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i have two tables. got them a year apart. We have a small kid sized table and chairs from Ikea that I got DS for his 2nd birthday. He eats there a lot and has also done arts and crafts and played with stickers and play doh.

Then last week, we got him a massive train table (the Thomas one) for his third birthday and he loves it. The pieces are not glued down, but they stay there - so it basically stores all the tracks and trains. He has to stand to play as the kid chairs would be too small, so i see the 2 tables as totally different purposes and functions. Also because the train table was so expensive, i wouldn't want him eating or doing crafts there for fear of ruining it! I think it will strictly be a train/toys table.

@ShootingStar: ours was a hand me down so not sure of brand - see pic below

A friend of mine didn't want them taking the tracks apart so they configured it and glued it all down - I do NOT suggest this! The little bit my kids did play with the trains the fun was in building new tracks!

We have a similar setup to @californiadreams and find it handy to have both. We went with the Imaginarium train table from TRU since it includes the tracks and a few trains. I also agree not to glue down because my kids love configuring the tracks. We keep extra tracks and trains in bins under the train table.

We have a Melissa and Doug table with chairs. The kids love having their own table to do arts and crafts.