Among the hundreds of technically advanced vehicles we build, some of the basic vehicles hold a deep place in our hearts ❤️. One such vehicle includes our fire truck.
This specific vehicle is mainly used by firefighters to rescue civilians and control the situation during a fire hazard. Thus, this vehicle has helped thousands of firefighters and millions of people escape from very dangerous situations.
So the newer generation needs to know about this very special vehicle. Thus, in this blog post, I listed a bunch of fire truck activities to teach your kids about these very special vehicles.
Interesting Fire Truck Activities For Your Children
I would suggest that these few fire truck activities will be very fun and exciting for your kids. It will also bring with it tons of information about this marvelous modern day vehicle , which will surely amaze the newer generation 👦.
On top of this, your kids will also be able to experience creating a bunch of new things, which will surely help them develop various skills which will benefit them in the long term.
So, in this blog post, I compiled a list of fire truck activities that are fun as well as very informative for your kids.😁
Egg Carton Fire Truck
Who doesn’t like homemade🏠, fun, and simple activities that are also time-effective? This specific activity fulfills all of those criteria.
In this activity, your kids will require some bottle caps, egg cartons, cardboard tubes, some paint, glue, and bottle caps to craft this creative fire truck.
This activity is a perfect way to show your students the process of recycling materials to make new things.
Pro Tip:
You can also let your kids draw or add additional things according to their choice. But you need to make sure that all of the important parts of a fire truck are incorporated into this activity.
Fire Truck Math Centers
Here is another easy and simple task that I believe has some unique attributes to further improve your kid’s learning 🧠.
Your kids can easily learn mathematics with the help of these firetrucks. For this activity, your kids will need some sticky notes to create a number line on a table, and then give your kids a firetruck 🚒 with some additional flash cards.
After this, the kids can drive the firetruck down the number line while they are solving each of the equations.
Pro Tip:
If you lack some of the above-mentioned materials in your house, you can easily replace them with a similar household product that is available to you. For instance, you can replace the sticky notes with some pages of a small notebook 📒.
Make Yummy Fire Truck Cookies
Suppose your kid is a foodie 🤤just like my son, then this is one of the best activities for him or her. For this activity, you need to make a fire truck-shaped snack like a cookie 🍪.
These firetruck cookies are not only easy to make but are also tasty and sweet treats for your little learners to enjoy. For this activity, your kids can use cake icing, crackers, food coloring, and small cookies to cook this tasty-looking recipe.
I am quite sure your kids will enjoy feasting on this delicious snack and would also love the process of it.
Pro Tip:
According to your preference, you can use any kind of food to turn into a firetruck-shaped snack. This will not only excite your kid, but he or she will also be overjoyed to see his or her favorite snack being reformed into a miniature and adorable firetruck 🚒.
Paint with Firetrucks
This is another amazing activity that I suggest to all of the little learners who want to learn about fire trucks and also like painting 🖌️.
For this activity, your kid will need to roll out some paper and then grab the paint. After this, they need to spray paint along the length of the paper 📜 after which your little artists can make a firetruck.
Pro Tip:
After completing this, you can also let your kids pour some of their creativity into this. This can be done by your kids creating several large-scale designs and patterns by driving the firetruck through the paint.
Drawing a Fire Truck
According to me, this is another very interesting and unique activity involving drawing as well as learning. This activity includes fire trucks in your kid’s drawing activities, and with the help of fun videos, your kids will soon learn how to draw fire trucks.
This is a very simple activity that just revolves around drawing a fire truck and can be performed anywhere with a pencil ✏️ and a drawing book 📖.
Footprint Fire Trucks
Who doesn’t like cute little footprints on display? My son loved this adorable quick activity, which requires so little preparation to perform. This activity revolves around the creation of little fire truck footprints by your kids.
So, for this cute footprint activity, your kids will require basic materials and a tiny foot 👣 of your kids to make one of the cutest fire trucks 🚛 ever!
Pro Tip:
To stay accurate to the real-life design, you can make the footprint with pure red colors 🟥.
Build a Fire Truck from Recyclables
This is such a fun activity for your kids to try and is one of my son’s favorites! In this activity, your kid needs to build their fire truck 🚒with the help of cardboard, which is discarded, and include role-playing activities.
Your kids can also make burning buildings with the help of scrap paper and boxes 📦. I am quite sure your kid will have lots of fun performing this activity.
