Vintage Train Party

My oldest turned 4 on St Patty's Day. I usually start the Birthday party planning process after Christmas, and this year he picked trains. This is actually the second time we have done trains (we did choo choo I'm 2, in 2011). 

I wanted to go for a big boy train party this year so used "Vintage Trains" as the theme. 

We knew we wanted to have a train come to the house and we used

http://www.mychoochootrain.com

The train was a huge hit. 

We ordered Conductor and Engineer hats from Oriental Trading Co.

I tried to do a mix of DIY and purchased products. 

Our invites came from Luc and Lilah Events, they offer couture printable invitations and paper products.

I blocked out our address and phone number, the actual invite is more centered :)

We used Bug A Boo designz for the printable package. I loved the chevron print and the vintage look of the train.

We used her printables everywhere!!

Fuel Car

lollipop favors

Choo Choo water

Juice boxes

Banner

Food table tents

Mason Jar drinks

Straws were made by the fabulous shop The Party Penguin

We served "Bar-B-Choo pork sandwiches 

And "Cams Corn"

I used dollar store containers to make a produce car, with strawberries,
a coal car with Oreo cookies/marshmallow mixture, and a log car with pretzels .

Accent signs were provided by Sittin on a Cloud

My sister Jessie-Cate Sheehy painted the backdrop for the drink table! Turned out PERFECT! She used the printable's as inspiration and added hidden details like his age and monogram to the front of the engine.

Favor Bags

 

Favor bags were from Crafty Clementines
Inside contained a wooden train whistle and a bag of "gold" bubble gum from Oriental Trading Co.

Vintage inspired suitcase from Michael's arts and crafts

Cake and Cupcakes were Provided from Sonia Raghunandan, if you are in the lake county Fl area and need yummy cakes or cupcakes give her a call 352-223-4288

Wood purchased from hardware store for less than $3. Reflectors
also purchased from same store less than $4 for 2.

Outside "ticket station". Red Amelia Earhart suitcases purchased
from local thrift store for about $10 for both!

Ordered the yellow flag on ebay then used
painters tape to do the X and printed a R to use
as a stencil.

More outside signs. Metal train sign from eBay

Birthday boys shirt provided by Lion and Lamb Tees

Moms shirt from Smash Transit
Dads Shirt from Atlantic Coast Images

The whole family decked out! , Dads shirt, Moms shirt, Birthday boy and little bro's shirts

Train track floors using painters tape (which are
still down and probably will be for a while)

A friend sent me a YouTube link for making tissue paper poms and fans, super easy to follow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u1PA_FI79U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GraHvOojmuo

The train party was a huge success and Cam had a blast! Thank you to everyone who helped and came to celebrate our special boys 4th birthday!!

Awesome custom made "thank you's" from our friends at Luc Lilah Events

How about some giveaways and discount codes :)

If you don't see your parties theme contact the shops owner and ask about custom work. All discount codes are to be used at their etsy.com shop ( link is underlined)

Straws from The Party Penguin
10% off your order use the code PENGUIN

Moms shirt is from Smash Transit
http://smashvintage.com
10% off your oder with code NUANDNUGS

Printable signs, labels, tags from Bug A Boo Designz
20% off purchase with code NUANDNUGS20

Muslin gift bags from Crafty Clementines
20% off one time purchase with code ADVENTURE20

Birthday Boys Vintage train shirt from Lion and Lamb Tees

They would like to offer a Lion and Lamb Tee from their shop

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Invitations from Luc & Lilah Events
They would like to offer a $20 voucher towards invitations in their shop
a Rafflecopter giveaway

Accent signs from Sittin on a Cloud
They would like to offer a giveaway for one product from their shop.

                                                           a Rafflecopter giveaway

Dads shirt from Nova customts

10% off order using code 747train

They would also like to offer one reader a vintage train shirt of their own
 a Rafflecopter giveaway

Also thank you to our friend Karol Porter for taking pictures

And to my mom for making the Pork in the Bar-B-Choo sandwiches

                       These boy party ideas were also featured on Spaceships and Laser Beams.