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For Families - Train & Imagination Inspired Activities

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Finger Puppet Fun

Squirrel and Raccoon character finger puppets  based on the characters in Do You Like Trains? are a great way to encourage imaginative young minds to follow along with the story and bring the characters to life!

Materials Needed: Do You Like Trains? Coloring Gift Set which includes 8-pack Crayola crayons and the cut-out coloring page of the squirrel and raccoon in full figure and head finger puppet options. 
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Gingerbread Train Ornaments

A festive addition to any Christmas tree, use your Gingerbread Train cookie cutter to make these keepsake ornaments to enjoy year after year each holiday season. 

Materials Needed: Gingerbread Train Cookies and other favorite shapes of your cut-out cookies, plastic straw, colorful string or ribbon, and spray shellac or clear lacquer. 
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Gingerbread Train - 3D

A 3D Gingerbread Train, instead of a Gingerbread House, will be the awe of everyone and makes a wonderful centerpiece, display under a Christmas tree, or atop a fireplace mantel.  Author Ann Tarpley Francesco found a fabulous 3D Gingerbread Train Kit made by Create A Treat. You can find them at Bed, Bath & Beyond, Amazon and other retailers during the holiday season. 
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After the Brothers Grimm published “Hansel and Gretel” in the 19th century, gingerbread houses became very popular in Germany.

The tradition of making gingerbread and building gingerbread houses was brought to America by early German settlers.

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