Emma's train table

Emma really enjoys playing with trains, but the carpet in our basement causes the trains to fall off the tracks when she plays with them. Since I was looking for a project, I decided to build her a table to play on. Emma certainly enjoyed playing with the table itself - she kept trying to crawl through the frame before I set it up!


The table top comes off so that you can put different tops on. Right now it's just a painted piece of wood, but I'm going to find a piece of whiteboard so she can also draw on it. She seems to like Legos, so maybe one day when she's old enough I'll make a Lego board top.


Here's a shot of Emma and Cassidy admiring the finished product. The surface of the table is 3' x 4', and there's a raised lip around the edge so that runaway trains can't escape.


Emma helped me set up a bunch of tracks to test it out.


Our little engineer made sure that the trains ran smoothly around all of it, while Cassidy looked on. (Cassie can't help out because of her lack of thumbs, but she's a good manager.)


Another shot of Emma surveying her domain.


And, finally, one from the side. It's about the correct height for her right now (the surface is 18" off the ground), and she'll hopefully be able to use it for quite a while!


It was a really fun project for me, and Emma loves it! It was definitely a nice way to spend a couple of cold winter days!