Dungog Men's Shed built a play bus for Dungog Community Preschool

The bus has been an absolute hit with the kids, according to the preschool's director, Tina Overton.

"They love it... the Men's Shed has been amazing because they've added switches to it and really thought about the engineering of the bus and they love it," she said.

"They go travelling, they use their imagination, they role play and we can actually move the bus so if we wanted to put it in another area we can get little excursions with our bus around the preschool."

Whether it's driving to the beach, zoo or even work the children are all using their imagination to do different things with the play bus.

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Jude Christie, a five year old at the preschool, loves driving to the zoo while his friends Edward and Freddie Cox love making it into a tractor to do farm work.

"I love the buttons... I'm driving to the zoo," Jude Christie said.

"Now I'm turning it into a racecar."

The play bus comes as a part of the preschool's ongoing connection to the Dungog community.

"We feel strongly that community connects to wellbeing for our children, our staff, our families and our community," she said.

"I've always thought it would be wonderful if we needed something made for the preschool to have it hands on connected to the community."

Alongside the play bus the Men's Shed has also made a series of blackboards for the preschool, all of which have been made with recycled materials.

Previously the Men's Shed have made a series of tables and white picket fences for the preschool leading to a close relationship between the two, according to the Men's Shed's president John Martins.