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Fun Things for Kids to Do While Traveling + Printable License Plate Bingo Cards

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Now that my little kids are getting older and we are traveling with them more, I’ve been trying to find new ways to keep them entertained when we are on the road. It doesn’t take much for the kids to get bored when we are driving somewhere, even if it is just the 30-minute drive to great grandma’s house. I’ve been trying out some new things with them and here are some of the fun new things they have been enjoying.

Kids Can Have Fun While on the Go!

1. Activity Packs filled with crayons, markers, paper, and coloring books. These bags are easy and inexpensive to put together by shopping at your local dollar store.

2. I Spy – Before your trip, print out sheets with different items on them that you will see on your trip for the kids to cross off as they see them on your journey.

3. Sing Along Fun – admit it, we are all sick of the Frozen soundtrack but let’s face it, the kids love it. Download a copy to play in the car so the kids can sing along. If Frozen isn’t their thing, find something that is.

4. License Plate Bingo – Print out our License Plate Bingo cards  with pictures of different license plates and have the kids cross them off as they see them.

5. Movies – If your vehicle is equipped, I recommend a movie for long travels. They are great for when you’ve exhausted everything else and they often lead to naps in the car.

Of course, these are just a few of the things you can do in with the kids in the car. What do you do to keep your kids entertained when on the go?

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Reindeer Food Recipe with Printable Label

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As you may have noticed, we are busy getting ready for the holidays and cannot wait for Christmas to arrive.  My kids are so excited about Christmas this year that we are going all out.  The tree is up, the lights are on the house , the stockings are hung….now we wait.

Since we have 23 days to wait until Santa and his reindeer arrive, we thought we would start preparing for their arrival as well. To help them find our house on Christmas Eve we made batch of reindeer food to sprinkle in the snow around our house.  Since we live in Wisconsin, we thought now was a good time to get started because all the snow we keep getting could make it hard for them to find us.

Making reindeer food is really easy and only requires a few ingredients and supplies. To get started you will need the items pictured below.

You will need holiday treat bags, a canister of oats, sugar and sprinkles.  Now for sprinkles, you can use any kind you want. We went with the rainbow because all of the kids like to see the different colors in the snow and they all claim that the reindeer like rainbow sprinkles the best.

In addition to these items, you can print our cute reindeer food label (below) and gift some reindeer food to friends too. (Parents can also make reindeer food and surprise their kids and help them prepare for Santa’s arrival).

To make your reindeer food you take your plastic treat bag and add 1 cup of oat, 1/4 cup of sugar and 1 tablespoon or sprinkles. Once you have the ingredients in your bag, seal it and shake it up to mix everything together.  Once it is all mixed, you will have a nice supply of reindeer food on your hands.

If you would like to label your reindeer food for a gift, download and print the labels below (each printout includes 4 labels) and fold them over your bag of magical reindeer food and staple the ends to the bag.

Ta da!

You’ve just made reindeer food and Santa and his reindeer will be able to find their way to you on Christmas Eve after you sprinkle it outside.

Get your printable Reindeer Food labels below:

If you have any problems with the popout box, click HERE to be taken directly to the PDF for printing.

Activities & Crafts

Homemade Silly Putty

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Homemade Silly Putty

Homemade Silly Putty is easy to make and completely non-toxic. Making this silly putty recipe and of course playing with it is a fun way to spend a rainy afternoon.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 Cup Elmer’s glue
  • 1/2 Cup Liquid Starch
  • Food Coloring

Directions:

Slowly combine the starch with the glue and knead the mass with your fingers. The longer you work with it the better the silly putty gets. Add food coloring to get the desired color.  Store in plastic Easter eggs or Ziploc baggies.

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Homemade Play Dough

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I was recently given a homemade play dough recipe from one of our local child care centers to try and tweak if need be.  Since it decided to pour buckets here is Green Bay this week, I figured what better time to give it a try!

Let’s start with the recipe first:

Homemade Play Dough

Ingredients

1 cup flour

1/2 cup salt

2 teaspoon cream of tartar

1 cup water

1 tablespoon oil

Food Coloring

Instructions

Mix together the flour, salt and cream of tartar in a saucepan.  Mix water, oil and food coloring together and gradually stir into dry ingredients.  Cook over medium heat stirring until dough forms into a ball.  Remove from heat and knead until smooth.

From this point, I separated the dough into 6 Ziploc bags and added the food coloring to each one separately making a variety of colors and I let the kids all knead the dough in the bag.
We let the dough cool for about 10 minutes after kneading it and then I let them all go crazy and play with it.