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Masking Tape Car Track – Day 26 Toddler Play Challenge

November 26, 2013 by Emma Edwards 4 Comments

I had seen several styles of masking tape roads on Google and thought our living room would be perfect for it. Adam already pushes cars along the side of the couch so knew he would love it too. Clearing the floor of other toys was probably the hardest part of the activity!

Once Adam had gone to bed I set to work on it.

The road didn’t take as long as I had thought and the time consuming part was making the white lines down the middle of the road.

The tape was quick to stick down and with a bit of manipulating it made a roundabout too.

Adam absolutely loved this activity from the moment he saw it. He immediately started pushing the cars along the road until every piece of transport we own was involved – and we own a lot of cars! He played with it non stop – to the point he refused a day time nap. We added all his garages, farms and Happy Land buildings to the road so we had our own little city.

The advantage was that it kept him occupied all day and distracted him from having his flu jab. The disadvantage was that you can’t hide this activity when it’s tea time which resulted in a melt down! We even had to take a car with us on our walk on Gorleston beach.

 

UPDATE: The road lasted a week and most of it remained intact. It was easy to peel off the carpet and didn’t leave any marks. The couch was a little harder. On parts where we hadn’t sat the tape didn’t leave any residue. However, the middle seat was harder to remove. The glue stayed on the couch but I wiped it with nail varnish remover and it eventually came off.

 ANOTHER UPDATE: Our Masking Tape Car Track was published in Mr Tumbles magazine! See us in August 2014’s edition.

Adventures of Adam and Mr Tumble

Adventures of Adam Something Special Magazine

Equipment:

* A floor or furniture that you don’t mind covering in masking tape

* Masking tape

* Cars or transport

 

Adam was 18 months old.

 

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Filed Under: Independent Play Activity, Play Activities, Some time required Tagged With: 100 day toddler play challenge, 30 day toddler play challenge, DIY activities, Independent Play Activities, Masking Tape, Non-messy activity, Toddler play, Transport activity

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  1. Ali says

    August 6, 2014 at 8:23 am

    we love making masking tape racetracks! so much fun and so easy #alphabetphoto

    Reply
  2. Elizabeth says

    August 6, 2014 at 9:48 am

    What a fantastic idea! I’ve never seen this before and I have a five year old boy who would LOVE it! 🙂 #alphabetphoto

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  3. Stephanie Robinson says

    August 6, 2014 at 7:42 pm

    That looks like great fun. And a great M!

    Reply
  4. Laura: Adventures of J says

    May 3, 2016 at 9:06 pm

    This is great! Thank you for sharing such a wonderful idea. My lb is almost 17 months and will LOVE this! I will definitely be having a go at this one. 🙂

    Reply

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During a difficult pregnancy suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Emma vowed to make every day an adventure once she had recovered. Adventures of Adam is the outcome of completing a 100 day play challenge with Adam as part of that promise. Emma has a section dedicated to HG friendly play activities so that Mums can still be part of their children’s play whilst they are ill.

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