Traffic Light Silhouette Art for Kids

Table of Contents

• More Transport Crafts to Try
• Materials Needed
• Instructions

More Transportation Themed Kids Craft Ideas

Do your students love machines? Here are some of my most popular transport themed kids art ideas. Fun and easy ways for toddlers and preschoolers to make their own vehicles.

1. 14 Transportation Fingerprint Art
2. Paper Plate Hot Air Balloon
3. Car Painting
4. Toilet Paper Tube Race Cars
5. A is for Airplane Craft

For more ideas, check out this list of 60 Transportation Arts and Crafts.

Materials Needed

1. White and black construction paper
2. A circular cup/compass drawing tool
3. Scissors
4. Pen
5. Red, green and yellow collage items
6. Glue

How to Make Traffic Light Silhouette Art

1. Cut a sheet of white A4 paper in half, lengthways.

Since you are only using half of the paper, you could also just use the black paper for both the top and bottom layers of your craft.

I used white paper for the bottom because it is easier to see the circles drawn on it.

2. Draw three circles on the paper.

I traced around a medium sized cup that I had on hand. But of course, you can also use a compass drawing tool if you already have one.

3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 with your sheet of black paper.

Once again, you can always use the intact piece of black paper as the base for your craft.

However you’ll need a white pencil or piece of chalk so that you can see where the circles are.

4. Cut the circles out.

Use a pair of scissors to cut out the centre of the circles.

Using scissors is a fantastic fine motor activity for kids. However this step is tricky, so toddlers and preschoolers will need an adult to help them.

5. Organize your collage materials.

I used red, green and yellow paper, cut into squares for this traffic light art. However, if you have more items to include, your toddlers and preschoolers will love it. Items such as pieces of ribbon or scrap fabric, sequins, foam shapes, and stickers, are just some ideas to get you inspired.

6. Glue the collage materials onto the circles of the white paper.

I marked each circle with a colored marker to act as a guide for the kids to follow. So that they knew the top circle in a real traffic light is red, then yellow and finally green at the bottom.

Of course, some kids completely ignore the guide and just do their own thing. Don’t correct them, it’s important to let them create their art however they want.

7. Finally, glue the black piece of paper on top of your white paper.

The black circles will create a clearly defined outline of the collage underneath.