Color Freight Train

I love that every month we look for new books while we are in the virtual book club for kids. This month we knew all three books by Donald Crews. We had a hard time picking just one book. We have read all three books.

I really liked the colors in Freight Train. So that is the book we pick this month. We did two different kids of activities for our train. It was fun and interesting to see what would happen.

What you need for this activity: train cookie cutter, watercolor colored pencils, oil pastels and a foam brush.

The first one we did was with watercolor colored pencils. She traced the train and made some rectangle boxes.

Then she used the foam brush and water to push the colors together.

The second one we repeated the first process of training the train and used the oil pastels for her second train.

Then she used her finger and smudged the color across the train. We talked about how the colors mixed really easy.

Here is a look at our two trains. We had fun comparing the two different techniques of the trains.

Check out our other Donald Crew Activity 10 Black Dots.

If you are looking for more fun color activities check these out:

• Free Color Word Playdough Mats
• Coloring Water Beads
• Watercolor Color Wheel – Monsters Love Color

Check out all the Freight Train activities:

• Inspiration Laboratories – Freight Train Counting Games
• Toddler Approved – Shape Train Matching Activity
• Growing Book by Book – Learning Your Name Freight Train

Check out all the Ten Black Dots activities:

• Rainy Day Mum- Black Dot Printing
• Mama Miss – Dotted Pattern Play

Check out all the Truck activities:

• Lalymom – Three Truck Inspired Activities

Check out these other Donald Crews Books:

Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com