Tour de France – Bike Crafts For Kids

This month’s Tots100 #BostickBlogger craft topic is Tour de France and Cycling. Now, this isn’t a topic I was familiar with so, I pretty much let my middle child come up with the ideas. Here is what we came up with, I do hope you like them and I’d love to know your thoughts or if you make them.  Tour de France Crafts For Kids – Suncatcher Bike Wheel

What you’ll need:-

• Red, white and blue tissue paper
• Bostick Fine & Wide Glu Pen
• Paper Plate
• Scissors

Step 1

Cut out a triangle that you can use as a template to cut out 2 red, 3 white and 2 blue from the tissue paper.

Step 2

The tissue paper triangles don’t need to be tidy, just as long as they are big enough for the triangles on your plate.

Step 3

Now, I am sorry, but I seem to have forgotten to take a picture of the plate with the wheel drawing on it. It is straight forwarding enough. We drew 7 triangles with a line in between and a circle in the middle. Just like a bicycle wheel. Then cut out the triangles in the middle.

Step 4

It will look like above and then you start to stick your tissue paper triangles to the back of the plate using Bostik Thin & Wide Glu Stick.

Step 5

Once you’ve stuck them all on, it should look like the above. As you can see it doesn’t really matter if the triangles aren’t perfect.

Step 6

Once you turn it over, it will look like this. Allow it to dry.

Step 7

Here is our Tour de France Suncatcher bike wheel. What do you think?

And you can hand it up against a window like this.

Tour de France Crafts For Kids – Pipe cleaner Bike

What you’ll need:-

• Pipe cleaners of different colours

Step 1

This is a very simple one craft with not much is required. Start by making two circles with one colour of pipe cleaner.

Step 2

Use another pipecleaner to make the frame with different colour.

Step 3

Mould the bike frame to have a seat.

Step 4

We then added a third colour of pipe cleaner to make some pedals and handlebars. We added little beads to the end for decoration, but you don’t need to use those.

Step 5

Why not add some wheels spokes to your bike and you are good to go. Here is our Tour de France Pipe Cleaner bike. Why not make a set?

Tour de France Crafts For Kids – French Flag Craft

What You’ll Need:- 

• Bostik Glu Dots
• Blue Card
• Red Card
• White Card
• Wooden Craft Stick

Step 1

Cut the white card to the size you want to use for your flag.

Step 2

Cut the red and blue card into equal stripes.

Step 3

Stick the blue and red card onto the white card with Bostik Glu Dots.

Step 4

Your main flag should look like this.

Step 5 

Stick the stick onto the back of the cardboard, making sure the pointed end is at the top.

Step 6

Here is our Tour de France French flag. Ready to wave your flag for the race. We made a few of these, one for each of us. They are simple and look great. Why not make them for different countries.

Pin for later. 

There you have our Tour de France kids crafts. Simple aren’t they? Will you be watching the race? We’d love to know if you make any of them. Do send me some pictures.