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Wheel Fun

Total Time Needed:: 1-2 Hours

Race through your card making like Solomon Hauser, a 5-year-old automobile enthusiast from Perry, New York, who made these tracks with paint-dipped toy cars. The "coupe" de grace on his card? A sweet chocolate car, available at party and candy stores and through online retailers such as CandyWarehouse (candywarehouse.com).

Materials

Newspaper
Pencil
Ruler
Red card stock (each 8 1/2- by 11-inch sheet makes 4 cards)
Black acrylic paint
Paper plate

Toy truck with textured wheels
Scissors
Marker
Foil-covered chocolate cars
Double-sided tape

Instructions

Cover your work area with newspaper. Use the pencil and the ruler to divide the card stock into 4 equal sections.
Pour some black paint onto the paper plate. Drive the toy truck through the paint a few times to coat the wheels well.
Roll the truck over the card stock to make tracks, taking care to leave some room in each section for a message.
Let the paint dry, then cut the card stock into 4 pieces and use the marker to write a note on each one.
Attach the chocolate cars with the double-sided tape.

Suggested messages:
I never "tire" of your friendship
To a wheely good friend
Valentine, you make my heart race!