Hi crafters...sharing a huge birthday present I made for my little niece who is celebrating her 5th birthday this month. I made two big 5 s using the new Crealies Cardzz dies and used the train Cardzz die to make the cute train.
My toy train is like a real toy...the individual parts can be taken apart and rejoined by means of tiny magnets in the wheel bars. What is a birthday without balloons ...so I added soooo many balloons in different sizes and colours using the Crealies balloons die set.
This particular wagon is my favourite as it has floating glittery clouds and the birthday girl's name in matching letters [cut with the new Alfies set from Crealies]
On the 4th wagon I added elements you may see in a typical little girl's birthday : lots of pink ...pink frocks, toy balls, cameras and pink bows and hearts!
On the last wagon I added something yummy---strawberries!
And balloons and buttons and a giant 5!!
Don't you just love those strawberries from Crealies ...
it part of an older release from Crealies and I just love it.
Ok ...here is how you can make a Toy Train Treat Box/ display for a special occasion.
Make a Shaker Number
The new Crealies number dies in the Cardzz category are really huge and are perfect to make banners and huge decorations. For my toy train I made 2 big number 5 's
Here is how you can easily make a shaker number.
Die cut your base using the largest shadow number.
Tape the inner 2 numbers together and die cut double sided adhesive foam.
Stick the number frame cut with the adhesive foam onto your base.
Add shaker elements.
Die cut an acetate sheet using the middle number.
Stick this onto your adhesive number frame.
Press well to stick
Add a frame made using the inner 2 numbers and add it over your shaker
And you have a quick and easy Shaker number.
Make Toy Train wagons
If you want to make a sturdy but lightweight toy train you use foam to give strength your paper train.
For each train wagon/engine
Die cut 3 pieces [1 in pattern paper, 1 in card stock and 1 in foam- to be sandwiched between pattern paper and cardstock] for the front and 3 pieces for the back.
To make the wagon boxes
You can make the boxes from chipboard like Patty showed on the Crealies channel or make the wagons using cardstock like I did for this project
To make one wagon you need just one 18 x 12 cm paper.
Score it on all its edges [ by turning the paper as you go] at 4 cm from the edge[ = 1 3 /4 inches]
Once your paper is scored make 4 cuts as shown to enable you to fold your paper into a box.
Snip off a bit of paper to create gluing tabs
It will look like this:
Optionally snip off triangles from the outer end of your gluing tab as shown below...this is not compulsory...it just gives a neater finish to your gluing
Your paper will look like this now...all ready to fold and glue into a box
Fold all score lines and you will get a shape as shown below
Apply glue to your gluing tabs and glue...
use paper clips to help keep your parts together as your glue dries
My toy train has 5 wagons as the birthday girl is celebrating her 5th birthday!
Stick the boxes onto your wagons and your train boxes are ready to add little toys, candy etc
Since the toy train is very big with 5 parts I wanted a mechanism to take apart the pieces and put them back together like a real toy...I made magnetic parts to join the wheels of the train
Cut 3 strips [in cardstock, foam and silver paper] and 2 wheels using the dies in the Train Cardzz set.
Stick the foam in between the pink cardstock and silver paper...this makes your part sturdy and prevents it from buckling while keeping it lightweight
I made 8 strips to join 5 of my train wagons
You can simply glue the wheels on to your strips or if you want a really good adhesion use brads. Poke holes on either end of the strips and through the center of your wheel and join the wheel to your strip using the brads. I added magnets to the backside of the strips under the wheel and magnets onto the wagon wheels as you can see in the toy train individual pieces below
As a final touch I will be adding photos of the birthday girl and her family
in each of the wagons and in the windows!
I hope you like some of the ideas I have shared in this post
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