If your family is anything like ours, then you will probably be doing a fair amount of traveling for the upcoming holidays. And traveling with little ones in the car is always a bit of a challenge. The last few months we've been putting together some ideas for the car that don't involve watching movies or playing computer/tech games. Here are a few favorites!
Color Matching/Fine motor skills (Inspiration):
These are made from paint chip samples! I used two of each identical paint chip, one I cut up and glued to clothes pins, the second for the clothes pins to be clipped on.
To make the paint chips a little more durable and to minimize the number of clothespins I needed, I doubled the up the paint chips. Purple on the back of green, blue on the back of orange, etc. This is super fun!
Tracing pages (Inspiration):
We use plastic page protectors and a dry erase marker to make these reusable tracing pages. There are tons of tracing pages that are free to print! These are Thanksgiving themed, but we switch them up based on the seasons.
My daughter also enjoys tracing letters and numbers this way.
Another favorite for adults and children alike is audio books! We check out a lot of audio books from the library. Some recent favorites including Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (With CD)
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I also wanted to include a few favorite bread recipes that are great for special occasions (or really any day!).
Homemade Beer Bread. Mmmm I just made a loaf of this yesterday. Its so simple to make and way less expensive than those pre-packaged mixes. And great toasted with butter for breakfast!
I love The Frugal Girl's recipe for Honey-Glazed rolls. These are awesome...you really should try them!
And of course, a favorite all fall long for us was Pumpkin Spice Scones.
Do you have any car activities that are family favorites? Or a special recipe that you are making this Thanksgiving? Please share!
Hmmm. No travel ideas of my own yet, but I love yours!
ReplyDeleteI made some of those color matching cards this week! I think they are bit much for Phoebe so far, but they will be ready for her when she is ready for them!
ReplyDeleteThese are fantastic ideas. I (personally) kind of disagree with DVDs and passive entertainment in the car. Just my opinion. There's no reason car time shouldn't be fun family time and learning time. Books in cd are a good idea, I never used to want to hear kid themed stuff or watch animation type movies until my son was born, then what happened?? LOL I don't mind all those things :-) Thanks for the great ideas.
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