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London Bus Craft

You will need:A large cardboard boxRed paintBlack paperWhite paperYellow paperSilver paper (or card)PensString

Paint the box red and leave it to dry.From the black paper cut four circles to be wheels and stick these to the sides of the bus.

Here's the door!

Cut a doorway (a rectangle about half the height of the box) and glue this to the end of one side of the bus. Cut a thin silver pole and glue this in the middle of the doorway.

Cut rectangles of black paper for windows and glue these to the sides. Cut 2 strips of white paper long enough to run down the bus sides and narrow enough to fit between the two rows of windows. Decorate these as advertisements and stick them to the sides of the bus. You could also use an advert cut out of a glossy magazine.

Windows and adverts

This bus is going to Trafalgar Square!

Cut two big rectangular windows for the back of the bus and glue them on. Cut two small rectangles of yellow paper as number plates (you can draw on your own personal number). Glue one to each end of the bus.Cut two silver circles as headlights and a silver rectangle as a radiator and glue these to the bottom of the bus front. Cut 4 black windows to go above and stick these on. Finally cut a white rectangle, write on the route number and destination of your bus and glue it to the middle of the bus front.

London Bus is ready!