Make learning about traffic lights fun and hands-on with this simple Traffic Light Craft! This activity is perfect for young ESL learners and can be used when teaching colours, road safety, transportation, or classroom behaviour.
Students can colour their own traffic light, practise their fine motor skills by cutting it out, and then attach it to a popsicle stick or chopstick to create a fun handheld traffic light.
What Students Do
• Colour the traffic light using red, yellow and green.
• Cut around the traffic light.
• Attach it to a popsicle stick or chopstick.
• Use their finished traffic light as a classroom prop.
Great For
• Road safety lessons
• Colour recognition
• Fine motor and cutting practice
• ESL vocabulary practice
• Kindergarten and young learners
• Classroom games and role-play
Easy Classroom Uses
The finished traffic lights can be used for interactive games and classroom management. For example, students can hold up red for stop, yellow for wait, and green for go. They can also practise simple sentences such as “Red means stop!”, “Green means go!”, and “Yellow means wait!”
A low-prep, hands-on activity that gives young learners something they can make, hold and use during your lesson!

Credits & Copyright
© 2026 Sonyja Murphy. All rights reserved.
This educational resource was created by Sonyja Murphy.
Illustrations in this resource were created with the assistance of AI (ChatGPT by OpenAI) and have been edited and arranged as part of this original educational work.