Table Top Washi Tape Roadway

Have I mentioned how much I love when fun, unplanned activities just come about naturally during the day?  I do!  In fact, I often find that they’re some of our very favourites.  That’s exactly what happened today with our super simple table top roadway.

As Miss G and I were sitting outside at her miniature picnic table this morning, I noticed a bucket of Micro Machines {that belonged to her Papa when he was a child} nearby.  It took me a minute, but as we began playing with them, I remembered my brand new stash of washi tape (I may be a little obsessed) and the fact that I had ordered a road-style roll. (I ordered it from the California-based Etsy shop called The Sewing Post and it arrived in exactly a week!  You can find it here.)

With the advice of Miss G, I started by taping down a large rectangle, then filled in some very basic straight streets afterwards.

Before putting our new roadway to use, Gracen created two long ‘parking lots’ to house the cars and trucks that were not in use.

Then it was time to play!

Our cars moved along the roads, some zooming down the streets with wild abandon and others very cautiously taking corners at a snail’s pace.