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I've been making a binder with coloring sheets and other activity sheets like word searches for an 8 year old, then just put them in a binder. You can find tons of them online, all disney themed, all free. I'm not giving it to DS until we get on the plane or at least not until we get to the airport. Any small quiet toys are good. What about those travel size etch-a-sketches, or other travel size games? We'll let DS take his Nintendo DS too with headphones. Anything portable and quiet is fair game for us. I've also been picking things up from the dollar bins at Target. They often have small coloring kits, and I found some Nemo crayons. Figured the new crayons were a great match for the coloring sheets. Definitely don't forget the snacks too.
Those coloring books with the "magic crayon" are great. Also any handheld game.
Last time I made little travel bags for the kids, but did'nt let them know until the plane took off. Ziplock bags with little trinkets from the dollar store. silly putty etc.. They have something for every age group.
I havent had little ones for a while but my friend took her two year old son on an 11 hour trip to St. Thomas last year and she said he loved the travel size magna doodle that they brought. Also coloring books and some of his small cars and trucks. They also brought a DVD player so he could watch The Wiggles.
I always buy them new reading books and activity books that they've never seen before, pack them in the carryon, and I don't give to them until we are in the air and they start to stir, that way they are something novel/new and they are more apt to keep their attention. Also, if McD's or BK has recently had any Disney type Happy Meal toys lately, I will buy extras and keep them hidden, and put those in the carry on as well.
For my 5-year-old DD this past May, we took a couple of coloring books and crayons, a notebook for free drawing and a little metal suitcase with Littlest Pet Shop magnets inside. We also took one doll and a bag of Jelly Belly jellybeans (something we usually have only at Easter time...DD got to pick the flavors at the store the night before we left). The magnets and jelly bellys kept her the busiest. We kept the magnets sealed until we got on the plane, so DD was excited to open it, punch out the magnets, etc....took up a good bit of time before getting to the actual "play" time.
My son was only one when we went, so don't have a lot of advice there. We did buy two new packages of links for him, so we could attach his toys to the seat and didn't have to go crawling all over the plane to find things he'd dropped/thrown.
What kind of things do you bring for your kids to occupy them in the airport and on the plane?
as for the 5 and 6 year old besides if they have school work it is a good time for it .
portable dvd or game boy ect, coloring books , take a long games ect , we bring little arts and craft projects wife pulls off computer or buys at michael's or a c moore .
now we have a 2 1/2 yo old we got him an etch a sketch /coloring books / disney pooh color forms . good luck and have a nice trip.
The six year old will be in Kindergarden, And my "5" year old will actually be 4 (turning 5 in 3 months from the trip) so she'll be in preschool. I don't think they'd send homework with them. But I could be wrong..
I bought some travel coloring books. They had a handle and a box of crayons with a magnetic flap that holds the coloring book together. I got them at an ALDI's grocery store.
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How about the window clings that are used to decorate your windows for the holidays? U can buy some fall/Halloween themed ones for about $1.00/sheet & then the little one can put them on & off the airplane windows. They are basically cheap colorforms! I too am traveling with a 6 & 2 yo in about 12 days. I've been picking up coloring books. crayons, magnadoodle, gummy candy (to chew on to prevent the ear pain). They also have a coloring wheel @ Walmart with all different colors on it which looks neat. Also, a calculator. My 2 yo loves to push buttons so I bought a $1.00 calculator to take along that she can use. We also have 2 ipods with headphones so I bought some TV shows for them that they never watched that hopefully will occupy them. Hope this helps u.
I bought some activity books that came with a special magic marker. Also DD has a V-Smile portable...I might get her a new game and save it till the plane ride.
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How about the window clings that are used to decorate your windows for the holidays? U can buy some fall/Halloween themed ones for about $1.00/sheet & then the little one can put them on & off the airplane windows. They are basically cheap colorforms! I too am traveling with a 6 & 2 yo in about 12 days. I've been picking up coloring books. crayons, magnadoodle, gummy candy (to chew on to prevent the ear pain). They also have a coloring wheel @ Walmart with all different colors on it which looks neat. Also, a calculator. My 2 yo loves to push buttons so I bought a $1.00 calculator to take along that she can use. We also have 2 ipods with headphones so I bought some TV shows for them that they never watched that hopefully will occupy them. Hope this helps u.
thank you very much i almost forgot about the window clings . thank you for posting i'm now writting it down .
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