A mum has upcycled a 10-year-old Little Tikes Cozy Coupe for just over £30 – and the results are incredible.
Vicki Stringer, 40, from Yeovil, Somerset, decided to upcycle the popular car that her eldest son – now twelve – was gifted for Christmas 10 years ago.
The green and yellow car had been sitting in the garden for years collecting dust and cobwebs and Vicki’s youngest daughter, who is just 18-months-old, wanted to start using it.
So rather than buying a new car, the full time mum set to work to transform the old, outdated car into a mini Volkswagen Campervan.
The mum-of-four bought the paint from Hobbycraft, found the plastic primer on Amazon and managed to get the iconic VW emblem from Facebook marketplace.
Within five hours, Vicki had completely transformed the car which her daughter now gets full use of. Vicki said: “It used to belong to my eldest child, Ronnie, 12, and it’s been passed down through all the other children and now it’s got to my youngest, Wynne, one, and it’s completely worn out. “It was in the garden covered in leaves, spiders and cobwebs and I decided I wanted to have a go at upcycling it. “I’ve never done any kind of upcycling before so I had a look on Pinterest for inspiration and did an Instagram poll and my friends all voted I should turn it into a VW campervan. “My dad initially bought it for my eldest son for Christmas so it has sentimental value and we didn’t want to just throw it away.”
“I started by priming the plastic and then painting over the top – I didn’t need to sand it because it was so battered! “Then I just decorated it using the emblem and tape and the final result is amazing. “My daughter absolutely loves it and my son has loved seeing the transformation”.
BREAKDOWN OF COSTS:
Plastic primer: £7 from Amazon
PlastiCoat paint: £9 a can from HobbyCraft
VW Emblem: £10 from Facebook marketplace
Tape: £5 from Amazon
TOTAL – £31
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