You don't need cement mixers and bulldozers to construct this motorway. Cut from empty cereal boxes, the pieces fit together so easily that the road will be open to toy traffic in no time.

To cut sections of straight track from each box, draw a line all the way around the box 1.5 centimetres up from the bottom. Cut along the line, then snip away the 1.5 centimetre walls on the narrowest ends. Cut additional pieces from the sides of the box. Use the remaining scraps to cut out corners and guard-rails, as shown. For a curve, cut out a pie-slice-shaped piece of cardboard and a narrow guard-rail.

For roadside realism, create an overpass by cutting an archway through a tea box or use a few boxes to build a petrol station. Finally, lay out the track any way you like, using tape to hold the sections in place where needed.

Originally published in Family.com & FamilyFun Magazine.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ED JUDICE

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