Train Birthday Party

The Cake

Serve With:

Snacks

Check out the How-To Video for the Train Cake here! 

Party Invitations

• Create foldout invitations with engine and train cars attached. Copy images from a coloring or storybook.

Party Decorations

• Decorate the table with construction paper placemats decorated like train tracks (let the birthday kid help). 
• Place a small toy train car at each place.
• Outfit guests with engineer caps, red bandanas and train whistles.

Party Games & Activities

• Set up an electric or wooden train set for the guests to play with or build.
• Schedule a train ride for the party-goers. You may want to draft chaperones.
• Arrange a visit to a train museum.
• Gather large packing boxes or used appliance boxes and turn kids loose with art supplies for building and decorating a life-size train.

Party Favors

• Send little train engineers home with engineer caps, bandanas, whistles and instant photos of all the activities.

Up to a Week Before

• Make snack mix; store in resealable plastic bags.

The Day Before

• Make and decorate the train cake (the birthday kid may want to help).

The Morning Of

• Make limeade; chill in refrigerator.
• Prep ingredients for the Round House Tortilla Wedges (wait to assemble the stacks so the tortillas don't get soggy).
• If serving ice cream, scoop into muffin tin with paper liners. Freeze until cake time (remove from freezer about 15 minutes before serving, so it's easier to eat).

About 30 Minutes Before Serving Guests

• Assemble Round House Tortilla Wedges; bake.