 2 smaller circles of cardboard for wheels (you can cut these from a cereal box)

Steps to Create Your Moving Wheels:

1. Prepare the Toilet Paper Rolls: Take your two empty toilet paper rolls. These will be the main part of your wheel mechanism.
2. Make the Wheels: Ask a parent or an adult to help you cut two small circles out of cardboard. These circles will be your wheels. They should be about the size of a cup or a small toy car wheel.
3. Attach the Wheels: Use the glue to attach one cardboard wheel to the end of each toilet paper roll. Make sure they stick well and are balanced. You can use tape to secure them even more if needed!
4. Create a Body for Your Wheels: Now, to hold your wheels together, you will need a sturdy base. You can take another piece of cardboard and cut it into a rectangle. This will be the platform where you attach the wheels.
5. Attach the Toilet Paper Rolls: Glue the two toilet paper rolls (with wheels attached) upright at both ends of your cardboard rectangle. This will keep the wheels on the ground and allow them to turn.
6. Test Your Creation: Once everything is glued and dried, gently push your new wheeled creation! If the wheels don’t roll well, make sure they are firmly attached and check they can turn freely.

And there you go! You’ve made your very own moving wheels with toilet paper rolls. You can decorate them with markers or stickers to make them more special. Have fun!