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Look! Little Tikes Car Makeovers

There are lots of ugly toys out there that kids love and parents just have to accept. One of them is the popular Little Tikes car. But a few moms have given their kid's car a makeover...

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Our favorite feature of this "wood" paneled Hawaiian makeover has got to be the hula girl!

This mom decorated the Little Tike car as part of her son's Halloween costume. Read more here.

A ladybug makeover for a little girl nicknamed "Layne Bug."

While these might not be quite our style, we salute the effort to make something a little more special with the ubiquitous plastic Little Tike. (Or you can always do what Flickr user, KKellyS, did and relegate your Little Tike car to the garden to live out its days as a planter.)

Any ideas for how you'd trick out a Little Tike car?

(Via: Crafty Crafty.)

Comments (11)

neat idea!

posted by Lizzykewl on May 23rd 2008 at 10:22am
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If my kid finds it beautiful, then so do I. Dirt is beautiful!

posted by stickyricemama on May 23rd 2008 at 11:10am
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the make over is horrible. The little car is iconic. We had one almost 20 years ago and looking at that yellow and red car brings back fond memories

posted by chusmabilly on May 23rd 2008 at 11:30am
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Also check out this ride-on car makeover: http://economicalbaby.blogspot.com/2007/07/what-stinker.html

posted by eloquacious on May 23rd 2008 at 1:22pm
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I had bookmarked this one a while ago too when someone gave us at hideous Wiggles car (I ban the Wiggles in our house). But I never quite got around to creativity yet.

http://www.glamarama.net/blog/archives/2006/06/scooter_makeove.html

posted by indigokat on May 23rd 2008 at 1:34pm
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That is hilarious! A mini hearse for the toddler set.

posted by paperdollsforboys on May 23rd 2008 at 2:16pm
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It could see it done really cute, like flower silhouettes or flames.

posted by Lizzykewl on May 23rd 2008 at 8:14pm
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I think these are brilliant. I'm sure the kids will not forget their "personalized" cars.

posted by mclanek on May 24th 2008 at 8:10am
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My Ghostbusters-obsessed son recently took the decals off of his Little Tikes Police Coupe and instead taped his own drawings (ghost with red line through it) to the doors, turning it into the Ecto 1. It's pretty hilarious.

posted by dcmom on May 24th 2008 at 11:14am
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That is too cool dcmom!

posted by Lizzykewl on May 24th 2008 at 12:48pm
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what! I love the little tike car... it's an icon... only I didn't put the stickers on the one we bought our son, I preferred it "clean".

posted by Harpa on May 29th 2008 at 2:14pm
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