August 11, 2010
Modern Train Party
Melisa from the ultra-creative Little Apple Design and Project Nursery created this adorable party for her son’s 3rd birthday that features a Thomas the Train theme with a modern, updated twist. Melisa came up with the theme of her son Austin’s birthday due to his 2 year obsession with Thomas The Tank Engine. Before he out grew Thomas, she knew she had to throw him a Thomas & Friends party! This party is such a great example of how you can “style up” any sort of theme to fit your own personal taste! And Melisa covered every detail from the super cute invites to even a trackless train that rolled through the neighborhood.
Melisa set the tone of her son's party with custom paper invites for close friends and family and saved money with free personalized online invitations for her son's preschool class. Also, with the help of a friend Kelly from WH Hostess, all the crafty party details from the logos, stickers to banners were created.
The menu consisted of gourmet sandwiches, crust-less cream cheese and jelly sandwiches for the kids, mac & cheese squares, Chinese chicken salad in takeout containers, logo cups filled with baby carrots, snow peas and individual hummus disks. The dessert menu included cupcakes, sugar cookies, chocolate cake topped with a custom fondant train, and candy jars filled with cherry balls, taffy and licorice.
The backyard was set up with tables with blue tablecloths to match the color theme. The other decorations included the use of 3 foot balloons for a modern statement and simple centerpieces that consisted of of eco-friendly vases, shredded tissue paper and clever signs on a stick.
The big hit of the party was the trackless train that rolled through the neighborhood. Melisa passed out engineer hats and whistles as the kids boarded Austin’s party train. And even better, the kids got to bring the hats and whistles home with them along with Thomas tattoos, coloring paper, homemade train shaped crayons and bags FULL of candy.
