Age Range: 3-5 Skills/Subjects: Art Creative Thinking & Problem Solving Life Skills Related Episode: Stolen Bike Bicycle Makeover Pamper family bikes and trikes Materials crayons and markers index cards or cardboard squares shallow trays of water sponges, soap, and paper towels streamers Directions Wash and decorate your own trikes and bikes. Wash down: Using shallow trays of water, sponges and paper towels, set up a "safe wash station" outside for tricycles, bicycles, or ride-on toys. Spruce up: Help your children adorn the clean vehicle(s) with streamers and fanciful license plates made from index cards or cardboard squares. Talk About It If a tricycle is available, let your children compare it to a bicycle: How is it different? Where are the pedals attached? Do the wheels come off? Encourage them to describe the differences and similarities. Take It Further Ask a bike enthusiast to show his or her bike to your children. Have them point out the parts of a bike, and discuss things like bike accessories, repair tools, and safety gear. Based on an activity in Play and Learn with Arthur, Volume 1 Home / Friends / Games / Print / Find / Parents & Teachers / Need Help? Visit POSTCARDS FROM BUSTER All characters and underlying materials (including artwork) © Marc Brown. "Arthur" and "D.W." and all of the ARTHUR characters are trademarks of Marc Brown. © 2009 WGBH