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Let’s paint with monster truck toys today! This simple preschool art project works well for younger artists and is perfect for the toy car and truck lover. Use favorite toys to make modern art and then follow it up with a monster truck car wash!

We have expanded this preschool art project to include some math basics because it is natural to add a little counting into this painting activity!

Monster trucks are all the rage at our house and have been for quite a while.   Recently, my son Bear {4 yrs} and I created a fun new game called Monster Truck Bowling.  

It was a huge hit!  

So I expanded on this success with math and messy art activities.

After all the monster truck fun we have had, I knew we couldn’t move on without painting with monster trucks.  

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Prepare the area by covering all the floor surfaces with a drop cloth. This gets messy so we recommend starting in an area with solid surface flooring like tile or linoleum.

Tape down the drop cloth or protective covering.

I covered the floor with a plastic shower curtain, securing it with painter’s tape.

We got a super-long piece of paper from our easel and stretched it across the kitchen floor and up the oven door (I covered the oven with plastic as well to prepare for this).

We put some paint in shallow bowls and ran the truck tires through the paint in the bowls. Large plastic lids would work for this as well allowing the tires to roll through the paint.

We began racing the monster trucks.   If we shoved them down the paper fast enough, they’d hit the stove front and flip over.  

Bear seemed to really enjoy the boisterous messiness of it.  

After he was done painting, I created a monster truck car wash in a large bowl of soapy water in the sink by dropping a few drops of dish soap into warm water.  

We had fun getting dirty and fun getting clean!

Prior to beginning the main activity, Bear chose a card out of the pile containing all the numbers 1-10.   Then he practiced counting out the appropriate number of monster trucks.  

After he did all that, we moved onto the main addition activity.

How did your monster truck painting go? Was the preschool art project your favorite or the monster truck car wash clean up?

Andie Jaye is a former preschool teacher turned SAHM of two kiddos. Her blog, Crayon Freckles, is an eclectic mix of play, art, and learning activities. Mingled in are her perspectives on being a crunchy momma, having a long-haired hippy boy and using follow-your-gut parenting. See more of Andie on Crayon Freckles' Facebook page, on Pinterest or on her parenting teens site Why Does My Teen?

My preschool students did an activity similar to this one. They made a car ramp and drove the trucks/cars through the paint then down the ramp to make tracks. http://www.brennaphillips.com/going-to-the-fair-in-preschool

That is a lot of monster truck fun!! I love it all, but I’m thinking that the art will go over big here. I can’t wait to break out the trucks and the paint! Great post!

I love this monster math! I’m a mom with 3 boys so how can’t I love it? lol I’m featuring your post in my post about cool preschool math games for preschoolers. http://3boysandadog.com/deals/2012/free-27-cool-math-games-for-preschoolers/

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