Thomas Snack Train

It is hard for me to believe my daughter is turning 5 tomorrow.  I mean really where did the last 5 years go, they sure went by fast.  I often wish life came with a remote like the TV and I could just pause time and hang out here with my babies for a while longer.  But since that is not going to happen I try and enjoy them as much as I can.  So when my big girl told me she wanted a Thomas the Train party I knew we had to do a Thomas project.

I also told my family about her wish for a Thomas Birthday and my two Aunts made an AWESOME Thomas Train out of cardboard boxes.  I don’t think I could have ever done one that looks so great.  And my daughter just loved it.   The kids played in it quite a bit, as I am sure you could imagine.

The train my daughter and I made was nowhere near as grand as the one my Aunts did, but we did had fun making it and it worked great as the Snack Train for her party.  Oh and if you are wondering how to get all the shoe boxes to make this train, no worries I just called Payless and they held a bunch for me so I did not have to buy a bunch of shoes.

Supplies

5 kids size shoe boxes

Red & Blue Wrapping paper

Black Construction paper

Toilet paper roll

Pen

Glue

Scissors

Clean tin can

Black Paint

2 googly eyes

Directions

 Start by wrapping three boxes in your red wrapping paper.

 Then cut one box in half (this is for the top of the engine) and then wrap the ½ box and your last box in blue paper.

 Paint your tin can black

 Glue your googly eyes onto the front of your can

 Using your toilet paper roll trace out 24 circles onto your black construction paper, then cut them out.

 Glue your circles onto your covered boxes for the wheels (three on each side).

 Now set up your train, just put the one big blue box on the bottom, then your ½ box on top and your can in front of the ½ box.  Then line up your three train cars (the red boxes) behind your blue engine.

Fill the cars with whatever snacks you want.   If you want to do a lollipop car like we did you will need some Styrofoam to put in the shoe box to stick your lollipops in.

My Daughter and her Cousin Braxton took a break from the pool to get a snack from the train!