On The Road Again

If you have not figured it out already, the Dollar Store should be your new best friend! 

Kids LOVE junk! (I do too!) What's not to love about the Dollar Store? Knowing I can afford everything in the store... that's a good feeling! So what if it barely lasts until you get home. It's invaluable when you have long trips stuck in a seat next to your kid(s). This information is directed to parents with 3, 4, 5, 6 year olds... and headed out on a road trip.

The key thing to ask yourself:

How easily can this fall to the ground?

Unless you are sitting in the back (God help you) or want to hear, MOM I dropped my ____!" Seven hundred times... then adhere to my advice or you will pay.

With this in mind... THINK clipboard! What can I attach to, tape on, clasp, adhere, vlecro to a clipboard. Don't know? Well that's where my expertise comes in handy...

CLIPBOARD:

Attach (with string, dental floss... whatever ya got around the house) a new special pen, marker, crayon, pencil etc....(warning: you may have a new picture on your interior of your car) Some new fun object to write with

Plain Paper

Coloring Pages

Simple Mazes

Page of stickers (be aware a few may be stuck to your window.. a bitch to get off!)

Simple Word Searches

New I Spy: Print Out a few Things You Will See On The Way (a few pictures on a page) and when your kid spies it, he/she can color it

Print out new and interesting pages from kid/teacher websites online (free!)

Pictures of Family Members and a black marker (if you don't have a sense of humor don't do this one)

Other Ideas:

DVD Player

White Boards with Dry Erase Markers

Books

Video Devices

Travel Games

Coloring Books

Crayola (No Mess) Coloring, finger painting etc....

Child Scissors and a magazine (messy but what a time occupier) 

Madlibs

Magnadoodle

Etch a Sketch

Bubbles ( I hold the wand up to the air conditioning vent and bubbles go everywhere (my husband is not a fan of this activity)

Hope this helps generate some road tripping ideas for you.... 

please comment if you have a few of your own....

Happy Joy Riding :)