{"id":719,"date":"2024-02-16T12:48:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T12:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/?p=719"},"modified":"2024-02-16T12:50:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T12:50:51","slug":"extra-travel-activities-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/16\/extra-travel-activities-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra Travel Activities for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We traveled for my dad&#8217;s Celebration of Life last week and I knew it would be a difficult week for the kids, so packed some extra materials to help keep the kids occupied during the event and other appointments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On-the-Go Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will sometimes bring these activities to a restaurant, on the rare occasion that we go to one.  But, they also worked great for travel.  Once again, many of these ideas are inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/minijetsetter.com\">Mini Jetsetter.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1289-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"on-the-go activities for kids\" class=\"wp-image-721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1289-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1289-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1289-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1289-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1289-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1290-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"restaurant activities for kids\" class=\"wp-image-722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1290-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1290-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1290-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1290-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1290-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For each one of my kids (3 and 5), I put together a pouch with art materials, a sketch book, mini colouring book, mess-free painting, water ring game, and at least one animal figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also gave them each a mini lego set in a pencil case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything above is from Dollarama or was a gift from the hairdresser or came from friends&#8217; goody bags.  The water ring game is from Jean Coutu (a drug store in Quebec) and the mess free painting sheets are from Amazon.  Nothing is precious.  I include things in these kits expecting them to get dropped, left behind and gifted to other kids we meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On-the-Go Sensory Activity &#8211; Pluffle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I packed an extra sensory activity, in case we needed to occupy the kids for a while at my mom&#8217;s house.  I brought a ziplock bag full of Pluffle because it&#8217;s very light weight and you can squeeze the air out in the bag so it packs up small.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At my mom&#8217;s house, I dumped the bag into a bin and brought out some of the play kitchen dishes &#8211; and voila, a Pluffle tea party.  It kept the kids busy for 2 hours. To me, that counts as a success.  The only drawback to Pluffle is that it can be messy.  We needed to do some sweeping and vacuuming after the activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1474-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"pluffle travel play\" class=\"wp-image-724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1474-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1474-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1474-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1474-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_1474-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We traveled for my dad&#8217;s Celebration of Life last week and I knew it would be a difficult week for the kids, so packed some extra materials to help keep the kids occupied during the event and other appointments. 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