Road Trip Tips with Kids 🚗

I am NOT a road trip expert, but I've done many a trips with my young kids and I am here to tell you less is more! IF you set your kids up with EVERYTHING you think they'll need to be entertained the whole trip (thinking they'll then leave you along for the road trip), then you're setting yourself up for failure. In my experience, my kids but through emerging QUICK and the you're stuck.

I keep a "boredom" bag up front that I will slowly pull activities put of ONE at a time. I try to make each activity last as long as I can. Of course we use iPads and @yotoplay_us players, music, & audiobooks, but even after a while my kids are bored with those.

Activity ideas:

•Water wow books
•Stop watches: time distance between McDonald's, how long it takes to go a mile, how long can you be quiet (my favorite 😜)
•clickers : count the number of a specific color car (each kid can count a different color), count semis, cows, etc.
•dry erase markers: great for older kids to write on windows, play games on the window, & easy to wipe up
•paper chain countdown: make a chain for each hour of the trip & take it off after each hour that passes. This is a great visual for kids with little concept of time

Road trippin' ain't easy as a parent, but we got this! 👊🏻

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[CharaDreemurX]

You got this shit down pat! Proud of you Mama!

[YourLocalRailfan]

Man, when I was a kid I watched the raindrops race on the window 😅

[AL-cgvb]

That paperchain is AWESOME people forget little ones don't have a sense of time yet so a visual is super helpful for them!

[coolpawz]

This kinda reminds me when I was growing up. I was going back and forth between Ontario and New Brunswick a lot as a little kid. My mom would make sure my sister and I had colouring books, snacks, and just about anything to keep us entertained really lols. But once I started getting older, it was the video games for me 🤣

[Pocketlint]

The grabber is a game changer for sure! It’s my go to every time we’re in the van! ❤

[lisafowler]

Hahaha the grabber stick! Great idea my 6’2 husband literally climbs in the back lol

[GamingAndRCs]

I LOVE how you do this! I will 100% do this when i have kids (in 15 years lmao) ❤❤❤

[Hellobabushka]

OKAY I was LITTERLY going to search up hacks on a 4/30 hour car Bc I'm going somewhere 💜

[Ava-xgsl]

I also highly recommend audio books to listen to. That’s what my family did and I loved it. It’s a bit more interesting for the parents than music can be and you get through so many books!

[ryan]

WOW this routine is great, im doing this for my children when im older

[lincolnsd]

This is really helpful and ur a great mom❤❤ I think this is underrated I just subbed

[HallieEditz]

FINALLY someone who shows what it realistically looks like to go on a road trip and prepare for one
Edit was a grammar issue

[karenwadwell]

I made travel bingo for my kids. Each one was different and age-appropriate.

[MiddletownOhioMorons]

Wait, wait, wait… a min..
Did she in the very beginning of this clip, push the seats side to side?

I ain’t been in a van in a min! But that’s some new cool, clever shit! Sorry. Just shocked. I don’t have children, or big family. But if I did I would want some magic moving van parts like that.

[dpofahl]

Dry erase markers are so underrated. I do
Machine embroidery and make coloring activities for kids to use with dry erase markers. I’ve also laminated a bunch of games (tic tac toe, the dot game that you make squares with, travel bingo, etc) they can play in the car with dry erase makers.

[iipxchy_Glss]

Alot of these are honestly really smart but be careful with dry erase markers on windows; there’s a chance someone will see them writing and think they’re writing a message for help/are being kidnapped.

[Andrea-neih]

I love the reacher idea! Number 4 is on the way and we have a 3rd row vehicle. I’m 100% getting one of those!

[Quackerscreations-ppgd]

We usually just throw the snacks at the but your idea seems spot better

[Soccersam]

bruh my mom would just say get in the car and that's literally it :0

[sarasales]

Where was this video when I was driving to and from Virginia with two toddlers?