Find Coloring Pages, Puzzles, Travel Activity Sheets & More Here! Print All Free!

[mickeysaver]

This list of Puzzles, Mazes, Coloring Pages, and more was borne from my desire to occupy my partner during our first long trip to WDW when we first stayed onsite back in 2002. The activity book that I created was definitely enjoyed and I had shared those links that I had used to create it here. Since that time, many others have enjoyed making their own activity books and have added links to other sites to help others to create their own books too. Thanks to everyone that has contributed! Have fun y'all!

Want to find a coloring page to print off? Search here! http://www.coloringfinder.com/

Do it yourself Puzzle Maker: Word Search, Criss-Cross, Double Puzzles, Fallen Phrases, Math Squares, Mazes, Letter Tiles, Cryptograms, Number Blocks, and Hidden Messages http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/

The Mouse For Less Downloads: http://www.themouseforless.com/downloads.shtml (Kid stuff and trip planner pages too!)

Disney's Activity Pages: http://disney.go.com/magicartist/coloring/index.html & http://familyfun.go.com/printables/coloring-pages/

DisneyZone Word Searches: http://www.disneyzone.net/puzzle.htm

Cartoons & Comics Word Search: http://www.debidawn.com/cartoonws.htm

Disney Word Searches, Color Pages, and more, even holiday themed: http://www.disneyclips.com/onthesite/sitemap.html

Disney Christmas Coloring Pages: http://www.fun-with-pictures.com/disney-christmas-coloring-pages.html

Cartoon Character Coloring Pages: http://www.coloring.ws/cartoons.htm

EnchantedLearning's Car Travel Book: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/books/cartravelbook/

Coloring pages on lots of topics: http://www.dltk-kids.com/coloring.htm

Crayola's Coloring Pages: http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/

Epson Travel Activity Project: http://epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/PrintLab/pl_projectDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&catOID=-12478&objOID=62264

MomsMinivan's Travel Activities, Games, & Printables: http://www.momsminivan.com/printables.html

KidsTurnCentral's Coloring Pages: http://www.kidsturncentral.com/coloring.htm

KidPrintables Finish This Puzzle Sheets: http://www.kidprintables.com/puzzles/finishthis/

Halloween Printables: http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/halloweenprint/index.htm

ActivitiesForKids: http://activitiesforkids.com/printables

4Kraftykidz Disney coloring pages: http://www.4kraftykidz.com/disneymoviecoloring.html

123kidzarea's Misc Printables & Activities: http://www.123kidzarea.com/printables.html

ColoringBookFun's pages: http://www.coloringbookfun.com/

Ginevra's Disney Coloring Pages: http://lnx.ginevra2000.it/Disney/color_index.htm WARNING: Slow load due to music!

Disney Colouring Pages: http://www.angelfire.com/on/disneycolourbook/

Make your own Bingo Cards: http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bingo/

Disney Coloring and Maze Games: http://www.cartooncritters.com/colrbynmber.htm

PrinterActivities Summer Printables: http://www.printactivities.com/Seasonal_Activities/Summer-Printables.html
(this one has a "mazes" link with mazes for each letter of the alphabet. I took the M one and put pix of Mickie and Minnie on there for example)

Printables4Kids Pages: http://printables4kids.com/

Lots of stuff from FreeStuff4Kids: http://freestuff4kids.net/

Coloring Pages from TheKidzPage: http://www.thekidzpage.com/colouring_menus/activities/index.htm

Going to SeaWorld too? Check these out!: http://www.seaworld.org/fun-zone/fun-guides/index.htm

Oh, and someone asked about where they could get laminating done and my personal favorite spot for that it FedEx (formerly Kinkos), because they can bind the pages together into a book too. ;)

[the4moores]

Thanks for taking the time to list all of these links. They are great!:D

[trustknoone]

Thanks so much for the great links, found tons of stuff to print for DD. There's enough stuff here to keep her happy for several trips.

Angela

[bobcat]

Thank You! There are some that I haven't seen. I usually make up a folder with puzzles and such for the car trip and this year I found a folder with a legal pad and file pockets on one side. I plan on filling some of the pockets with blank paper and the rest with puzzles and coloring pages.

