This summer we drove the farthest we have ever gone with the girls. Our vacation was in Williamsburg, VA which is 14 hours from St. Louis, MO. We decided to stop overnight both ways to break up the trip. I knew the girls would be watching several movies on this long trip but I wanted to have some fun breaks from the DVD player. I looked around for some fun ideas to keep the girls busy for the long trip there and back.
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| click to enlarge photo First to combat the dreaded, "are we there yet" question I made a map charting our way there. We had a little monkey pin that the girls got to take turns moving along the route. It helped us all know just where we were and how far we had to go, so that question was never asked. |
I found this idea on pinterest. Make copies of your families heads, slip them into plastic sleeves and let the kids draw the bodies, hats, etc.... or bat wings as Amelia drew onto our dog Groucho. This was a lot of fun, we all got a few good laughs from this activity. I also liked that it doesn't take up much room and because we used dry eraser markers they can be reused over and over. I found the idea here on this blog: All For The Boys
I also a bought a few new coloring books to help keep them busy and the snack box was also a big hit. Overall our trip there and back went very well with the girls. Brian and I now know we can all survive the super long car trip. The question now is... where to go next year?
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2 comments:
I love that draw on a family member's face idea! My kids love that kind of stuff.
If you go to AAA you can get a trip-tych which is like a flip book map of your whole trip. Each page opens up to a larger map of that local area. It's great for long trips and they put it all together for you (for free if you're a member there.) My kids love flipping to the next page when we pass each milestone.
Love the AAA map idea, I have AAA and will check that out for our next trip. Thanks for the idea!!
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