Leland's Birthday Train

For parents who have a Silhouette and have kids who love Thomas the Train...this is for you...

This was a fun project for my godbrother and godsister's son's 2nd birthday...though it was a belated birthday present, since I didn't realise that assembly need just a bit more time than I had allocated...lol

Anyways, I purchased 3 designed from the Silhouette Design Store from the artist SnapDragon Snippers...quite affordable at $2.19 each (cheaper if you are a member or during the sale periods) design file that you keep forever. Here are the links to the 3 different design pieces: Engine, Coal Car, and Carriage.

So when you first purchase the 3 designs, it is for a Christmas themed train, looking like this:

So to start off, how do you get the design above to look like the train at the top of this post? It's actually not too hard, since the designs actually label all the different pieces you need to have cut...and with a little trial and error and help from the SnapDragon Snippers blog, I was able to cut what I needed in the colours that I want to assemble everything in to the theme of Thomas the Train.

With a little modification and custom designing this is what I made:

The Engine with the trim showing the year of the birthday boy's year of birth.

The Coal Car with big Ls for Leland.

And finally the Carriage Car with Leland's name on the side and of course more Ls on the front and back.

So with a little time and patience...you can make yourself a 3 car train...to celebrate a special birthday!

Happy belated 2nd Birthday Leland!