This magnet is about 5" wide by 3" tall and can be used to hold schedules, car pools information, notes and papers to be signed and returned to school or personalize for your child and hold their school papers on the refrigerator.

Materials:

Business card size magnet or 2 strips of magnet 3.5" long

Yellow art foam 4" wide by 2" tall

2 circles of black foam 3/4" in diameter

2 circles of silver or grey foam 1/2" in diameter

Scraps of grey foam for headlight, bumpers and hood decoration

Red jewel, bead or sequin for red tail light

2.5" by 3/4" Pale blue foam for windows

Black permanent fine point marker

Scissors

Glue for foam

Option: All foam above can be replaced with light cardboard or construction paper in the same amounts.

Instructions:

Trace the actual picture on to your foam. Cut out the entire bus outline including the tire area, bumpers and headlight. You will need this as your base to attach the other elements. Trace and cut out the windows from the blue foam, tires from the black foam and the bumpers, headlight and hub caps from the grey foam. Set these aside for now.

Using the permanent marker draw in the detail lines as shown in the picture. Include the wheel wells, the bolts on the hub cabs and the division marks on the windows. Write the title of your bus across below where the windows will be placed.

Glue each of the detail pieces in place on the bus using the picture as your guide. Allow to dry. Place on the refrigerator to await those important papers.