Got a train lover?

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Have you got a train loving child and your short a Christmas gift or two? Or maybe you’re looking for ideas for a birthday present? Here are a few train toy ideas based on what my train-loving seven-year-old boy adores (or used to when he was younger)!

LEGO DUPLO My First Number Train Building Set  

This LEGO train toy set is big, making it easy for little hands to grasp, and has a learning component to it with numbers on the sides of the cars. My oldest had a hard time putting the cars in any order other than the correct number sequence! My youngest, just loved pushing it around the track! Of course, these pieces can be built into other objects as well. Great imagination builder!

Motorized engine train set with Lego Duplo Compatible

This train toy set isn’t LEGO but it’s compatible with DUPLO pieces. My youngest adored this set, and still some days pulls it out (he’s seven!) This set has basic wheel pieces that can be built upon, as well as pieces that assemble into a bridge. The engine has a button that, once pressed, makes the train go around the track.

Fisher Price Thomas the Train set

My sons still pull these wooden trains out to play with. These are wooden tracks and trains that we plan on keeping until we have grandchildren! The wooden trains are relatively inexpensive and are sturdy. The wooden tracks are sturdy as well, and you can purchase both the tracks and the trains/cars non-brand name as well as purchase expansion packs and pieces so this set can grow easily with your child. I, personally, loved putting these tracks together when the boys were very small. Their little hands could grasp the trains, but their minds couldn’t figure out how to build a complete track!

Playhut Thomas the Train

There are also bigger train items you can purchase for your little train lover! We had this fabric trainhut for a few years, handed down to us from a friend. My boys loved it! We had picnics in it, pretended we were engineers, packed it full of pillows and read, and of course set up our wooden trains and tracks in it! This was quite durable, considering it was made of lightweight fabric!

Power City Trains
This is a terrific option for a child who loves trains, but needs something slightly different than wooden trains or LEGO trains. These trains and cars are battery operated, with plastic track. Sweet Pea has several of these kits and always asks for more. They are not very expensive and make a great starter to see if your older preschooler/kindergartener is ready for something more than Thomas (but of course we all love Thomas!).

LEGO City Trains
My youngest can’t get enough of trains. The fact that LEGO has (a few) train sets just puts it over the top. Of course, the price is a little much, but it is for all LEGOs. (This one at the time of posting is $124 through Amazon.) This represents just one of their train sets. My youngest loves LEGO train kits because he can build per the instructions, or use his imagination and build what he likes. These trains are pretty sturdy once built, although they are made of LEGO, and can come apart easily. The tracks are also pretty sturdy and there are additional pieces available to purchase or small packs available. Sweet Pea has always has excellent fine motor skills when it comes to LEGO play, so he graduated to a LEGO train set right after playing a couple of years with the wooden set.

Step2 Thomas the Tank Engine Up & Down Coaster

Sweet Pea and Cutie Pie both loved riding on one of these when we visited the local recreation center every Friday during their preschool years when they would open their doors to children inviting them to come and play with their toys! I know this is a little more than most have space for, but definitely an awesome train gift for a little one!

These are just a few options of train toys you will find for your train-loving child! There are oh so many more if you do a quick search, but these definitely represent my child’s favorites!

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