I definitely think that using the little train tracks (and tiny trains!) looks like something that could be straight out of a children's book, especially with the green grass background that we chose to do. Nevertheless, using these pieces was a challenge, particularly for letters that had only partially curved pieces (B, R, G, etc.). Our group used the little train pieces to join together parts of the letters as a 'mini piece' (ex. C and U), and in enough letters so that it looks like a coherent, singular alphabet. We felt that using them in every single letter would seem awkward because they wouldn't be able to be used in the same way as they were in the letters that needed them as joints; they would just be decorative in some way. Overall, I feel like this was a fun exercise and challenge. (Also, we may have done the J and Z backwards at first. I can't even remember the alphabet it seems.)
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