We went on a recent family road trip and for the long drive I put together these fun road trip activity bags for my kids. They always get so excited for some new activities and it usually buys us a couple of hours of entertainment.
We have tried a variety of different activities over the years for long car trips and airplane rides. I usually bring craft supplies as they love to make things. But it always results in a huge mess in the car. Plus it requires a bit more prep on my part ahead of time.
My goal this time was to simplify things. My kids are ages 9, 6, 4, and 2. And even though we are still in the little kid years, I am learning to adjust with my kid's ages.
They each have one of these hanging bags that we keep in the car for everyday activities. For this trip, I took everything out and replaced it with new items.
This time I stuck with items from The Dollar Tree and they did not disappoint. I spent about $10 for each kid and it lasted us both the car ride there and back home.
Each kid got a new activity book, a note pad, stickers, a box of crayons and a new toy (My Little Pony for the girls and a car for the boys) - all from The Dollar Tree. I used some gold monogram stickers I had to label the crayon boxes and filled them with extra crayons we had at home. I try to keep any extra crayons we collect from restaurants or wherever in a baggie to use for these type of things.
I also picked up sticker books for each kid to save to give to them on the ride home. I also got these mini sticky lined notepads to put in their restaurant backpacks along with some road tape I had in my backstock. I also had some Wikki Stix left over from a wedding and these Asian sticker books I bought at a local store. I was pleasantly surprised that I didn't need half of this so I will save them for our next trip.
Here is how we hang the activity bags in our car - we love these sturdy car hooks that hook on to the headrests and these are the tote bags we use.
The hooks are great for hanging all sorts of things in the car. Here we use it to hang diapers and a bag of books for the car. With four kids constantly climbing in and out of the car, these hooks help me keep their things off the floor and organized!
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