‘Bling up’ your bike or scooter

Blinging your bike or scooter is a brilliant way to strut your creative stuff and put your stamp on your own bike or scooter. Here are a few typical ingredients that every budding blinger should have: • Brightly coloured paper or card • scissors • sticky tape • cable ties • sticky tack or glue • scraps of furry/ fluffy/ animal print/ fluorescent material • pipe cleaners, ribbon and squares of felt • coloured pens, pencils, crayons or non-smudge paints

Things to remember • If using glue, paint or permanent markers, make sure you are very careful not to get things where they shouldn’t be. • Be super careful with scissors and glue, or make sure someone's there to keep an eye on things. • Make sure that your bike costume isn't permanent and that you can put things on and remove them easily. • Don't get superglue on your brakes or cut through any cables! • Make sure things are fixed or attached well so nothing drops off as you parade around the park or cycle along the road. • Above all, make sure that your bike remains safe to ride and that you can steer, brake and see all around you as normal.