[Clover9990]

Thank you! What a cute idea...this will be perfect when my kids are a little bit older, and even to print out for my DH now to get him more into the Disney spirit!! :)

[bobcat]

Here are a couple that I have used.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/books/cartravelbook/

http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/cartoons/disney.html

[pReTtYpRiNcEsS]

thanks for the great links!

[BounceyOne]

My printer is buzzing away :)
Thanks!

[Disneybabe]

Thanks so much for your post and for taking the time to give us the links. I printed some great puzzles for our long drive down. Thank you!! :bounce:

[ennazus]

Thanks!!

[momo4]

Thank you all so much. My printer is moving as I write! I have been looking for things like this for a while, but so much it's overwhelming. Thank you for making it easier.

Does anyone know of any hidden picture type printables./ I was thinking along the "Where's Waldo" type pages, but w/ Disney characters. Hidden Mickey,perhaps?

Thanks again!!

:bounce: :Pinkbounc

[mickeysaver]

Wow! I'm glad you folks are finding this stuff useful. Have a great trip! Mickey

[Clover9990]

Bumping...I've had this post in my favorites for quite awhile, so I figured some of you can benefit from it this summer, too! Thanks, OP! :)

[lalapodip]

I was going to post a thanks for posting the great links, and then I saw how old this link was, and that it was bumped! So, thanks for the post AND for the BUMP!! :cool:

[always dreamin']

What an excellent idea this is! Thank you so much!:Pinkbounc

[Clover9990]

Originally posted by lalapodip
I was going to post a thanks for posting the great links, and then I saw how old this link was, and that it was bumped! So, thanks for the post AND for the BUMP!! :cool:

You're welcome, Laura! :) (Even though the OP deserves 99.9% of the credit ;))

[Goofy'sFriend]

WOW:Pinkbounc Thanks, thanks, thanks!!:bounce:

[matty624]

Great post, they'll come in very handy on the plane too.
Ian

[BethC]

These are great, the kids are going to have so much fun on our next trip with the activities!

Thanks to the original poster and for the bump! :)

[bartleby1]

Thanks for the links!!

Here is another site that has some printable car activities such as travel bingo, dots, tic tac toe, a scavenger hunt, song lyrics, a map of the US for the license plate game, etc.

http://www.momsminivan.com/printables.html


Enjoy!

Debbie

[dandelion]

Thanks to all who have posted links and bumped up this thread.
We already did our Disney trip this year :( but it was great :D
but we'll have a few more road trips this summer I'm sure.

[TmnsnMD]

Wow am I glad I found this subject -- we are going on a short trip this weekend and have a 6yo that can't sit still -- this is really going to help.

Thank you very much for all your trouble.

Lisa

[disneyfan551]

Thanks for taking the time to post these links! My dd is too young at this point, but I will be saving this info! ;)

Thanks again!! :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc

[mickeyminnie]

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[wdwnutze]

Thanks for bumping this thread! I am driving to WDW in November and these sites will be awesome to keep my kids occupied. I already started printing out some things to put away for the trip!

[disneyluvers]

These great ideas definitely deserve a BuMp Up!

:bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc

M:smooth:

[antnee]

thanks for the links :D

[IMADSNYLOVR]

BUMPING!

I almost used all of the ink in my printer for all of the coloring pages I printed out! LOL!

Sarah

[Baloo]

Thanks Clover9990 for the bump and mickeysaver for the links!!! :earsgirl:

This is such a GREAT post and quite useful for a Family Boards I'm going to stick it up here at the top! :earsboy:

[pezheadval]

Great Links!

My daughter is 2 1/2 and loves to color, so we got her a travel desk for the car and will be printing some Disney coloring pages for our ride down from New Jersey. I think they will help the time pass and get her in the Disney mood (of course, she is always in the Disney mood lol).

[2tinksmom]

This is awesome. Thanks a bunch!!

[mickeysaver]

Wow! Looks like my post from last year has found new life. I'm glad that it's been helpful info for so many. Mickey

[pezheadval]

Just thought I'd add this link...

http://www.ginevra2000.it/Disney/Color/Index.htm

Ginevra's Page has tons of great Disney Coloring pages!!!
They update them a lot, too! Good Stuff!

