Summer Nights DIY Drive-In Cars (Inspired by Kimberbell's Summer Nights One-Day Machine Embroidery Event)!

 

 

Cruise on down to the backyard drive-in with Summer Nights DIY cars! Featured in Kimberbell's Summer Nights video (below), these darling cars are a whole lotta crafting fun with children and grandchildren, neighbors and friends.

Take a look:

 

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Aren't those little cars SO MUCH FUN? And they're easier to make than you might think! Here's how:

Summer Nights Drive-In Cardboard Cars

• Close and tape the bottom of a large cardboard box.
• Turn the box right side up. Fold two long flaps and one short flap all the way in, leaving one short flap still up.
• Fold the remaining flap halfway into the box to create the slanted dashboard of the car.
• Paint the cardboard box with either spray paint or acrylic craft paint. (Depending on the color, you may need multiple coats. Consider painting a primer layer of white before your color to cut down on the amount of paint needed.)

 

 

• Poke a hole in the dashboard with scissors or a screwdriver, then fasten a black paper plate with a round head brad or fastener.

 

 

• From the back of the dashboard, open the two prongs of the brad and lay them flat against the back. Your steering wheel should now spin!

 

 

• Use dabs of hot glue to attach four black paper plates to your car. These are the wheels. :)

 

 

• With a paintbrush and acrylic paint, add taillights, a license plate (perhaps with a personalized name?) a car insignia, and headlights.

 

 

Your drive-in car is now complete! Just think of the fun possibilites...

 

 

Click HERE to find a quilt shop hosting Kimberbell's Summer Nights one-day machine embroidery event and experience the joy of creativity™ with us!