Traveling with children can be (ahem)…not always the most pleasant experience. 🙂 So if you are planning on doing any kind of traveling this holiday season or ever… I hope this little Thrifty Tip will help you out.
Find some old “McDonald’s” or other toys that maybe your children have not been playing with for awhile. Wrap them up in some wrapping paper and for some reason these become cool new toys again! Bag them all up and when your children are starting to “get tired of traveling nicely” you can bring out one toy for them to unwrap and play with.
Works like a charm for my amazing and wild bunch.
What other cool ideas do you use to keep your kids “traveling nicely”?
About Karrie
Food is my love language. But so is saving money. So I like to combine the two a lot and make thrifty make ahead and freeze meals to save time. Because life is busy, and freezer meals can come to the rescue for all of us. And yes, they actually CAN taste good. Read more...
Comments & Reviews
Samie says
We do “Every Hour, on the Hour”. The kids pick a little treat or drink out of a bucket each hour. I buy the little snack bags and fill them with treats and crackers that they do not normally get to have. I also put in Capri Suns or drink packs of fun flavors. They would get so excited to pass the hours and I found I did not have to stop very often at all! Entertainment consisted of watching the clock…which surprised me greatly. I think it would be fun to add small toys next time.
Larisa says
Mine will tell you the most fun was when they would take off their shoes and socks and draw on the bottom of each others feet….a great tickle and they would try to guess what the person was drawing.