Travel Tested Tips
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Traveling with young children comes with a lot of challenges, whether by car or airplane. We have done a lot of long car rides with the kids (including driving to Florida) and a few trips by plane. I’ve compiled a list of the activities we have found to be the most helpful over the years to keep our kids entertained and off screens as much as possible. We do use screens for some of our travel time, but prefer to entertain with other activities as much as we can.
- Pop it toys
- Fidget toys
- Sticker by number books
- Sticker by letter books
- Drawing tablets
- Montessori activity books
- Spot it card game
- Eye Found It card game
- Guess the Animal card game
- Wipe Clean activity books
- Melissa and Doug sticker books
- Headphones for when you do pull out the screens
- Amazon Kids Fire tablet
Now that my kids are a little older (6, 4 and 2) we recruit them to help in the airport by pulling their own suitcases and carrying their own backpacks. Each child brings his or her own backpack that holds their travel essentials – activities for the car or plane, snacks, water bottle, headphones and tablet, and a few comfort items such as a lovey, blanket, or stuffed animal. I use these bags for organizing the items in their backpacks.
