Thomas the Tank Engine Birthday Party Ideas

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Your 5-year old child may someday request for a Thomas the Tank Engine birthday party. Lest you go into a frenzy of worry, this is actually an easy request to give your child. Let these birthday party ideas start you on the right track.

Invitations
You can start by printing an image of a blue train on a piece of paper from your computer. You can then print the appropriate words of invitation in train-speak such as: "You are invited to go on board Engineer Joe's train. Arrival time is at 2PM at our Train Station. Please call our number to reserve your ticket". If you can find Thomas the Tank Engine birthday card invitations, then better for your time. You just need to fill in the details of your venue and time.

Decorations
You can make your own train decorations from things as simple as construction paper, poster boards, glitters and markers, to name a few. Some ideas will include:
· Hang a big poster designating your house as a train station (Station Number 166, for example)
· Post a schedule of activities on the wall but make it into a train schedule complete with stops - games, foods, presents, and other activities
· Lay down railroad train tracks made from black construction paper from the driveway to the party venue

To complete the Thomas the Tank Engine look, you can also paste train stickers on the eating utensils, use train tablecloths and napkins, and even set up a boxcars using large boxes spray painted with numbers and wheels.

Presents Box
Instead of just placing the gifts in a corner, you can take a very large box, make it look like a train car and post a sign saying "All cargoes here".

Games
You can set the mood by providing the boys with an engineer hat and a whistle while the girls will have plastic jewelry. You can then take pictures of the kids with a digital camera, print them out in the computer and paste them into their tickets/passports.

You may also provide for tattoos for the boys and face paints for the girls as soon as
they enter the Thomas the Tank Engine party. Ideas on games will include filling a train piñata with goodies, pinning the whistle on the train and a coal race. Basically, you just modify the party games to fit into the train theme.

Menu
Of course, your birthday cake must be in the shape of a train. Or at least, have a likeness of a train on it. Foods can be the usual foods although train-shaped cookies will be a nice touch.

You may also watch Thomas the Tank Engine episodes and ask your child what he likes most to incorporate in his birthday party. You will find that your child will enjoy the party more because he actually had a hand in its decisions.