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Train Birthday Party - Birthday Party Ideas for Kids Grab your ticket and hop aboard, for this fun-filled train birthday party with party games and activities for little conductors!  Begin your party planning with this adorable classic train party pattern from Birthday in a Box. Then, engineer the rest of your party with the birthday party games, decorating ideas and activities provided below. Remember to have fun celebrating this special day. Train Party Invitations: Mail invitations 2-3 weeks in advance. Make a ticket by hand or use your computer. All Aboard... to celebrate ___'s Birthday! Inside: Name of "Station" (your name) Please meet at Track # (street address) Date: Time: RSVP: To the Station Master Set the Mood  Dress the birthday boy/girl like an engineer and welcome each guest with an engineers hat, bandana or whistle. TRAIN PARTY DECORATIONS Begin with red, blue and yellow balloons and streamers. Draw tracks up to the front door or entrance, with sidewalk chalk, Place a sign on the front door that says... "Birthday Station". Or, use the birthday child's name for the station and age for the "track #" Cover the party table with a white sheet or table cloth. Create train tracks using black construction paper or streamers running down the middle of the table. Place a train piñata , or toy train onto the tracks.  Personalized Train Party Supplies Add to your theme with personalized train items. Use your child's name, the names of each of your guests or a message! Personalize it at Birthday In a Box >> TRAIN CAKE AND TREATS A large sheet cake will be easy to make and decorate. Frost the cake with green frosting (grass) and add a chocolate cookie crumb hill or two. Top with a shoestring licorice tracks and a toy train. If you are planning to serve lunch, serve simple sandwiches cut with a train cookie cutter and a plate of fresh fruit and veggies. TRAIN PARTY GAMES AND ACTIVITIES Select two or three activities to keep your party guests happy and entertained. We suggest providing young children with a selection of free play activities upon entering the party: A mat with wooden Brio type trains, Coo-choo coloring books and crayons Play-dough, Duplo Blocks and puzzles work well. You may want to have an adult at each station. Station play time should last about 15-20 minutes and then on to the group party games. Making Train Tracks Craft Idea This is a painting project, so be sure you provide smocks and cover your work space.  You'll Need: Kids safe Paint Construction paper - clue, green, red Inexpensive toy trains (wood or plastic) Empty and clean meat trays or baking sheets Optional - cotton and glue To make the project place a few trains in each paint color. Give the children their paper. Show them how to "drive" the train in the paint to get the wheels covered with paint. Then, "drive" the train on the paper to make the tracks. Variation: Cut the paper into the shape of trains prior to painting to make a special train picture. Glue the trains onto another piece of paper and add some steam using cotton and glue. Choo choo Course Before the party, prepare several packing boxes, one per child, decorating them to resemble train cars. Play special train music and encourage the children to line up on your command... "All Aboard". They will play follow the leader pretending to be a train. Make train noises and movements. Set-up obstacles for them to go around, through and under. This is a useful tool to utilize for transitions from one activity to another i.e. activities, presents/goodie bags and cake. Bean Bag Toss Make a train out of shoe boxes, keeping the tops off. The children take turns tossing bean bags into the boxes. Musical "Train Cars" Play train music and have the kids climb into a car when the music stops. We don't recommend traditional competitive play for young train lovers...there should be enough boxes for all of the children. The Conductor Says instead of Simon Says Find the Train: You need a lot of string or colored yarn and enough small trains for everyone. Fasten a string to each of the toy trains. Hide them in various places in a room, winding the string around furniture and banisters as you go. Each person is given the end of a string and must untangle it to find her prize. Each child who finishes can help the others find their prizes. Candy trains work well for this game. See the photo at the top. You'll need candy, gum and a low temp glue gun to complete the project.
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