Make a Firetruck Costume
Here is another great activity I shortlisted among all of these activities. In this activity, your kid needs to just make his or her adorable fire truck costume.
For this activity, your kid needs to wear a costume where a box is wrapped in tissue paper 🤧and he or she can also decorate with several other firetruck elements.
This is surely a very good activity that will make your kids 🧒🏻 fall in love with such a costume.
Paper Fire Truck Template
My son loves any kind of activity surrounding art, so this fire truck artwork, which I found, will surely give him so much joy 🤩! For this activity, your kid should use a free printable fire truck template, which is easily available on the internet.
This activity not only provides your kid with immense joy and excitement, but it is also perfect for stimulating and improving your kid’s scissors ✂️ skills and fine motor skills.
In this activity, your kid will just need a few sheets of colored construction paper to make a cute fire truck craft.
Shape Fire truck Activity
This is yet another interesting activity that will make your kid curious about this modern-day vehicle, also known as a fire truck.
For this activity, your kids just need a piece of paper and some colored construction paper, and then your kid needs to cut it out.
After this, your kid should make a fire truck from the circles, squares, and rectangles that he or she cut out from the colored construction paper 📜.
Popsicle Stick Firetruck
According to me, this specific activity showcases a very fun 🤩way to introduce the structure of a fire truck to the kids.
For this activity, your kids need to color popsicle sticks 🍡with red color, and then they need to glue them into the shape of a firetruck.
After this, they need to add some construction paper accents to represent the several structures of the fire truck, including the windows 🪟, the frame, and the wheels.
Fire Truck Printables
I would suggest that this is another great activity that will not only excite your kids during the preparation, but it will also make your kids overjoyed 😍 on seeing the results.
For this activity, your kid needs to print a bunch of fire safety activity sheets for your kid. This printable fire safety activity is still a great way to teach your kids what to do during a fire.
Pro Tip:
Instead of printing a bunch of fire safety activity sheets, you can also print a mini book 📚 that is safety-themed. You can then read it to your child. This will have the same effects as the above-mentioned activities.
Watch Firetruck Cartoons
This activity is another great way to include learning as well as fun in a simple but exciting manner.
Sometimes, your kids just need a couple of minutes to breathe between fire truck activities. The perfect way to do this is by letting your kid watch some fire truck cartoons.
Hence, I recommend this activity for all the kids as it is a great way to reawaken your children’s minds 🧠while they take a moment to relax.
Paper Plate Fire Trucks
According to me, this is a very interesting and fun activity for all the little learners. In this activity, your kids have to make a fire truck with the help of a paper plate.
Your kids will not only enjoy the process of making this beautiful and fascinating creature but will also get to know about its characteristics.
This activity involves the use of a plate 🍽️, some red paint 🟥, and some papers 🗞️ that are scrapped to craft the adorable little fire truck paper activity.
Read Your Favorite Fire Truck Books
Here is another fun activity that is simple as well as time-effective for your kids. To build knowledge about certain things, kids should start reading books 📚.
This habit not only improves their knowledge but also has a massive effect on developing other skills of the kids.
So reading the favorite fire truck books should be a great way to enhance your kid’s knowledge 🧠regarding it.
Create a Firetruck Pretend Play Center
This is yet another interesting activity that will surely make a place in every kid’s heart ❤️. This activity just involves creating a firetruck pretend play center.
As we all know, dramatic plays are often the highlights of a preschool classroom, so it will be the perfect way to teach your kids about a firetruck in your home.
For this activity, your kids will need some tissue paper 🤧 and some helmets of a firefighter, which will enhance the experience of the pretend play corner.
Pro Tip:
In addition to the tissue papers and the firefighter helmets, you can also add a firetruck box costume. This will not only enhance the experience of the firetruck pretend play but also excite the kids to a great degree.
Sing the Firetruck Song
Listening and singing to songs is a very nice way to enjoy something. Many kids who are still new in several aspects usually remember the songs that they once enjoyed listening to.
Hence, this concept can be used to make your kids clearly understand the fire trucks.
Hence, your kids will love singing the firetruck song 🎶and will also be able to understand about the structure, features, and importance of a fire truck in a very simple and easy manner.
Paint the Perfect Fire Truck
Here is another easy and simple task that I believe has some unique attributes to further improve your kid’s learning 🧠. I am quite sure your kids will fall in love with this 2-in-1 fire truck craft! For this activity, your kids need to first paint and decorate.
