Keeping a Wooden Train Track in Place

For Christmas our 11 month old received a Melissa and Doug Train Set and the accompanying train table to put it on.

It was obvious before it was even put together that it would be an issue to keep the train track together.

I looked at the set and came up with the fix of using 3M Command Strips to temporarily fix it in place.

I purchased a 48 pack of Small 3M Command Strips and got to work.

At each section of track I placed a Command Strip with the wall side on the table and tab facing inward in order to discourage tugging on them by the kids.
I placed the strip at the join between the two tracks so that both pieces of track are on the adhesive.

On the raised section of track I put a strip both below and on top of the pillars.

The results have been excellent.  The kids have played with the trains and tried to pull up the tracks to no avail.  Bonus to not have pieces of track distributed around the playroom.

So if you have a Melissa and Doug, Brio, or some other brand of wooden train set and want to keep it in place temporarily I recommend the 3M Command Strip solution!

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