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JenGirl001
We won't be leaving the airport due to crime and the hassel of going through security again, so any suggestions on how to keep a little kid happy. Does anyone know if there are kiddie areas within the airport? Thanks and all answers are greatly appreciated!
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Everyone hates layovers even kids, here are some helpful hints.
Take portable games, like Sorry, Life, and Connect Four. They sell them cheap at places like Wal-Mart and Target. They come in very handy on the flight to. If you have a portable DVD player you can always bring that just make sure that you have extra batteries. Handle held video games are always fun, you can find some pretty cheap ones at the places above. What about books? Get some new books that the family can read together. Crayons, paper and coloring books are wonderful, again good to use in flight too!!! Be sure to pack some snacks, crackers, fruit roll ups, chips, anything small, in bags and does not have to stay cold is good!
Make up scavenger hunt cards for the airport. Put things on them like a person wearing pink, a pilot, tickets ect... who ever gets the most wins. You can walk around and do this game or you can even make up Bingo cards to do in your area if you have too much luggage. Only takes a few minutes to make them up, but hey you can get an hour or two out of them!
Start the story game, someone in the family starts the story and the rest have to finish it. You can go on forever.
Play the I Spy Game....you know I spy something blue, and so on.
Twenty questions is always fun.
Hangman, Tic Tac Toe, Uno Cards, Go Fish, Old Maid. Fun for the whole family, kills time and again good in flight. What about word searches? Those are always fun.
When all else fails, walk around, watch the planes land. Hey use the time to get something to eat, that always kills an hour! We also try to find a family that has kids about the same age, in hopes that they will play with each other. Oh yeah and we usually by one new small travel toy. Let them pick it out but, they cannot play with it until we are on vacation. Hey at least it is still new to them and will keep them busy for a few hours!
With a little planning you all will survive the 7 hours! Good Luck, I hope this helps and have a wonderful trip!
Everyone hates layovers even kids, here are some helpful hints.
Take portable games, like Sorry, Life, and Connect Four. They sell them cheap at places like Wal-Mart and Target. They come in very handy on the flight to. If you have a portable DVD player you can always bring that just make sure that you have extra batteries. Handle held video games are always fun, you can find some pretty cheap ones at the places above. What about books? Get some new books that the family can read together. Crayons, paper and coloring books are wonderful, again good to use in flight too!!! Be sure to pack some snacks, crackers, fruit roll ups, chips, anything small, in bags and does not have to stay cold is good!
Make up scavenger hunt cards for the airport. Put things on them like a person wearing pink, a pilot, tickets ect... who ever gets the most wins. You can walk around and do this game or you can even make up Bingo cards to do in your area if you have too much luggage. Only takes a few minutes to make them up, but hey you can get an hour or two out of them!
Start the story game, someone in the family starts the story and the rest have to finish it. You can go on forever.
Play the I Spy Game....you know I spy something blue, and so on.
Twenty questions is always fun.
Hangman, Tic Tac Toe, Uno Cards, Go Fish, Old Maid. Fun for the whole family, kills time and again good in flight. What about word searches? Those are always fun.
When all else fails, walk around, watch the planes land. Hey use the time to get something to eat, that always kills an hour! We also try to find a family that has kids about the same age, in hopes that they will play with each other. Oh yeah and we usually by one new small travel toy. Let them pick it out but, they cannot play with it until we are on vacation. Hey at least it is still new to them and will keep them busy for a few hours!
With a little planning you all will survive the 7 hours! Good Luck, I hope this helps and have a wonderful trip!
What kills you about having to spend a lot of time in the car?
Have you ever been on the trip from hell? It goes on and on forever. The kids are constantly whining. Bad smells. Other bad events. Maybe you don't even get there. Maybe the car breaks down.
So? Give it up. All the gory details. Let us know what you hate about long road trips.
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We drive from North Carolina to Buffalo, New York, Hartford, Connecticut, or Providence, Rhode Island every couple of months. Each trip is about 700-800 miles one way and takes around 12-14 hours, depending on traffic. Weâve been doing this since 1983. Needless to say, we are well-experienced in road trips.
We did it with kids in the days before car VCRs or DVD players. The most we had were story tapes. I learned to have a diversion ready about every 1-2 hours. Snack, new toy, stop to pee and/or stretch, a new word or observation game ⦠whatever. The good behavior span wore out after 1-2 hours. One thing I learned way after the fact is that I really shouldnât have been giving them juice and granola bars for snacks. Talk about sugar highs and bouncing off walls! They should have been getting cheese and V8 juice.
In 1992 we finally bought a mini-van, at the same time the kids were entering their preteens and teens. Weâd let them stay up all night the night before so they mostly slept in the car trip. That worked out great! My kids would probably tell a different story, but given the number of kids (4), the distance traveled and the time involved, it wasnât all that bad. I do, however, have memories of making some fairly explicit divorce plans on one or two of the trips.
Now when we make the trip, itâs just the two of us. The biggest problems now are the pain in my tailbone and arguing over the GPS directions. Weâre still trying to find a way past DC that doesnât involve two-hour traffic jams. Donât even get me started on public rest rooms. I used to hate the search for a decent radio station every 100 miles, in particular one that didnât play 10 commercials in a row. But now we have XM and an iPod so thatâs no longer a problem. When we stop at the Burger King on the New Jersey Turnpike I usually have to ask my husband to remind me which country weâre in. And when we get to the Garden Stateâ¦holy cow. With my husbandâs maniac driving (and everyone elseâs for that matter), Iâm convinced one day Iâm going to die in a fiery car crash on the Garden State Parkway. Front and side airbags are âmust have,â non-negotiable options when we buy new cars.
We drive from North Carolina to Buffalo, New York, Hartford, Connecticut, or Providence, Rhode Island every couple of months. Each trip is about 700-800 miles one way and takes around 12-14 hours, depending on traffic. Weâve been doing this since 1983. Needless to say, we are well-experienced in road trips.
We did it with kids in the days before car VCRs or DVD players. The most we had were story tapes. I learned to have a diversion ready about every 1-2 hours. Snack, new toy, stop to pee and/or stretch, a new word or observation game ⦠whatever. The good behavior span wore out after 1-2 hours. One thing I learned way after the fact is that I really shouldnât have been giving them juice and granola bars for snacks. Talk about sugar highs and bouncing off walls! They should have been getting cheese and V8 juice.
In 1992 we finally bought a mini-van, at the same time the kids were entering their preteens and teens. Weâd let them stay up all night the night before so they mostly slept in the car trip. That worked out great! My kids would probably tell a different story, but given the number of kids (4), the distance traveled and the time involved, it wasnât all that bad. I do, however, have memories of making some fairly explicit divorce plans on one or two of the trips.
Now when we make the trip, itâs just the two of us. The biggest problems now are the pain in my tailbone and arguing over the GPS directions. Weâre still trying to find a way past DC that doesnât involve two-hour traffic jams. Donât even get me started on public rest rooms. I used to hate the search for a decent radio station every 100 miles, in particular one that didnât play 10 commercials in a row. But now we have XM and an iPod so thatâs no longer a problem. When we stop at the Burger King on the New Jersey Turnpike I usually have to ask my husband to remind me which country weâre in. And when we get to the Garden Stateâ¦holy cow. With my husbandâs maniac driving (and everyone elseâs for that matter), Iâm convinced one day Iâm going to die in a fiery car crash on the Garden State Parkway. Front and side airbags are âmust have,â non-negotiable options when we buy new cars.
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