I thought I’d tell a quick story about my son’s 6th birthday party last weekend. He wanted it to be a themed Eurostar party which was a bit of a challenge.

We started off by making the invites look like a Boarding Pass which went down well with the kids.

For the main event we’d made a Eurostar in the garage out of cardboard and painted it. The two boys just loved helping make it, that in itself was just a great activity for dad and sons. I’d also made up a video and soundtrack of a drivers-eye view going along the tracks and into the tunnel.

Once everyone had their tickets clipped and was aboard, I made it dark and played the video. The kids just thought it was great.

So it’s amazing what you can do with some cardboard, poster paints, You Tube and a projector borrowed from work.

- Jamie

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