[Shelby007]

Thanks so much for all of these sites. Printing your own 'activity books' are great because you can pick what you know your kids would enjoy the most. Also pick age appropriate (not to hard or or babyish) like the books bought in stores.
I made 5 books altogether: 1 each for DS & DD for plane to FL., 1 each for place back home. Also did 1 for ME. - figure I'll need the sleep going home.

SCRAPPERS:
www.enchantedlearning.com has great pages to print to record (daily) what you've done, where you've eaten, etc. Great for future scrapbook journaling.

www.dltk-kids.com had charactor templates for paper piercing.

[momto2]

Thanks for the post and thanks for bumping. This amount of work would have taken me an entire day or two. What a great time saver.:Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc

[Auggietina]

This is great!!

I don't think this site has been posted yet:

http://www.activitiesforkids.com/travel/travel_hints.htm

[WDW Poly Princess]

Thanks so much for the links! I love the word search maker!:bounce:

[JANNYANS]

I am a rental home owner from the uk and if my guests have children in hteir group I send them a book to keep them amused on the long plane trip so Im have found this thread most helpful-thanks guys:D
so to repay you all here's some more http://www.kidsturncentral.com/coloring.htm

http://www.kidprintables.com/puzzles/finishthis/

http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/halloweenprint/index.htm


http://www.mickeyfriends.com/

[robinsnest]

Thank you so much. We'll be driving down to disney is December and it's a loooong drive (24 hours). My three kids will enjoy these very much. It's nice to have all kinds of things for them to do so they're not always asking "are we there yet?"

[dbogen]

:bounce:

Bumping so I can find this when my printer is working.

[wuv tigger]

what a great way to make the miles go faster for 1 'tween, & a 8 yr old boy!

gotta go find all of buzz's friends names

[Madi100]

Thanks for all of these links. I am going to print some off for each of my two girls for the airplane. I'm going to take them to our local Kinko's and have them spiral bound. I'll make personalized covers for them. I think, if I remember correctly, that having them spiral bound is really cheap.

[Brat862]

Thanks so very much. My dds will love this.

[kecall]

Me too!! Thanks for the post!!! Thanks for the bump!!! :Pinkbounc :bounce: :wave:

[billwendy]

Does anyone know if there are disney handwriting practice worksheets out there? cant let the kids get rusty on the trip!!!

thanks, wendy

[cfbarker]

billwendy,

Here's a link with handwriting worksheets:

http://www.themouseforless.com/educational/educational.shtml

I hope it works!

Christine

[Blondiex46]

thanks so much that all of the stuff was very useful and I will take on the plane.!!::MickeyMo

[wahoo2]

Awesome sites, although after I printed about 20 pages, my printer just broke!! I can't get it to work!! That totally stinks! LOL!!

But thanks for sharing!!

:earsgirl:

[Tinkerbelle739]

INK...I ... Need... ink!!!:earseek:

These are great, thanks everyone for posting!

Wishing everyone a "magical" day!:wave:

[TheresaM]

Here's a couple I've used before:

http://members.tripod.com/~cee_47374/KidsWorksheetsActivities-2.html
http://psc.disney.go.com/abcnetworks/toondisney/abckids/activity_fun.html

[bevemjake]

Thanks for the links. I printed some out for the plane tomorrow. :D

[CrazySun27]

Thanks, these will be very useful for our 16.5 hours drive.

[Debbie7452]

I had to report back that these pages of activities really WORKED! We did the 17 hr. drive from Houston and the kids loved the activities. I printed out all the ones I could find. The best ones for our kids (12,10 & 5) were the liscense plate hunt, car model hunt, and "road trip bingo" we self laminated the bingo cards for future use and used dry erase markers to mark them.

We travel a lot but I have never been so prepared before!

Thanks to the DIS!!!

[LegoMom3]

Somebody posted this link elsewhere (which is how I found it!!:( ) but I can't find it now so I'll mention it again:
www.themouseforless.com
This is a FANTASTIC site for getting all sorts of printables for the kids! I just printed out 3 journals for each of my boys, each one a little different. (I even made one up for my almost-3-yr. old, so I can write down his reactions, likes, dislikes and overall experience!) They can keep track of the whole trip and record all their favorites from each park or day. When they're all done I'm going to put them in page protectors in a 3-prong binder, and put their pictures and ages on the front - what a great souvenir and memory from their first trip to WDW!

