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Tips for Packing a Travel Activity Bag for Kids

Looking for a way to keep your kids happy and engaged while traveling?  Vacations are approaching quickly and here are some simple ideas for creating a travel bag for your trips. 

Tips for Activity Bag for Traveling with Kids from the Educators' Spin On It




We’ve found ourselves packing a lot of activities for travel bags for kids over the years. While traveling with my 3 children in between soccer games, restaurants, visits at friends home who don’t have kids, road trips, hotels and airplane travel here in US and also overseas we’ve discovered some items that just work well and worth the space they take up. Here are some simple items that have kept my kids entertained for hours just about anywhere. 

You can find the items just about anywhere too.  Check out your local dollar spot at Target, Walmart, Michaels, JoAnns, Big Lots or the Dollar Tree they always have a little something to add to make it fun for very little money.  

Tips for Activity Bag for Traveling with Kids from the Educators' Spin On It


Here’s what we include in our bag…


Kid’s Activity Travel Bag Items

  • Playdough
  • Stamps (Prestamped work best)
  • Washable Stamp Pad
  • Water colors
  • Crayons
  • Sticker pad
  • Coloring or Activity Book
  • No Mess Markers and Coloring Book 
  • Paper
  • Pen
  • Book
  • Bag
Tips for Activity Bag for Traveling with Kids from the Educators' Spin On It

Activity Ideas for Traveling Kids


Use the stamps in the playdough.  Works well at restaurants or airplane trays.  It’s a quiet activity and can occupy them while you’re waiting.

Use the stickers to create a story or as a fine motor skill for little ones.  You’d be amazed how much time you can pass with just peeling and sticking stickers.  Reusable sticker books are great for this too!

Using their favorite character find a coloring book or activity book that contains them, hours of fun. 

Use the blank paper to draw pictures about where you are at or visiting, create a journal of the trip or a story of the event.  I encourage you to make two blank books, one for beginning and one for the end of the trip. 

For less than $10 you have hours and hours of traveling fun with your kids! 


What do you include in your Travel Activity Bag? 



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Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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Comments

  1. PragmaticMom says

    May 25, 2013 at 11:29 am

    A good entertainment bag makes such a difference when traveling. My girls would have loved yours!!

    Reply
  2. Amy says

    May 29, 2013 at 3:06 pm

    Great ideas! We're heading out on our first road trip with our two-year old Sunday. I found a little kit with no-mess markers to add to our bag.

    Reply

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