20+ AWESOME (REAL-KID TESTED) TRAVEL ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS

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This past winter out family of 4 – which includes a 4 year old and a 5 year old – travelled for 4.5 months, from Canada to Florida (and around Florida), to Mexico, and then to England (and around England) and back to Canada.

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Our trip included 4 flights, 3 rental cars, 2 shuttles, a taxi or two, a borrowed Prius and hours and hours and hours of travel time.

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Road trip snacks top my list because I don’t care what kind of amazing travel activities for kids you bring along, if you don’t bring snacks, you’re going to suffer.

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Even though I realize a lot of parents aren’t looking for screen time activities, I have to say that this was hands down one of the best things we purchased for our trip.

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Our kids got these as a Christmas gift from a favorite baby sitter, and we packed them for our trip.

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Activity books are awesome for children of all ages – you can get more advanced ones for older kids (think Sudoku, cross word puzzles etc) or very basic books for little kids.

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