Poor Little Buddy.  He's done crafts about butterflies, caterpillars, ponies, etc, and he does enjoy them but they aren't very manly.  I am always trying to think of an easy craft that a two year old boy will enjoy.nnThomas the Train is very popular in our house and we have dozens of books but I haven't been able to think of a craft for him....until now!

I put out some long butcher paper on our wood floor in the kitchen.  Then I drew a "racetrack".  Munchkin Girl sat on one end and Little Buddy sat on the other.  Once I showed them what to do, they spent almost all day (on and off of course) pushing Thomas back and forth and back and forth...to each other.  If I'm being honest, being two years apart is rough.  They do spend a lot of the day fighting and screeching over toys so I was thrilled to find something they could actually play together, without fighting.

Then later, we turned it into a picture game:

My babysitter is very creative and a few days after we drew the original track, I came home to find this...an entire city!  Trees, a school, a swingset, a church, all kinds of things!  She said the kids sat with her for over an hour and watched her draw the city onto the street.  We finally had to pull the paper up because it started ripping, but this turned out to be one of the most fun games we've played and home and not only was it an easy craft, it was a cheap craft...All we needed was butcher paper and and masking tape!