This week I am going to share a wonderful children’s book called Madeline in London by Ludwig Bemelmans. Madeline Visits London is a fun story takes on a trip to visit a friend in London. As with other Madeline tales, she has adventure and a little trouble while on her trip.
JDaniel was fascinated with the double decker buses more than anything in this story. He did like the horse that is given to Madeline’s friend as a gift. He gets into all kinds of trouble.
What did we do with this book?
We made a double decker bus out of a cracker box. I painted the box and cut out the windows. The box required a lot of coats of red spray paint to look red.
Once the paint was dry, I was able to cut out the windows and add a black outline to the double-decker box.
JDaniel was in charge of figuring out how to add wheels to the bus. His first idea was to use empty ribbon spools. While that was a great idea, we didn’t have enough spools available.
We then talked about what toys he had that had wheels. After discussing it for a few minutes, he remembered that the Bristle Blocks had wheels.
It took several attempts to find out how to spread out the wheels that needed to be on flat rectangular Bristle Blocks. He was so excited when he found a way to make it work.
JDaniel decided the double-decker bus needed an open level on top. He also decided that a rocket needed to ride there.
It was wonderful to see his problem solve during this activity.
Here is one of my favorite posts from last week’s Read.Explore.Learn. link up:
What activities have you been doing to extend the themes of children’s books with your family?
Please link them below.
How creative ! this bus is just great ! You did a wonderful job !
Pierce has really been wanting to ride on a double decker bus. Course we don’t have them around here. This was a great idea!
I love that you do this! I need to get more creative!
What a great idea!
Love your bus!
I miss doing these creative projects with my kids when they were little. This is cute and clever. I would have loved doing this!
What a great project…I loved Madeline’s books…one of my favorites! Have a great weekend!
I love the double decker bus craft. My sons would love that! We have a double decker bus car that the kids love playing with.
Pinned this!! What can I say..LOVE IT!! as usual 🙂
Blessings!
I love Madeline! What a fun project to do!
So cute!!! I love the double decker bus!!! I just loaded my project from last week… Sabertooth Sandwich, but I accidentally named it MY NAME. Friday Brain. When you have a second, can you please fix it?
Even when I visited the UK in my 20’s I was all about the double decker buses! What a great craft!!
What a cute bus and project to do!! So creative as usual!
What a fun use of Bristle Blocks! I love that the rocket had to ride on top!
Can’t wait to see what great books get linked up next week!
Very creative! Love the rocket on top 🙂
My boys were obsessed with double-decker buses when they were little. Who’s that red bus from Thomas the Tank Engine? Bertie, right?
Love love love this! So creative and fun!
What a lovely bus! My son would adore it.
That is ONE CUTE BUS! I love it!
Maggy
Great minds think alike, we’ve made a bus too – so interesting how they turn out different. I love the solution to the wheels, much better than ours which have fallen off!
Thanks for linking to the Sunday showcase
Oh, how fun!! I love your double decker bus. Thanks for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!
PS thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!
Maggy
Your bus is very cute!
Yes! Really interesting bus! Love it!
I love those double-decker buses and your replica is cute! I also love how you let him figure out how to make wheels! 🙂