Then, your kid will have an awesome fire truck with which he or she can play or use in their dramatic play center.
Make a Handprint Fire Truck
This is yet another interesting activity that can be easily performed by your little ones. For this activity, your kid only needs to paint his or her hand ✋🏻and then press it onto a piece of paper 📄.
After this, they can add accents with the help of paint or pipe cleaners to finish the truck. This is a great activity that I highly recommend for all the little learners.
Fire Truck Handprint Art Craft
This is yet another great activity that I got approval from my son through his excited and joyful face 😆while he was performing this activity. This kind of art, known as handprint art, is a popular activity.
Although it can be messy, your kids can easily do it, and on top of that, it is very interactive. For this activity, your kid will require red acrylic paint 🎨, some paper 🗞️, and a paintbrush 🖌️ for this handprint paint activity.
Pro Tip:
You can let your kid finish up the rest of the designs. And if you want to let your kid perform a less messy alternative, then your kid can try to use a washable tempera paint.
Easy Stick Fire Truck Craft
I would suggest that this is another great activity that will not only excite your kids during the preparation but also make them overjoyed upon seeing the results.
These kinds of activities are very convenient to make, and this stick fire truck activity is no exception.
This activity will engage your children 🧒🏻in this craft, which is a wonderful way to improve their fine motor skills. For this activity, your kids will mainly need a few sticks.
Five Little Firefighters Handprint Craft
This is, again, one of those interesting and unique activities that almost every kid loves to perform.
While fire trucks are cool vehicles, they are nothing without the firefighters who operate and use them. For this activity, your kid will create five firefighters with this handprint ✋🏻.
Your kids also need to make the heads and hats of the firefighters by cutting up circles from construction paper, which are colored, and the hose can be simply drawn with the help of a black marker 🖋️.
Thus, I highly recommend this activity for all the little learners.
Pro Tip:
Your kids can also use blue glitter to create the spouting water 💦. This will enhance the look of the handprint craft.
Paper Cup Dalmatian Craft
Who doesn’t want to learn a little bit of history in a fun and exciting manner? This activity will do exactly that job. In this activity, your kids have to make a Dalmatian paper cup craft 🥤of a fire truck.
Dalmatians served as the guides for horses and firefighters. So, your kids can easily make this activity with the help of a few printable templates.
Hence, it is a great activity that is not only fun to create but also conveys a historical message for all the smaller learners.
“F is For Fireman” Firefighter Craft
Another craft activity under my recommendation is the very entertaining and interesting “F is For Fireman” craft activity.
In this activity, your kids will be introduced to the alphabet by making the letter “F” for firefighter craft. In this activity, they will not only learn a new letter of the alphabet 🔤, but they’ll also learn about one of the most honorable duties out there.
Hence, I recommend this activity for all the little learners out there.
Pro Tip:
Your kids can easily perform this activity with the help of some printable templates, which can be easily available on the internet. He or she can also simply color the fireman template, or they can also cut out the shapes and letters of the template to paste it on a piece of color and paper.
Printable Fire Truck Craft
This is another great activity that you can let your kids perform. In this activity, your kid needs to just print out this simple fire truck design and perform a straightforward activity that will keep him or her busy.
For this activity, you will only require some colored paint and a pair of scissors ✂️. Then you can let your kids cut up the fire truck print 🚒.
Pro Tip:
If your kids are too young to handle any type of scissors, then you can cut the fire truck print for them to finish. This will not ruin their experience of this activity, and they will also be able to perform this activity independently without hurting themselves.
Fire Truck Collage Craft
This activity focuses on creating a collage using several pictures🖼️ of fire trucks that can be easily accessed either through any magazine📒 or through the internet.
This kind of activity revolving around collages is always very simple and easy to perform, and it also enhances your kid’s fine motor and sensory skills.
Thus, I highly recommend this activity for all the little learners who are curious about fire trucks.
Pro Tip:
You can also let your kids use colored glitter for this activity. This is because it will cultivate your young kid’s creativity by enhancing their awareness of colors. And this awareness of colors is very important for your kid’s development.
Tissue Box Fire Truck Playset Craft
This is yet another great activity that helps your kid understand firetrucks in a fun and playful manner.
With this activity, your kid would be able to make an easy and cheaply created playset on their own at home. For this activity, your kid needs to use tissue boxes 🤧and toilet paper 🧻 rolls.
