With a week to go until our big road trip, I feel like I'm way behind and yet still constantly thinking about our trip!
What to do with an 18 month old an *almost* 4 year old for 12+ hours of driving?
I've been scouring Pinterest and Amazon looking for new books, ideas, etc...
One great one: A Road Trip Binder. Imagine it - a map of the country with the route drawn on, alphabet exercises, counting exercises, etc... Keeps the 4 year old working, learning, and hopefully entertained. I found a ton of amazing printables on this blog!
A Kids Atlas or travel book like this one I found on Amazon:
I ordered a few different books and I'll review when we're back!
Movies - yeah, yeah. When all else fails, throw in a DVD player. Luckily, our car has one built in, but if not, there are inexpensive ones at Target to strap to the seat for the kids!
Snacks - When all else fails, have a snack! I'm planning to pack several things:
What to do with an 18 month old an *almost* 4 year old for 12+ hours of driving?
I've been scouring Pinterest and Amazon looking for new books, ideas, etc...
One great one: A Road Trip Binder. Imagine it - a map of the country with the route drawn on, alphabet exercises, counting exercises, etc... Keeps the 4 year old working, learning, and hopefully entertained. I found a ton of amazing printables on this blog!
A Kids Atlas or travel book like this one I found on Amazon:
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Movies - yeah, yeah. When all else fails, throw in a DVD player. Luckily, our car has one built in, but if not, there are inexpensive ones at Target to strap to the seat for the kids!
Snacks - When all else fails, have a snack! I'm planning to pack several things:
- fresh fruit and veggies (baby carrots, celery, peppers, sliced apples, oranges)
- Go Go Squeeze - nothing is easier than pouches of apple sauce... except...
- Yummi Pouch - pre-made smoothies/fruit juices
- Pretzels/Goldfish/cheerios
- Water bottles
Take Breaks - we'll be taking potty breaks every 2-3 hours and stopping halfway for the night.. hopefully a non-fast food dinner and early night so we're refreshed before part 2- which leads us straight to the gate!
You are very brave to take little children on a long road trip. Good luck to you! The longest we have ever done was a 7 hour trip with a two (almost three) year old. That was enough to cure me for a little while. Hope you all have fun and smooth travels.
ReplyDeleteI know you will all do great! After all you are heading to the best place to play. The only long car trips I have been on were family vacations driving across Canada - 4 days of driving, 5 kids in the car, I don't recommend it. Recently a 10 hour drive to attend a funeral, again, not fun. Driving to Disneyworld, fun! Hope there is lots of napping and few meltdowns.
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