My little boy's birthday is coming up and after watching him play with the trains in the toy stores and realizing his fascination with trains, I decided to build him a train table. I figured since I already built him a table and I don't have space for multiple tables hanging around our house, I could just build another top that can sit on the existing table, or on the floor, or I can tuck it under a bed or the couch for easy storage.
I started with the exact same 4' x 2' piece of birch that I used for his craft table and bought four 1" trim pieces that were each 4 feet long. I cut the pieces to size and attached the trim with finishing nails and then sanded the whole thing. I gave it one coat of primer and then painted the edges grey and used a mixture of acrylic paint and sample paints that I had kicking around to paint the "scenery".
I also bought a piece of felt from the fabric store, cut it to the size of the board and hot glued it to the underside of the train table top. This will prevent the table top from scratching...anything!
I have to admit, I was SO excited to give this to my little boy...we ended up giving it to him a week early! He loves it! He was so serious when he saw it for the first time, but he immediately went up to the table and started playing with the trains. He stayed there for the entire morning! I love watching him play and this table allows him to use his big imagination that is blossoming beautifully! I recently started seeing animals in the grass next to the trains...it just kind of makes my heart smile.
Enjoy!
~Jackie
