Help with ideas to keep kids occupied for 8 hr drive

Expecting0207 · April 2010

We are moving 400 miles away in a week and a half. In the next 6 weeks we'll be driving back and forth 4 times. And since I'm overwhelmed and not thinking, I already packed all their toys except 2 dolls and their kitchen foods.

So I'm heading to target tonight - 5 Below is an option too. What ideas do you have of small toys to keep them occupied? The girls are 3.5 and 1.5.

femmegem · April 2010

Do you have a DVD player for the car? Ours is a godsend, I tell you.

Yodajo · April 2010

Lacing cards and beads, TAG reader, Letter magnets on a metal sheet....I'm drawing a blank on the rest.

I hope you kept the DVD player handy. That is a lifesaver on long trips!

Temp970088312507122 · April 2010

Can you get a portable DVD player? We strap that to the back of the seat (they have ones cases that can go between the two front seats so both could watch it). We do a 12 hour drive a couple times a year and a 6 hour drive about 4 times a year and it has always kept DD1 happy.

Jodi&Joe · April 2010

COLORFORMS! Let them stick them to the car windows.

For the older one, you could get lacing things. I don't even know the technical name but these....

https://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Lace-Trace-Pets/dp/B000O7ISY4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1272572171&sr=8-1

Actually, you could probably even do these for the younger girl....

https://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Primary-Lacing-Beads/dp/B00006JZCR/ref=pd_sim_t_2

And Melissa & Doug magnetic dolls....

https://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Primary-Lacing-Beads/dp/B00006JZCR/ref=pd_sim_t_2

Portable DVD players with movies are a MUST!

Any of the LeapFrog toys....you know, the write and scribble one. The cell phone. The magnetic one with the letters (Fridge Phonics, I think it's called).

Jodi&Joe · April 2010

Oh, and those little kid laptops.

Yodajo · April 2010

Yes, Colorforms! I knew I was forgetting something!

RJMbim · April 2010

You definitely need a DVD player!

brightning · April 2010

MagnaDoodle

Clipboard with white paper and lots of stickers. I like the twisty Crayons for the car.

Food, food, food

Doctor kit - my DD plays with hers for hours and does checkups on all her animals

New kid songs on iPod. Several Skippyjon Jones books also come with CDs of the author reading the book.

Expecting0207 · April 2010

Thank you! I'm hunting on Amazon for a portable DVD player now!

AnnapolisLari · April 2010

We made 4 8 hour drives within a month, and didn't need a DVD player. The kids were awesome. We just brought some books, kid CDs, snacks and their fave stuffed critters, and stopped every once in a while to stretch and eat.

We never even used the little games we brought.

jlw2505 · April 2010

DVD Player. with that many trips - it is way worth the money.

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