How to Make a Simple Fabric Road Course for Hot Wheels

In this video I show you how I made this flat, foldaway, take along, road course for my nephew and I hope I explained it well enough that you can make it too.

It really is easy and you could add trees, buildings, a dirt/construction area, whatever you want. I kept it simple so my nephew could change it into a city or rural area or racetrack with his imagination. (I thought about adding handles and some kind of closing element so after it was folded you could throw the cars in it like a tote. Good idea, right? Then I remembered it was for a five year old and figured he’s gonna fold it however the way he wants).

Materials needed are minimal. I started with a yard of green twill that had a long fade spot on it. With that spot I knew I wouldn’t be using it for clothing or home dec but I was able to cover it up with “road”.  You will also need about a half yard of black felt for the roads and some paper if you don’t want to free-hand cut the curves. Scissors, pins, threads and a sewing machine round out the supplies needed.

Please comment if you have any questions on the construction. I don’t recommend gluing the road down. I tried that on my son’s road mat. The roads didn’t stay glued down long. Take the extra 15 mins and sew the roads down. Sew on the highest speed you can, zig-zag stitch. This isn’t couture.