Activities for kids in car

Sticker Scenes

This Reusable decal pad from Melissa and Dog is completely awesome as is. However, I wished to find a way to make it operate in the auto. The scenes are too large for laps, and definitely for our small trays. So I decided to cut each scene in half and cut the decals into segments. Then each child can have a part of a spectacle and a set of stickers to play. The scenes won't be striking as they'd be using the complete sheets, but you can' t be choosy when you've got seven people jammed to a seven-passenger van.

Road Trip Printables

Hunted high and low for free street trip printables. These were the best I could find because not only are they out of gifted bloggers, they're also simple to print and download. The Stunning road trip drawing prompts (empty road and truck) are from Picklebums. The Lovelyhand-drawn BINGO games are from Home a Forest. The Simple and vibrant Road Trip BINGO is from This Reading Mama. For Children who can see, Interstate BINGO is just another fun printable from This Reading Mama. My Seven and Five will delight in this one. The Car Scavenger Hunt is from a giant collection of road trip printables from 123Homeschool4Me.

Color by Number Addition Pages

My Seven requested for color by number pages. I wanted to make something that would challenge her as well as give her something she loves, so I put addition details on those fairy tale characters. You can find the listing of ten complimentary pages by visiting this post.

Beginning Seems Coloring Pages

Don't do a great deal of worksheets with my grandparents, but a car trip is the best time to pull a few out. I created this set of 26 coloring pages. They just need to color the pictures on each and every letter that begin with that letter. You can get the free printable in this post.

Snacks, Snacks... and More Snacks

And What would a long car ride be without snacks? We do not generally have prepackaged snacks in our house, but I am making this trip an exclusion. I'm packaging miniature chocolate chip cookies, honey graham sticks, crispy cheddar crackers, granola bars, and bunny bites. I'm also packing a few dry cereal (a rare treat -- our kids have plain yogurt with only a scatter of cereal for breakfast), string cheese, snap peas, and baby carrots. Plus a brand-new water jug full of water.

We Are planning a very long drive this week. We are hitting the street before sunup and driving until way past bedtime. As a survival plan I have prepared a giant collection of road trip activities for children. In Just a short while our family will be taking a road trip. A Very loooong road trip. As In, begin driving at 3 AM and reach our destination after 10 PM. With five children ages 7 and under. And We don't have a DVD player in our van. This May seem a little crazy, but badly? Putting all seven of us in a hotel room having a baby still waking every two hours seems a whole lot crazier. So I've been operating at a building and collecting a variety of activities to maintain my crew busy for our big adventure.