How to build a train out of cardboard

As silly as it may sound, I LOVE working with cardboard. After moving fairly frequently in early childhood, I have definite fond memories of creating forts and other objects out of our used moving boxes, and I love watching kids' imaginations run free, both with the space of boxes themselves and also with what they can color/create themselves on the cardboard. With that in mind, for the past few years, I have tried to create a large-ish scale cardboard object for my kids' birthday parties…

You're invited to Finn's Train & Railroad-Themed 4th Birthday Celebration! I officially have a FOUR-YEAR-OLD, can you believe it!? I know many of you have been here since I was pregnant with him, so I'm

Simple cardboard trains made with five big recycled cardboard boxes.

Made from 3 refrigerator boxes. The dimensional wheels are impressive. I love the balloon smoke.

If you have a little train-lover in your house, this DIY train Halloween costume is a great trash-to-treasure creation!

Thomas the train made out of boxes phase 1

What is it with boys and trains? When Onetime was 2 - he was obsessed with trains for close to half a year. And when it came time to plan a birthday party, the theme was

DIY train for train first birthday party. We used cardboard boxes and covered them with board paper.