So Levi and I went and got our refrigerator boxes from Harvey Norman. Then from a plan drawn by Levi, we built a car. There was only one end on each of the boxes, so I taped a point by bending a whole side of the cutting box. Then from the other side that matched, we cut out triangles to completely enclose the front. This left two other odd shaped triangles. I tried to make fins out of them and was about to cut them before Levi worked out how to position them without cutting. I cut a door and this gave him access. From then on there was plenty of playing involved!
I used duct tape because it could be torn in my teeth and because it held with some amount of flexibility. The other bonus was it could be painted!
So I painted it white. And added a spoiler. No it wasn't (as I told Levi) because the car was going to go so fast it needed a spoiler to keep it on the road. It was because the fins needed some sort of structural stability. Even the spoiler did not fully support the fins and so I resorted to two pieces of wood that supported both the side walls and the fins. Actually you can see the wood on the corner of the inside of the fin.
I painted it with house paint. It gave it a glossy look and there was a vague waterproofing with that paint. That meant that I didn't have to spend a fortune on spray paint!
Then I spray painted the top silver and striped it in red. I added the boosters that we had spray painted before and then it was ready for the kids to play in it. And play they did!
