Back on Truck

 I haven't posted in awhile, but I've been busy with some more involved projects. Posts on those should be coming soon. But Middle and I have still been crafting too. 

I've mentioned before, Papa R loves the Christmas tree truck. We have decor around the house for every season that includes the truck. Whether it be hauling trees, pumpkins, flowers, or the good ole American flag, we've got it. So when I found a pin for the truck made out of craft sticks, we had to do it.

The pin called for both the large size craft sticks and the minis. We only had the large ones, so I took the time to cut down a couple big ones into the shapes we needed. I had some extra pieces so I set those aside to be used elsewhere. 

In the pin's instructions it said to just use regular glue and showed pictures of a glue stick. I tried and tried, but I could not get our trucks to hold together using a glue stick. Lucky for Middle, momma carries the big guns, we used Gorilla Glue. Once our basic frame was together, Middle took over the decoration task and colored our new truck with it's signature bright red. 

Next, we made the accents: construction paper tires and a window.

 For their trucks, the author of the pin just glued their pumpkins onto the bed of the truck. Middle and I decided to get creative and make the truck multiseasonal. We glued those extra pieces from before into the back of the truck bed to form a pocket that will hold whatever season appropriate cargo is needed. Since we're on the cusp of Thanksgiving, but Christmas is coming soon, we made not only the pumpkin, but also a tree.

As the seasons change, we can make new pieces to go in the back. 

For our final step, we glued a couple magnets on the back so that we could display our work on the refrigerator. 

Middle was so excited to put his truck up and every time we went back into the kitchen, he smiled and pointed out "Dad's truck!" I love that something so simple can bring him so much joy.