It’s summer holiday season when lots of us are travelling with kids so this week’s Twitter Tips* are all about keeping children entertained on a car journey.
Twitter Tip #1 The key to traveling happily with kids is a little planning: make a box of goodies for snacks, treats and activities
Twitter Tip #2 Make a bingo game to take along with pictures of roadsigns, vehicles, people and landmarks you can spot along the way
Twitter Tip #3 Play 20 questions. With younger children give clues to about someone in the family, let older ones ask questions
Twitter Tip #4 Stock a busy bag with pens, paper, stickers, doll, magazine, books, sweets, a magnetic scribble pad, magic colour pens
Twitter Tip #5Every 20 mins or so give the kids something new from the busy bag – keeps them busy & helps measure out the journey
Twitter Tip #6 Take along some audio books (borrow some from the library ) -better for carsickness than watching a film on a screen
Twitter Tip #7 Locate the playgrounds along your route. Stop regularly and get out of the car to let the children run around.
Twitter Tip #8 Put together a compilation of the family’s favourite music: can’t beat a singalong to lift everyone’s mood!
Twitter Tip #9 Make story magnets & play with them on a baking sheet -they won’t get lost down the car seats
Twitter Tip #10 How about some washable car window crayons to let the kids get creative while they ride?
*These #goplayTwitter Tips are tweeted each Friday at 8.30pm – follow @nurturestore or the #goplay hashtag to share
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Happily shared with Top Ten Tuesday and We Are That Family’s Works for me Wednesday
Such good ideas, I made an eye sype bingo gamefor the car the boys love it
Ooh, these ARE some good tips! We’re going on a big trip in September and I will definitely be using these!
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We’re heading on a trip soon, and I’ll have to try some of these. Thanks for the awesome tips. 🙂
Making our own travel bingo game is a good idea — and I can’t believe I didn’t think of it before. The store-bought ones are cute, but let’s face it — for our family trips through Nebraska on the way to MI (from CO), we need a bingo card that features a lot more corn and cattle. 😉