Inspire Creativity in Your Kids With Trains and City Building

Ever since I was little I always wanted to rule over a city or play with money.

I think that everyone has a niche that they really enjoy whether it is managing, building or creating things. There were major differences in the thought processes of my friends than mine even at that age but I think that there was one thing which held us all together.

Creating a miniature city and running trains through it was a hobby that spoke to everybody old and young as well as boys and girls. Each person brought something different to the table but there was an aspect of what we were doing that brought out each and everyone's strengths to some degree.
Some of us liked to design the overall setting and layout of the city, while others were more interested in the logistics of the train.
There were many arguments and discussions whether we should attempt and build a mountain or how fast the train should go and even how much we should charge the imaginary people for fares.

I realize that some of these conversations were silly but think about what video game or even sports activity brings out that type of thought process in kids.

The girls were usually decorating houses, creating themes for the city or trying to bring some nature in the way of grass or flowers to grow in-between all of the plastic and cardboard designs. I had one friend that was interested in bringing water the all of the residents and with hundreds of straws and a lighter he managed to somewhat do that.

It was incredible seeing how advance we were getting and all of this was only due to our creativity and imagination. These days it is a bit easier to get started as the Bachmann G Scale trains are very well built are realistic replicas of actual trains. They ride very well, make sounds, create smoke and have many different pieces which can take the set building to an entirely different level than what I was working with.
The main thing to keep in mind is to not stop the creativity by buying already themed sets as then it might be hard to really get the ball rolling. The problem that I had with my child is that he just wanted to buy more things made by the brand and it took him a while to start creating his own additions. Now there are Lego houses and people alongside the trains and it looks amazing.

Another great product which I have found is the N Scale Buildings and they can really bring realism to the designs as well.

Some are really nice and they even have replicas of sky scrapers, sports stadiums and train stations.

There is a lot of selection out there and they make things look much better than just having everything made out of cardboard. There are miniature trees, benches, dogs, cats...
you name it. Even though I wish that I had all of this available when I was young at least I get to play with it now and teach the next generation that there are other things out there other than only video games.