[jrr]

Originally posted by always dreamin'
What an excellent idea this is! Thank you so much!:Pinkbounc

Hey, this is really great stuff, thank you.

[wanna-b-Tink]

I also like http://www.crayola.com . Lots of variety on their webpages.

[momloveson]

What an awesome thread this is. I've got a THICK book in the workings for our 20 hour drive. Last time I printed out this many disney pages was for my sons 1st (POOH) birthday.

plus, here's a link for the disney handwriting page. Depends on the method your school teaches if its helpful or not.

http://www.disneydollarless.com/educational/educational.shtml

:teeth:

[jtdl]

Another great one that I use alot is www.nickjr.com. You can find travel activities, printables and activities/printables by age. I even found some stuff there for my teenage daughter.

[stars75238]

This should make the trip easier, not only teh Disney trip but others to San Antonio or such. Thanks for the links.

[mickeysaver]

Who knew? Wow, it's neat to know that I helped to start something that has helped so many people. :blush: Here's to a peaceful trip to Disney! :drinking1 Maggie

[Sharon]

WOW thanks so much for this info. :cool1:

[disneymac]

This is an great thread - we are flying, but it'll still help keep my kids occupied during the wait at the airport and the flight. Thanks!! :flower:

[hilside]

I wish I'd known about this thread a few years ago when I was still teaching. I was always on the lookout for quick-and-easy printables to make activity books for certain holidays, or to use for seatwork if a student finished a class activity early, and needed something to keep them occupied while the rest of the students caught up. :banana:

[pooksma]

Doing the nine day dance. These will really help with the plane trip! Thanks all!!!!!

[Dizneydaz]

[QUOTE=mickeysaver]Well, being that my significant other is a child at heart and a major puzzle fan, I set out a few weeks ago to make her an activity book for our trip to WDW in September. I tried to stick to mostly Disney oriented stuff. As a test, I made up a copy for a co-worker for her trip to WDW last month and she said she really enjoyed it. I thought I would share the links with you so that you can make your own activity books for your road trip. I hope that someone out there enjoys these.

Word Search Puzzle Maker <create your own here> http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/WordSearchSetupForm.html

Thank you. What a great post! I've just spent the last 15 minutes creating puzzles from the first link. This is wonderful. Thank you sooo much! :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc

59 days and counting

[michvin]

We're going to Maine in a few weeks and it will be a 10+ long hour drive. These are great...and then there's WDW this Oct...love the themed ones!

[txmom522]

I apologize if this may already posted on the thread, but I just found customizable calendars on the Disney Website and had to tell someone!

It won't let me post urls (I am too new I guess) but go to the magic artist section of the Disney site.

You can either print in color or have your kids color in b&w. We're using it as a countdown aid. Mickey's calendar has a plane "sticker" you can place on the date(s). Very cute and easy. We're going to place a small sticker on every day until the trip! Plus mark the first day of school, etc.

[ioneblair]

my thanks for this thread, I've got sooo much from it and printed some wonderful pages for the kids and put together travel journals that I'd love to do for myself! LOL my 19 teen year old got into it so helped me and it will be a wonderful surprise for the younger ones while traveling and visiting Disney.....

Merci beaucoup!

[hjssk8]

Hi all! I found some safety pics for the rides that can be printed as coloring pages on the official Disneyland site. There are 12 in all and they show Timon and Pumbaa in various situations. When on the main page for Disneyland, scroll down a little and on the left side click on Park and Resort Safety.


Holly

[aprild]

just subscribing. love this post!!

[Jim5150]

Is there a way to subscribe to a thread without posting?

Thanks!

[FairyAuntMother]

I'm going to be printing a bunch of these for my nieces! Thanks for all the links! :goodvibes

[disney1fan]

This is great! Thanks!

[kirlie91]

super, this will keep eldest daughter occupied and entertained for ages

Thanks :banana:

[Lovemy3babes]

These are wonderful! Thank you. :)

[teresajoy]

Is there a way to subscribe to a thread without posting?

Thanks!

