It isn’t quite yet 6 months since we celebrated my little boy turning 2….and as the saying goes “better late than never”, so I’m proudly sharing some pics from his train themed birthday celebration!
Selecting the theme for his birthday was pretty easy this year – he loves trains. He has a Thomas the Train wooden railway set that he plays with every day, so the thought of a train themed party seemed to fit right along his interests.
Despite his birthday being in November, it had been a rather warm fall (Yes, we live in California) – so we opted to celebrate at the local neighborhood park.
For the cake, I decided to order a cake from the local grocery store and accented it with a train topper that I made from gum paste. I got the how-to tutorial from this blog post and loved the idea of adding a couple extra train cars to carry two candles!
For extra dessert (we can’t only have cake!), we had some chocolate cupcakes and marshmallow pops!
I designed some printable invitations, cupcake flags and and then with putting some bright blue tablecloths on the benches – it brought the park right to life! For the party favors, I used some clear boxes, filled them with some train themed goodies and tied them up with red twine and blue twine!
All in all, it was a great day. My little guy was thrilled to spend the day with family and friends and enjoyed several rides around the park on the Choo Choo train!
Happy Train-tastic 2nd Birthday!!
~Anu