After this, they will be able to create and design an adorable fire truck with little elephants.
Pro Tip:
Your kid can also make a simpler version of the above-mentioned activity. This simpler version of the activity will consist of a fire truck and a cat and also a more detailed version with the firefighters.
Firefighter Hat Craft
Most of the hat activities are not only extremely easy to make but also provide lots of enjoyment and excitement during the process.
If your children have dreams of becoming a firefighter one day, then you can let them cultivate their imagination 🧠by performing this firefighter hat activity.
For this activity, your kid will only require a normal paper plate 🍽️, yellow craft foam, and some red paint 🟥, and then you can let your kid draw other designs in that hat.
Pro Tip:
Your kids can also perform this activity if they are invited to a kid’s firefighter-themed party or if they want to play pretend. Firefighter hat activity will be required for both of the purposes of your kids.
Fireman Picture Activity
Here is another activity that I tried out with my little son. In this activity, you can let your kid extinguish their temper tantrums with the help of this beautiful fire truck activity.
It’s one of my favorites because it is not only simple but it’s very fun as well. This activity can be performed by your kids by first simply dipping the sponge in yellow paint 🟨, then they need to gradually intensify the colors of the flames by applying some orange paint 🟧.
Then they need to add a plastic straw ladder, a piece of string required for the hose, and also a few grasses 🌿at the bottom for some detail.
Fire Truck Cake
If your kid is a foodie 🤤just like my son, then this is one of the best activities for him or her. For this activity, you need to make a fire truck-shaped snack like a cake 🍪 which can also be enjoyed after singing the song or the countless paper crafts.
So it is surely a breath of fresh air from the usual paper crafts. I am quite sure this new cake recipe will make your kids overjoyed and excited.
For this activity, you can let your kids include ingredients like Oreo cookies, chocolate, some red gumdrops, and all the basic ingredients required for a cake recipe.
This activity is surely not very complicated, and your kids can easily participate in the mixing and assembling of the fire truck cake!
Fire Truck Box Craft
In my opinion, this is another good activity that everyone should try with their little ones to improve their crafting skills.
This is a 2-in-1 fire truck craft activity that your kids can easily make with a large cardboard box 🎁. Your kids can easily use it as a storage for their favorite snacks.
For this activity, your kids will require lots of red paint, some black foam sheets, contact paper, and some red tissue paper.
Pro Tip:
Your kids can also use this fire truck box to pretend like they are a firefighter who is driving their fire trucks to rescue someone.
Cardboard Fire Truck Craft
According to me, this is another very awesome craft activity that your kids will love to perform.
This fire truck craft activity is surely very easy to make, and in addition to this, you get to repurpose a cardboard box as well!
For this activity, your kids should cover the box with red paper 🔴and then they will need some construction papers of black, blue 🔵, and white ⚪ colors.
Along with it, they will also need blue and yellow craft foam.
Pro Tip:
If covering the box with red paper seems a bit challenging for your kids, you can also let your kids paint the box with red paint. With this change, your kids will not feel bored and will be able to perform this activity with ease and speed.
Fancy Fire Truck Craft
According to me, this is a very sophisticated type of fire truck craft where functional wheels would also be available.
For this activity, your kids need to first attach a string to the front of the fire truck so that your kids can enjoy pulling it around your home or backyard 🏡.
In this activity, your kids will require acrylic paint of red, black, and white colors, which would be used to color the truck, and then a couple of bamboo 🎍 skewers can also be used. In addition to this, with the help of this activity, your kids can also recycle an egg carton, a toilet paper roll 🧻, and some glass bottle caps.
Thus, I highly recommend this activity for all the little learners reading this blog post.
Conclusion
My son and I have done these activities together to teach him about this interesting concept of firetrucks in a fun and exciting way.
This also helped him improve various skills while enjoying the adventure and excitement that the activities provided 😍.
In addition to all of it, he could also learn more about this special yet interesting vehicle that has so much importance in our day-to-day lives. I hope you enjoyed reading the above list of activities that I have listed in this blog post🥰.
Please leave a comment below if you want to add more activities to this list or have questions for me regarding the activities I mentioned – I would love to hear from you! ❤️
I’m a former teacher (and mother of Two Childs) with a background in child development. Here to help you with play-based learning activities for kids. ( Check my Next startup Cledemy.Com)