Yes, all you do is go to "Thread Tools" in the bar at the top of the thread. If you click the arrow, there will be a link to "subscribe to this thread" just click it.
:)

[Disbound]

I just bought my DD the Birnbaum's Kids Guide and there was a very cute and fun segment in it called "who am I". I'll give you an example of how it worked... (I am making this up so I don't spoil the ones in the book!) Who am I??? 1. I am an experiment 2. They thought I was a dog 3. I have big ears and teeth. Who am I? Answer, Stitch of course... You could play this game anytime....or you could print out names of Disney Characters on paper and players would have to draw the name and think up the #1, #2 and #3 questions. The book by the way was a big hit with my DD age 8! :smooth:

[Alex2kMommy]

My printer is getting a workout, too! I've printed customized stories with Disney characters and coloring pages, but my favorite items are the customized puzzles and word searches from discoveryschool! AWESOME!!! I made some for DS5, and even a harder one for DH, who loves these things. :sunny:

[Alex2kMommy]

... I just found customizable calendars on the Disney Website and had to tell someone! ...We're using it as a countdown aid.
I did the same; I also found a small Mickey head paper punch at Michael's craft store, punched a bunch of these from black paper, and ran the punched paper through my xyron - They fit perfectly on these calendar squares!

DS5 has been counting down the days remaining every morning. In fact, this morning he looked at my (xyron) sticker strip of remaining Mickey stickers, and said, "Hey, Mama! Four plus four is eight!" (There were two rows of 4 remaining.) Aren't kids amazing???

And YEAH! Eight more days until our first vacation to Disneyland!!!

[princess aurora]

I just used the Stoybook Maker from Disney Magic Artist. I personalized a story for my two girls and the other two kids we will be traveling with. It'll be added as another little surprise for their goodie bags! :thumbsup2

[Alex2kMommy]

I did that, too. DS5 LOVED it, I made a couple for him, and a couple for DSnearly2. DS5 can read his by himself, and DS1 loves for me to read to him.

And I don't recall how quickly I learned to read when I was his age, but MY GOSH! In September he was identifying a letter by the sound it makes (ie. 'buh' instead of calling it 'bee', 'ssssss' instead of 'ess'), and six months later he was reading at a first grade level. He is one of the better readers in his class, but they are ALL reading on their own now, which just blows me away! I remember learning letters in kindergarten, but reading Dick and Jane books ("Look, Jane, look. See Dick run.") in 1st grade, and they're already beyond that. Kids are so amazing!!!

[katy33]

Links were a great help, car trips are tough!

[familyfirsttimer]

Just found this link and it is the actual Disney site, there is a TON of coloring sheets you can choose and the quality of the pages is really great! Also has some games.etc to print
http://disney.go.com/magicartist/coloring/index.html

Have fun!

[all4fun]

Just found this site:

http://www.momsminivan.com/

has tons of ideas for activities for roadtrips and even a section called "Doin' Disney"

Just thought I'd pass it along!

[taximomfor4]

Stupid Search function...anyone find, say, a kids map of the route, so they can maybe mark off cities as we pass them? If it helps, we are taking 77 south to 95 south, from NE Ohio to WDW.

[desiab]

Wanted to add another link. The license plate sheet is really nice.

Epson Travel pages (http://epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/PrintLab/pl_projectDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&catOID=-12478&objOID=62264)

[Twingle]

Thanks so much! These are great!

[carissanboys]

I know this isn't Disney, but....I just went to nickjr.com and they have lots of printables. If you go to Dora printables, there is a travel bingo game and a travel journal to print out.

[Ladybug888]

There are going to come in so handy during our drive to DW from NY!

Thanks so much!!

[K9pal]

Sorry if this has already been posted. TONS of Disney coloring pages!
http://www.4kraftykidz.com/disneymoviecoloring.html

[TxRabbit]

I spent some time the other evening looking for printables. Looking at what I printed, here's one more. I don't think I can make a link, too new, so google abcteach.

[kkhworth]

Thanks! I am going to use some of these for my dd9....

[Scoutdog]

Does anyone know of any activities like this for playing in the car, where you have to be looking for things along the road, etc? Signs, and stuff? Is there a Florida or WDW version?

