The Chirping Moms

A Simple Idea for Road Trip Fun

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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  7. 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!

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