Choo! Choo! Train Party

1. Train Party Printable Paper Goods - greenapplepaperie at etsy.com ($17.00- looks like a great deal to me!)

2. Train Cake - familyfun.go.com

3. Train Engineer Costume - amazon.com ($22.95)

4. Rosette Banner Instructions - countryliving.com

5. Train Sign - amazon.com ($8.65)

6. Train Party Inspiration - projectnursery.com

7. Train Whistle (these things are lots of fun!) - amazon.com ($1.34)

8. Train Wall Sticker Set (lots of colors to choose from!) - amazon.com ($12.99)

Activities:

• Before the party, paint and decorate some cardboard boxes as a train for the guests to play in.
• Set out wooden train sets to play with.
• Include a train ticket in the invitation and punch the ticket when they arrive. Create tracks on the floor with tape that lead to different rooms in the house. (Idea from littleduckduck.com)
• All Aboard
  
  Set some chairs out in a line. Have one person as the train guard and give them a special hat to wear. Have the kids run around the garden or party room and when you blow the whistle they must all rush and sit on a carriage chair without being caught by the train guard. If they are caught they also become a train guard and thus on the next round there will be two guards truing to catch the passengers. (Idea from kids-partycabin.com)
• Read The Little Engine That Could.
• Play "follow the leader" with the children touching each other's backs as if they are train cars.
• Pin the caboose on the train engine.