

-Maria
For more travel games, tips, and activities, check out these posts: 20 Travel Game and Activities for Kids, Travel and Quiet Time Activities for Kids
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by Mariel
-Maria
For more travel games, tips, and activities, check out these posts: 20 Travel Game and Activities for Kids, Travel and Quiet Time Activities for Kids
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Eesh, I just broke into a cold sweat thinking about driving to and fro for Christmas. Thanks for the helpful travel tips!
Great tips!
Road trips are one of those times when I’m really thankful for electronic gadgets! After a couple hours of sing-a-longs, “I spy”, and add-on stories…the hubs and I are worn out!
I actually did a post on this topic a long while back…I believe it’s under the “travel” label. But, really…you can never get enough help or ideas for managing the little rascals in the car!
Thanks, Maria. You did great! You’re a natural!
Mariel
WooHoo Maria, I was so excited to see you on here, btw it is you that got me hooked on this blog! Those tips are great and i also know how hard the road trip from Kansas to Utah is, that’s why we are flying next week;)
-Jaime
Yes! We are flying home next week also. We don’t drive in the winter, too risky across NE and WY….but we always drive in the summer or fall.
Ohh Maria, so awesome! Your a celebrity!! I know a celebrity! Great job and I didn’t know you had suck hookups in the blogging world!! Miss you, have a great trip to Utah and a Happy Birthday!
We are heading off on a 17 hour drive from Las Vegas to Washington for Christmas with 4 kids ages 6, 5, 2 and 6 months. The little one HATES her carseat so I am dreading the trip. Great tips for those of us who have the great pleasure of spending 2 days in the car with our children with no place to escape to. 🙂
GREAT tips and reminders! One more for you: I bought those little metal lunchboxes from the dollar store and then bought things like black scrapbook albums, stickers, gel pens, tattoos, granola bars (candy if you’re daring or other treats they rarely get). If your kids are old enough for a Nintendo DS then pack a game you buy used from somewhere like Game Crazy ($5-$10). Depending on the age, you may wrap each item individually and give it to them on the hour then you can space it out over the trip & gradually fill the lunch box. The nice part is that they then have some special new stuff to play with at Grandma & Grandpa’s too 🙂 This is what worked for me when I flew to Alaska with my 3 kids (at the time: 9 mos, 5, and 7 years old) then drove another 10 hours after the flight. Alas, my husband missed the adventure since he was in school… Good luck!
One more idea: I have fond memories of my mom reading “The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever” during the long drive from Portland to Utah one Christmas… Back in the days before DVD’s. That was really cool!