Well next week is Halloween, so if you haven’t started decorating for the holiday this weekend is the perfect time to do it. You can use your toy train collections to enhance your decorations and to make use of an item that may normally only be brought out and used during the Christmas holiday. Today’s blog is going to talk about putting together a Halloween train.
To start with you will need a toy train that has minimal decals. While character trains can work for this project, you’re better off using a generic train. To protect the underlying paint and decals you can cover the train with plastic wrap and then affix the Halloween decorations to the plastic wrap.
The next step is to come up with a theme for your Halloween train. For example, you can have a skeleton theme or a Headless Horseman theme. After you have your theme you will want to find stickers and graphics that you can add to the construction paper saddle that you will be slipping over your toy train. If you are artistic then you can also draw and paint on his saddle.
The construction paper saddle that you will be placing on your train is going to be shaped like a rectangular box that has an open bottom and that is trimmed so that it rests above the wheels. You can use the dimensions of the train to come up with the saddles dimensions. You can use double sided tape or glue to assemble the saddle. It is easier to decorate this saddle before you tape it together.
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