Oh my goodness… This boy and his cars and trucks. He’s nothing short of obsessed. The other thing he’s been really into for months? Colours. Smack the two together and you’ve got a car and truck colour sorting activity that’s incredibly easy to pull off, but super engaging for little car and truck lovers like Sam.
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Here’s what you’ll need:
- coloured construction paper {CAN}
- sticky tape
- small cars and trucks in various colours
Set up couldn’t be easier… Basically choose a surface {we went with our coffee table, but a floor would be great too} and loosely tape sheets of construction paper in various colours down to it. These will serve as your colour categories or ‘parking spots’ or ‘garages’ if your little one is as obsessed as mine is.
Now this activity was actually inspired by something I saw Sam doing in the playroom a few days earlier {he was colour matching his cars and our SPRI balance pods {CAN} while carefully placing the cars atop the pods} so I knew I probably wouldn’t have to give him much guidance… I simply set out a little basket filled with his cars and asked if he wanted to park them in their spots and with that, he got started. My favourite thing was watching him with this little aqua car… He went back and forth between green and blue several times before deciding just to hang onto it – hah!
After that it was smooth sailing though… He’d often tell me the name of the car and then its colour as he was placing it in its spot.
{aqua car makes a reappearance}
At the beginning, he’d announce the colour of the truck or car and then simply place it down on the coordinating piece of construction paper…
But before long he was ‘vrrooooooming’ his cars across the coffee table and slamming on the brakes when they’d reached the parking spot.
Doesn’t this look like a total blast?
I’m guessing Sam thinks so because we’ve already played it again TWICE!
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You know what I love? I love fun little activities and explorations that both Miss G and Sam can enjoy despite their 5.5 year age difference. I also really, really love colour theory and how magical it is in the eyes of little ones, so this super simple exploring colour theory with ice cubes activity was a total win in my eyes. For Sam, it was colourful and cold and full of noise and movement {a true delight for the senses!} and for Miss G, it was cool and chilled out and a perfect reinforcer for what she already knows and understands about primary and secondary colours. I did the activity just a little bit differently with each of the bubbas, and I’ve got to say that both methods worked perfectly well {though one was definitely more baby safe in my opinion}.