Give your kids a unique experience playing in the snow while they build a remote control city with that snow using RC construction toys.
If you live in an area where the snow falls in winter chances are you have plenty of that white stuff lying around right now. I know I do.
When you take the excavators and front loaders out to clear snow from the sidewalk and driveway let the dump trucks haul it to an area where you can play some more, and pile it up.
You and the kids get the pleasure of using your heavy equipment to clear the snow. Then you get more play time as you put those construction vehicles to work building a city in that big pile of snow you just made.
To start this project off you need a plan that shows you the layout of your city.
How many buildings do you need? What type of buildings will you build? (Skyscrapers, single and multi-level houses, parking garages, hospitals, gas stations) Where will you construct each building?
Will you build an airport with your city?
How will the roads look when your city is finished? Don't forget to plan some tunnels for those roads to run through.
What better way to test your driving skills after you build your city than to have some long tunnels to drive through? Don't make those tunnels so long that you can't reach into them and retrieve your vehicle if you get it hung up though.
This project hones your sculpting skills too.
Start with the excavators. Carve the shape of each building into the snow by digging the snow away from the outer walls of the building. Carefully operate your excavator for a detailed look to the finished building.
Empty each bucket of snow into the dump trucks for removal to a holding area. You'll use that snow later to build future foundations, buildings, and roads.
Use the loaders to scoop up any loose snow that the excavators can't grab. Place that snow into the waiting trucks for removal.
Once you've erected the downtown commercial buildings, the residential neighborhoods, and the airport put the excavators and loaders to work shaping the roads.
Follow the plan you made to dig through the snow to form your tunnels. This job requires a lot of skill with the excavator controls as you dig your hole through the snow.
Fill your bucket with snow, back the excavator out of the tunnel, empty the bucket into the dump truck or onto the ground, and return to the tunnel for another bucket load.
If you collapse your tunnel just bring the excavated snow back, make a new pile, and start again.
After you create a rough network of roads and tunnels use the front loaders to perform the final leveling on the driving surfaces.
Once you complete this project you'll have a remote control city to give you and the kids hours of radio control fun.
Yes, your city will disappear when the warm weather comes. But think of all that quality time you have with the kids while the city stands. And the snow will come again.
That's hours of fun driving your cars and trucks around the remote control city you built with your RC construction toys.
