Local Severna Park youth build – and race – Hogwarts Express Go-Kart

by · May 5, 2013

The kids of Saverna Park, Maryland are pretty magical, don’t you think? A group of twelve kids from five families ranging in age from 8-14 have constructed a working Hogwarts Express Go-Kart, and yesterday raced it in the annual American Visionary Art Museum’s kinetic sculpture race – a 15-mile-long race across Baltimore. Watch a video of the race here!

The entire train was built by the kids with just a little help from the parents. Here are some direct quotes from the builders:

“We just started off with a base of metal, then we put on the wheels and the seats, and then we put on the pedals and stuff. Then it kind of all came together.”

– Harber Carlson, 13

“The design uses a mix of materials – we mainly used canvass but there is some wood on there. We used a lot of Sharpe, but we stuck fabric on the windows. It was a lot of painting.”

– Madeline Viteri, 11

Severnapark.patch.com reports the vehicle itself was built using a lot of old bicycles, Styrofoam, wood, and metal. It was then painted and designed to resemble the Hogwarts Express from the Harry Potter movies. See a pic of all the racers here:

 allthekids

These kids are incredible – we suspect they’ll be getting their acceptance letters to Hogwarts very soon.