With a small tea box, some paint, and the printable template, kids can have fun making a model school bus to play with or display. Make your bus as detailed or simple as you’d like!

Supplies

• Printable School Bus Template
• Small tea box: 20-bag size; or other small box
• Bright yellow craft paint
• Scissors
• Craft glue
• Paintbrush

Directions

1. Print 2 copies of the School Bus Template
2. Carefully take the tea box apart at the seams, invert it, and glue or tape it back together

To Make the Passenger Side of the Bus

1. Cut the Door from the template
2. Glue the door to the box near the front
3. Cut out and trim the row of windows from the template
4. Glue the windows near the top of the box
5. Cut out and trim two of the solid black lines from the template
6. Glue the stripes onto the side of the box below the windows
7. Cut out two tires from the template and glue them to the box

To Make the Front of the Bus

1. Cut out two of the red and orange paired lights
2. Glue one on each side of the box near the top with the red light on the outside
3. Add a School Bus sign between the lights
4. Cut out the windshield in the lower corner of the template and glue it in place
5. Cut and trim grill and glue it beneath the windshield
6. Cut and glue white circles for headlights on either side of the grill
7. Cut, trim, and glue the wide black strip to the bottom as the bumper.

To Make the Driver’s Side of the Bus

1. Cut and trim the row of windows from the template
2. Glue the windows near the top of the box
3. Cut out and trim two of the solid black lines from the template
4. Glue the stripes onto the side of the box below the windows
5. Cut out two tires from the template and glue them to the box
6. Cut out and glue the Stop sign over the two stripes near the front of the bus

To Make the Back of the Bus

1. Cut out two of the red and orange paired lights
2. Glue one on each side of the box near the top with the red light on the outside
3. Add a School Bus sign between the lights
4. Cut out the two small rounded corner windows
5. Glue them underneath the lights close to the edge of the box
6. Cut out and glue the bigger rounded corner window between the smaller windows
7. Cut out and glue the yellow, red, and white lights underneath the small windows with the yellow light on the outside
8. Cut out and glue the black rounded corner window centered beneath the lights
9. Cut and trim the wide black stripe and glue it near the bottom of the box for the bumper