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This road tabletop is also made from 1/4" thick hardboard. I drew the roads by tracing the width of a level, but you could certainly use whatever you had on hand. Once I drew my rough road map in pencil, I started painting it with acrylic paint. After the paint dried, I applied two coats of Mod Podge to seal and protect the roads from future damage. I finished this project in an afternoon so it is a pretty simple and straightforward project. And the end result is fabulous!
Of course, a road table needs accessories, like the plastic grass we used as part of the frog pond small world.
But wait. It needs trees! I found this DIY Forest tutorial from Inspired by Charm on Pinterest shortly before Christmas and just knew that I had to make a set for the boys to play with. I chose to stick with earth tones - think shades of green and brown. They were ridiculously easy to make and the boys love them. They will be a great addition to all sorts of small world play.
Of course, any good road map will need some cars for driving with, but what about some houses? No problem! J built some little houses for our town using our colorful Melissa & Doug wood blocks. They work great, but I do have plans for some future accessories for this tabletop...just saying.
Since this tabletop fits on top of our light table, I can just remove it when we want to do some light play. And since this tabletop is only 1/4" thick, I can easily store it under our couch in the playroom.
Be sure to check out the other interchangeable tabletops for our light table:
