Train Treasure Fishing

Cast your line into the train depot and reel in a train surprise

Supplies You'll Need

• Fishing Pole with clothespin attached or a stick,

  Small treasures such as

• Mini Train bells

• Mini Real coal pieces

• gold coins

• train tattoos

• Train punch baloons

• Sticky hand

• Small bags/burlap poutch

• Train Whisles

• Prize tickets (if using prize tickets for games at the party you can attach those as fishing prizes.

Station Setup

1. Create the train station wall by hanging a sheet, tablecloth, or piece of cardboard across a table, fence, or two chairs.

2. Place the prizes behind the wall where a helper can sit or crouch out of sight.

3. Give each child a train fishing pole made from a stick, dowel, or toy fishing pole with string and a clothespin attached.

4. Have kids cast their line over the wall into the hidden “station yard.”

5. A helper clips a railroad treasure onto the line and gives it a little tug.

6. The conductor reels it back in to discover which ticket, gem, train treasure, or cargo prize they caught.

7. Let children keep their discovery in a small drawstring bag as a party favor.

• Best For: Ages 3–7
•Non competitive, fun for all

Deep in the railroad yard, a mysterious pile of lost cargo is waiting to be discovered. Young conductors cast their fishing lines over the station wall, and a helper clips on a surprise train treasure from the other side. With every little tug, kids reel in a new railroad prize and wait to see what comes up next.