Vegetable Train
This week I’m sharing my Vegetable party train which was a real hit at my daughter’s party. This was originally posted on the Daysinbed blog which has since rebranded to The Inspiration Edit.
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To make this vegetable train you need between 4-5 capsicums or peppers. They have different names depending on which country your from so for the purpose of this post I’ll call them peppers.
You simply slice off the top of the peppers and scoop out the insides. Make sure you leave the pepper stalks on  the outside as they can come in handy for connecting the trains together.
Use the tops of the peppers which you have cut off to make slices for the carriages. Also chop some Celery, carrot sticks and 20 slices of cucumber for wheels.
Next you begin building the train. You will need tooth picks to connect the cucumber wheels to the pepper carriages. the cucumbers need quite a bit of reinforcement so expect to use a few toothpicks per wheel.
Once the carriages have wheels, you simply need to stand them in a row to create a train of carriages. Then add the pepper sticks, celery, carrots and cucumber into the carriages for the finishing touch.
What You Need
4-5 Peppers
1 Cucumber
1 Carrot
Celery
Toothpicks
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This was a fun train to make. My friend worked on this project with me and I think together we did a great job. So much fun and a great activity to share.
Angela x
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This is a brilliant idea! What a great way to get kids to eat more fruit and veggies, I need to do this! I also think the kids would enjoy helping to prepare it. I love the cucumber wheels. xx
I know. It would be a fun activity for the kids! Totally agree.
Super creative & fun. I think also the fact it’s so colourful makes it more appetizing for kids to want to eat too, got me wanting to snack on some veg now x
I totally agree. This was a big hit and i was surprised how much the kids did like it!
This is a great way to get the kids to take the needed vegetables and fruits. Bookmarking this post.
Thanks. I’m glad you like it 🙂
That is a really genius idea, I love how simple yet creative the idea is and the presentation is gorgeous
Thanks 🙂 It was really popular at the party.
This is the cutest idea! My daughter can be very fussy about food but salad vegetables are something she loves thankfully (for now at least) and I know she’d love this veggie train.
Thanks. Sylvia is fussy with some foods and some work.
This is amazing! It’s my daughters party in a couple of months, I am bookmarking this X
Oh great. It’s good to know this is a winner with so many parents 🙂 Thanks for commenting.
This is really cute! Such a lovely idea x
Thanks donna. It’s fab when bloggers I love like my posts.
What a really fun idea. I love how colourful and attractive it is and it would really appeal to children and yet it’s really healthy. I need to remember this one 🙂
Thanks Laura. I enjoyed making it. It was really fun!
Love this!! It’s such a simple idea but really effective
Thanks Rachel. i love it!
That looks so fun, very healthy too. I think my own children would love something like this too, what a clever idea xx
Thanks Lindsay 🙂
I adore this idea Angela! It is so cute & fun & more importantly it’s so healthy! The fun design will encourage kids to eat these gorgeous veggies. Well done x
Thanks Becky. I’m glad you like it. 🙂
Wow – that is amazing! I’m not sure it would look like that if I tried it, but I love it! So cute!
Thanks. I think we all have different things we are good at- like your amazing poetry and funny posts. 🙂
I have a little boy who is obsessed with peppers and trains. He would really love this. Great and fun idea. x
Ooh great idea then!
Wow this is such a fab idea, I love it! Would be so cool for my nephew’s birthday party – he’s a train fanatic! I’ll be pinning this one x #brillblogposts
Yes I think it would be a bog hit for any little boy who loves trains 🙂
This is sooo awesome, I would love to make this but know for sure my kids wouldn’t eat it no matter how appertising or cute it looked.
Thanks. Glad you like it Rachel.
Oh my gosh!!!!! This is amazing, you clever bean! A perfect healthy snack for parties and… Tbh…. Just day to day… My little ones would be amazed… 🙂
thanks Emily. I am glad you like this 🙂
This is super cute– the kids I look after would love it!
thanks Courtney. My daughter liked this!
What a creative idea. It would be great as part of a buffet as well
I totally agree. I think it would go down well at any kind of food gathering.
Oh my gosh! This is adorable! Love this! #brillbogposts
Thanks. It was a real hit!
Can you make this up ahead of time?
How far ahead can the peppers be cut, say the day before the party?
I did mine on the day of the party. I have cut peppers in the past and refridgerated and they have been fine after one day so i assume one day is fine.