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
- Print 2 copies of the School Bus Template
- 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
- Cut the Door from the template
- Glue the door to the box near the front
- Cut out and trim the row of windows from the template
- Glue the windows near the top of the box
- Cut out and trim two of the solid black lines from the template
- Glue the stripes onto the side of the box below the windows
- Cut out two tires from the template and glue them to the box
To Make the Front of the Bus
- Cut out two of the red and orange paired lights
- Glue one on each side of the box near the top with the red light on the outside
- Add a School Bus sign between the lights
- Cut out the windshield in the lower corner of the template and glue it in place
- Cut and trim grill and glue it beneath the windshield
- Cut and glue white circles for headlights on either side of the grill
- Cut, trim, and glue the wide black strip to the bottom as the bumper.
To Make the Driver’s Side of the Bus
- Cut and trim the row of windows from the template
- Glue the windows near the top of the box
- Cut out and trim two of the solid black lines from the template
- Glue the stripes onto the side of the box below the windows
- Cut out two tires from the template and glue them to the box
- Cut out and glue the Stop sign over the two stripes near the front of the bus
To Make the Back of the Bus
- Cut out two of the red and orange paired lights
- Glue one on each side of the box near the top with the red light on the outside
- Add a School Bus sign between the lights
- Cut out the two small rounded corner windows
- Glue them underneath the lights close to the edge of the box
- Cut out and glue the bigger rounded corner window between the smaller windows
- Cut out and glue the yellow, red, and white lights underneath the small windows with the yellow light on the outside
- Cut out and glue the black rounded corner window centered beneath the lights
- Cut and trim the wide black stripe and glue it near the bottom of the box for the bumper