Book Advent: Day 17 {Polar Express Candy Trians!}

Happy weekend, my friends!  

It's going to be an insane day of last-minute shopping, wrapping, and baking!  But it's all part of the magic, right?!  The countdown is on--one more week until Christmas!  The beautiful part about our Christmas book advent is that we are creating new family traditions.  I know for a fact that we will keep adding to our "Gingerbread Man" day each Christmas.  And I believe this book will continue making a special appearance also:

I don't know if there is any book more magical than The Polar Express.  My favorite day of teaching was our annual Polar Express pajama party.  So I decided to start up this tradition with Little Man.

When Little Man woke up from his nap, he enjoyed this train snack.  I saw this idea originally here.  I just used graham crackers for the train, mini Oreos for wheels, and frosting to put it all together.

Mr. Oopsey Daisy dressed Little Man in pajamas while I quickly set up a train out of our kitchen chairs.  The marched down the stairs and had to present their Polar Express tickets.  After I punched them, they could sit on the "train."

Little Man absolutely LOVED the train.  It took a lot of convincing to get him off the choo-choo train!  We read The Polar Express book, followed by hot chocolate.  Then, I gave my boys one of these candy trains:

For these candy trains, I used hot glue to assemble the candies....

*I used a lifesaver package for the main body of the train.

* I used a carmel topped with Hershey kiss for top of the engine.

*I used a Reese's peanut butter cup for the back of the train.

* The wheels are those adorable Brach's taffy candies.

We finished the night by watching The Polar Express Movie.  It was a wonderful time, and I know Little Man enjoyed every minute of it!