Little Engine That Could Party---need Fun Food Ideas

There is a website called www.amazingmoms.com that has loads of ideas on hosting a train themed party from types of decorations to games the children can play. I have also seen plates, cups, etc with the Little Engine That Could theme on some of the partyware websites.

Have a great party.

I don't know how much time, $ and energy you are wanting to spend or if you have decided on a cake, but I have seen cake pans shaped as train cars where each car is a separate mini-cake (Bed Bath and Beyond) they are a bit pricey and in my limited experience making my girls cakes it is time consuming so it just depends on what you want to spend your time on. Your idea for the goodie bags is awesome! I think you can also find animal crakers that come in small packages that look like a train car. Have Fun and enjoy it!

We just had a Thomas bithday in Dec. He turned two. I made giant train sugar cookies and decorated them with royal icing... not too hard. Then we made extra cookies for the kids to decorate at the party and I got ice cream cups at Braum's along with KoolAid drink pouches both for easy clean up and no extra dishes or cups. With the cookies we could just use napkins. and I put their cookies they decorated on a big plate. www.birthdayexpress.com has great party stuff. I got train boxes for favors... not all their stuff is Thomas, actually most of it wasn't. I got a train banner personalized with his name and Happy Birthday... yes I plan on reuseing it! Good luck!!

Here are some links to train cake pans, the one at Williams Sonoma is no longer available but the decorations on the cake in the picture are so adorable that I put in the link. I get inspired by seeing pictures like this when I am trying to get creative.... Anyway, the pan is available on Ebay or other sites. The Wilton cake pan is also very cute and you can find it on Ebay or the Wilton website.

You could use different flavors/colors of cake in each compartment of the little trains for more variety. If many are coming the party you might want to make more cars, each person may get 1 car, I am not sure of their exact size.

It sounds like a very fun party!!!!!! Let us know what you decide, my J loves trains too and this is a good idea.

Good luck!

http://www.trainparty.com/traincakepans.html

http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=ush_mailm&ei=UTF-8&...

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/sku8239147/index....

http://shop.ebay.com/items/_W0QQ_nkwZcakeQ20pansQ20trainQ...

http://www.wilton.com/shapedpan/Choo-Choo-Train-Pan

i made a really cool train cake for my son's 2nd bday. you can go to familyfun.com then click on cakes and cupcakes, then birthday cakes. they have all kinds of ideas and i believe the train cake was under "transportation". it wasn't hard at all and you can use pretzel sticks, marshmallows, m&ms, etc. for the cargo. depending on how many people you'll have, you can make more cakes and make it longer. good luck!