Are you ready to get started on your next crochet train toy project? This curated selection of crochet train toy patterns will inspire you. Gather Ingredients: Before you begin, gather all the ingredients you’ll need, such as gingerbread dough, royal icing, candy decorations, and any other desired embellishments. Pro tip: Allow your gingerbread pieces to dry out to room temperature for a few days to ensure extra stability during construction. Assembling the House Ingredients & Tools With the patterns and designs below, you can easily find one that fits your style and skill level. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced crocheter, you can make your own adorable train toy with ease.

The three finished supermarket gingerbread houses. Asda's sadly collapsed as we tried to move it (Image: Emily Collis/BirminghamLive) Make the royal icing. Place the egg whites in stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. With the whisk running on medium speed, gradually add the icing sugar and lemon juice, mixing until you have a very stiff consistency. Place the icing in a bowl and cover with a damp tea towel.My kids love making gingerbread houses at Christmas time. It’s a fun tradition, but let me tell you, making a gingerbread house from homemade gingerbread is a labor of love. You gotta mix the gingerbread, and bake the gingerbread, and cut the gingerbread, and let it cool, then make the royal icing and assemble the houses and let them set up and THEN start decorating. It’s a great Christmas tradition IF you have plenty of time and kids that are old enough to actually help (10+). In a large bowl, mix together the flour, all the spices and the salt. Pour the melted mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients and mix to form a stiff dough. Wrap in cling film and set aside. (Repeat for the second batch of dough.)

Mix all the marzipan ingredients together to make a stiff dough and knead it briefly until smooth and evenly coloured. Roll out the marzipan very thinly and cut it into 3cm-wide strips. Slice along the strips to create ‘tiles’. Spread the roof thinly with royal icing and attach the marzipan tiles, one by one, a row at a time, beginning at the bottom edge of each side of the roof and overlapping each row with the one below as you work upwards to the rooftop.

How to Make a Christmas Candy Train

Besides timeless train designs, I also made sure to include some unique and fun crochet trains with exciting motifs and details. Once all 5 pieces of the train have dried, use the white icing to decorate the train as desired. Let the icing set until hardened. Allow to Set: Let your gingerbread house sit for a few hours or overnight to allow the royal icing to fully harden and set.

Assemble the House: Begin by assembling the walls of the gingerbread house. Use royal icing as glue to attach the pieces together, holding them in place until they set. Repeat this process for the roof and any other decorative elements. Here’s an easy-to-use template for your gingerbread house. Using this guide, pull out your ruler and some paper or cardboard to transfer the measurements. Trim each template piece with scissors or a utility knife and set aside. Your Complete Guide to Making a Gingerbread House Firstly, you can experiment with different yarn colors and textures to create a train that truly stands out. Also, each child should plan to make one train car or engine. Trying to build an engine plus two cars (as you see in my photos) will take most kids longer than their interest will last. Christmas Train SuppliesThis gingerbread kit was 50p cheaper than Tesco's, but they looked near-identical inside. The decorations on the box looked a bit more realistic, but the pieces were the same right down to the windows and doors. The only difference was these multi-coloured balls had sprinkles mixed in.