Today we are going to go through the list that does not require cooking or baking. This list can be done way before vacation and does take some time.
Kids Bags For The Car:
We have 8 grandchildren and with our new addition of Anni, our oldest grandsons new wife we have 9 grandchildren. The older ones do not get bags for the car anymore because they have out grown this tradition. We call the 5 older grandchildren “the bigs” and the 4 smaller grandchildren “the littles” to help us know which group of grands we are talking about.
The Dollar Tree is a great place to find items for the car bag that are not expensive but that will keep the “littles” busy for the car ride. I also add pencils and word searches that I make on line. The word search has all of our names in them and words like beach, sand, dolphins etc.
For the paper puzzles I just googled FREE PRINTABLE WORDSEARHCH or whatever I was looking for and made my own puzzles. In the wordsearch puzzle I used my own words. Like everyone’s name in the family and some beachy words.
My goal with the goodie bags is to keep the children busy for the long drive and the parents sane. You can make or buy puzzles. They do have puzzle books at the Dollar Tree.
I used to give the kids their favorite candy but the littles get too hyper so we stopped giving candy. Now they get a juice box and a bar or fruit snacks.
We try and recycle the bags that we use each year but sometimes it doesn’t work out to get the old bags so I always have a few on hand. The kids really enjoy the surprise of the bags and the fun puzzles, books, drawing pads, journals and snacks. This is a inexpensive thing to do that gives the kiddos some entertainment as they travel.
I hope this gives you some inspiration that helps you as you travel. And that it helps you have sanity as you travel to get to your destination.
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