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Invites
Instead of a regular gift, ask the guests to bring a car for your child’s train set. Open the gifts early and let the children play with the old and new train sets!

If your child has wooden or cardboard blocks, the children can make their own tracks, bridges, and tunnels for the trains to travel on.

Décor
For instant party mood, tie bunches of red and blue balloons around the party room. Tape railroad signs all over the walls.

Games and Activities
If the children are young, they will love to “be” trains while you sing the following rhyme. Lead the children in acting out the words of the song.

Choo choo the big train is coming down the track now,
Choo choo the big train is coming down the track.
Stop, look, and listen. Stop, look, and listen.
Choo choo the big train is coming down the track.

(Sing to any tune your heart desires. Trust me, they will love this!)

Decorate a gingerbread train. Buy a kit (readily available at Christmas time) and assemble the train ahead of time. Think creatively and purchase a lot of candies for decorating. Then, stand back, give the children decorating bags filled with frosting and watch their creativity flow!

Try: black licorce for coal, Oreos for wheels, candy sticks for smoke stacks, miniature pretzels for railings, and stick pretzels for wood. Great general candies include: M&M’s, Skittles, Neccos, gumdrops, and sugar wafers.

More Décor
Display the decorated train for all to admire! When the party is over, each child can take home the engine they decorated.

Party Eats
For a snack before cake, munch on pretzels and juice. Put the pretzels in individual Thomas cups and use juice boxes. The kids will like having their own snacks!

Party Favors
Stuff party bags with Thomas & Friends puzzles, stickers, and pocket watches. Also, let each child take home their decorated train car displayed on a Thomas plate!