Our little train lover just turned three, so we had no doubt
about what the birthday party theme should be. Although Daniel
really does love Thomas the Train, we felt like it would be a little too
much, and with his (current) favorite color in mind, we created a great
celebration! Daniel was thrilled, and it made us very happy, too.
Décor and Signage
For the colors – we used yellow, grey and dark grey. Once
figuring out how to use the tables, I created the signage and most decorations with
my Cricut Explore Air. I choose an engine silhouette I liked and used it for
most decorations, including the birthday boy’s shirt.
The yellow banners are from target and Amazon, and I used
black vinyl cut outs for the letters.
We used table number holders for the signs, and on every table we had Track Crossing sign with flashing lights and sounds - my son's favorite!!
Since Daniel love crafts, I knew we’ll have at least two
different craft projects for the kids. Each kid got a Melissa and Doug woodentrain decoration kit and a small train bank to paint (got it from the dollar store, sorry - no link). We also had lots of
coloring pages, stamps, stickers and crayons.
On another station we had homemade cookie decoration. Using too
much sprinkles and icing, the kids decorate really cute cookies! Check out this
adorable cookie cutter.
Favors – Baggage Claim
I ordered these paper bags and decorated with vinyl cutouts.
Each gift bag included engineer’s hat, bandana and whistle. Daniel helped with
the favor bags, and when we talked about how we will give it to his friends, he
asked that we’ll make one to our friends’ dog, Lana, so we went to Petco and he
choose a few doggy treats. He was so happy about it. I can’t believe how
amazing he is.
Food and Drinks – Dining Car and Coffee Station
Since we held the party at 10:30am, I knew we should include
something nice for the parents to nosh while the kids are playing. We got
Starbucks coffee, hot tea and hot chocolate with mini marshmallows, I baked Turkish
delight cookies and chocolate snowball cookies and all adults were very happy.
Lunch was no brainer. I would never order pizzas, so I
ordered from our favorite BBQ. We had mini sliders with chicken, turkey and beef
brisket, fixings (lettuce, tomato, pickles, onions and green onions), potato
salad, coleslaw and chips.
Desserts and Sweets
LOVE IT
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