Engage children in bulldozer crafts to enhance a school lesson or just for fun. Children can create a bulldozer to use in imaginative play out of a box and some simple materials. Use a rectangular cheese box as the base of the bulldozer. Cut wheels out of card-stock and make a scoop for the front. Make the scoop by cutting a toilet paper roll in half lengthwise. Open the tube wide and glue it to the front of the box.
Seeing a real bulldozer in action is one of the best ways for children to learn about its uses and how it works. Arrange a field trip to a company that sells bulldozers. Ask for a demonstration or show a video of a bulldozer working. Let children stand next to the bulldozer and take their picture to give as a memento of the day. Obtain permission from parents before taking children on a field trip or taking their picture. Give each child a toy hard hat as a gift to remember the day.
Read books about bulldozers to help children learn about the big machines. Consider reading the book "B Is for Bulldozer: A Construction ABC" by June Sobel to younger children. Read "What Does It Do? Bulldozer" by Gaetano Capici to older children. Discuss the various types of work that a bulldozer does as outlined in the books and ask children to think of ways the bulldozer is used in their community.
Help children learn more about bulldozers by drawing pictures. Help children create scenes that feature bulldozers. Have children use crayons to draw the pictures and draw pictures of gravel, large rocks or dirt on the picture. Add glue to the picture and sprinkle sand or salt to add texture to the pictures.
Another activity to help children understand bulldozers is imaginative play. Have children pretend to operate a bulldozer and have them explain what types of materials they are moving and why they need to move it.