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The Chirping Moms

A Simple Idea for Road Trip Fun

May 22, 2013

Keeping kids busy on long car trips is not easy. We do quite a bit of travel over the summer. I can get Maggie to watch a movie for about 30 min, & when the road trip is 8+hours that leaves a lot of time for “are we there yet whining”! We bring books & stickers but Maggie loves to play with all of her little dolls & animals. She tries to play with them in the car, but they always fall off her lap (which leads to a lot more whining). 

A few months ago, we kicked off an early morning road trip with a stop at our local coffee shop. We had barely reached the parkway when the waterworks started because Maggie dropped “mini Cinderella”. I looked down at the drink tray holding our coffees, thinking to myself: I should have gotten a bigger coffee for this trip. Then I had an idea…

I took the coffees out of the tray & announced that Cinderella now had a new castle for the car. Maggie loved it & played with it the rest of the drive. 

Recently I painted one to make it look even more fun. We now have a blue swimming pool, a green forest & pink & yellow bedrooms for the princesses. 

This is a really simple way to entertain kids in the car or stroller. You can leave the tray as is or get creative with it! Any other favorite activities for long car trips? 

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Comments

  1. Britney Mills says

    May 22, 2013 at 2:53 pm

    Found you from the God's Growing Garden Blog Hop. Hope you are doing well and I'm a new follower!

    Reply
  2. Jennifer says

    May 23, 2013 at 2:32 am

    Hi, I came here from the Meet and Greet blog hop. I'm a new follower on GFC. 🙂

    Jennifer
    http://thistlebearhome.blogspot.com

    Reply
  3. Ζήνα says

    May 23, 2013 at 7:25 am

    Great idea…thank you for sharing it!

    Have a wonderful week!

    Zina (efzin-creations.blogspot.com)

    Reply
  4. April Lewin says

    May 23, 2013 at 11:44 am

    New Follower from the Meet and Greet Blog Hop. http://alewphotography.blogspot.com

    Reply
  5. Angelique Ouellette-Tower says

    May 23, 2013 at 12:21 pm

    I'm stopping by from the Meet & Greet blog hop to say congrats on being the featured guest!! I'm already a follower of your lovely blog.
    Thanks
    Angie
    godsgrowinggarden.com

    Reply
  6. Kelly Gentry says

    May 23, 2013 at 12:22 pm

    Wow- BRILLIANT idea! So cute and I love being able to reuse things that would have been thrown away otherwise. Here from the Blog Hop!

    Reply
  7. Sheila says

    May 23, 2013 at 8:54 pm

    So smart!! Our 4 year old Rylee plays with those little princess dolls more than any other toy she owns! She's always walking around with two fist fulls of little dolls, and this is an awesome idea for a "castle" for the princesses!

    Reply
  8. Christi says

    May 25, 2013 at 9:37 pm

    What a cute idea! My girls would love that!

    Reply
  9. Lexie Loo, Lily Boo, and Dylan Too! says

    May 28, 2013 at 9:54 pm

    That's a really cute idea! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply

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