Thanks so much

[Mamatoaprincess]

Thanks to all of you for these ideas and links! We are taking dd6 in June for the first time (for all of us)! She is so excited and this will make our trip a little easier (I hope!).

[Karibeth19]

I posted a thread about this before I noticed this one. I came up with a game for the car that I thought I would share.

Yesterday, we were running errands and listening to Radio Disney (Like always!), and we must have heard Corbin Bleu's "Push It to the Limit" at least 5 times throughout the afternoon. My husband and I were joking that on our upcoming road trip to Disney we should keep a tally of what songs we hear and how many times we hear them on the 17 hour drive. That gave me a great idea; Radio Disney Bingo!!!! I went to the Radio Disney website, and copied down their list of the Top 30 songs. I made sure to include the songs that we hear all the time lately, like Hannah Montana and High School Musical. I then did a search and found this site that generates bingo cards: http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bingo/ I plugged in the songs, and it prints out the card! I shuffled them around a few times, and took out a few songs and put in new ones, so now I have about 12 cards printed out, one for each of us for a total of 4 games. I figure it will take about an hour or so to play, listening for the songs on our cards, and marking them out when they are played. I will get some kind of treat to give to the winner, maybe food treats for DH and me, and Disney Dollars for DD. I think it will be fun, and hopefully help to pass the time, since DD can still read or play her video games while playing (during the songs and commercials).

[familyfirsttimer]

I posted a thread about this before I noticed this one. I came up with a game for the car that I thought I would share.

Yesterday, we were running errands and listening to Radio Disney (Like always!), and we must have heard Corbin Bleu's "Push It to the Limit" at least 5 times throughout the afternoon. My husband and I were joking that on our upcoming road trip to Disney we should keep a tally of what songs we hear and how many times we hear them on the 17 hour drive. That gave me a great idea; Radio Disney Bingo!!!! I went to the Radio Disney website, and copied down their list of the Top 30 songs. I made sure to include the songs that we hear all the time lately, like Hannah Montana and High School Musical. I then did a search and found this site that generates bingo cards: http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bingo/ I plugged in the songs, and it prints out the card! I shuffled them around a few times, and took out a few songs and put in new ones, so now I have about 12 cards printed out, one for each of us for a total of 4 games. I figure it will take about an hour or so to play, listening for the songs on our cards, and marking them out when they are played. I will get some kind of treat to give to the winner, maybe food treats for DH and me, and Disney Dollars for DD. I think it will be fun, and hopefully help to pass the time, since DD can still read or play her video games while playing (during the songs and commercials).

Great idea!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

[Claudia1]

I always make personalized activity books for each child that we use at meals and around the parks. They are especially useful at the dinner table while we are waiting for our food or while waiting for parades or shows. I have tons and tons of things collected over the years but some of the best are activities that don't need a link.

Here are some simple ones for kids and adults. You could print them up and bind them (at an office supple place) or just print up a single sheets and pull them out of your bag as needed. These can be stopped and continued at a later time.

CROSSWORDS/SCRABBLE (1 or more players)
Use a piece of graph paper and select a topic like "Disney Treats and Eats" Disney Charcaters", "Disney Rides and Attractions", "Magic Kingdom", etc..... Link as many words that you can to fit the topic. You can play it like Scrabble & take turns or you can have a sheet for each player. For scoring, I make it very simple. The letters M, I, C, K, E, and Y are worth 3 points. All other vowels are 2 pts each and all other consonants are 1 pt each.

It will look something like this as the game goes on:

S
PLUTO
A
MICKEY
E

You could also just take plain graph paper with you and pick a topic when you need it without needing to print anything before you go.


MAKING WORDS (1 or more players)
Provide a simple sentence and let them make as many words as possible from the letters. Some favs are "Sue (use your child's name) found the Yeti!", "Small World Rocks!", "Mickey Likes Well-mannered Kids" etc.... The older kids enjoy funny sentences. An oldie but a goodie.

MAKING LISTS (1 or more players)
The possibilities are endless! Make lists of the sit-down restaurants, the rides & attractions in each park, animated Disney movies, Disney mountains (splash, space, .....), Disney treats from the ice cream cart, dolls in Small World, etc....

RIDE DESCRIPTIONS:
Draw and/or describe Expedition Everest, RnR, Great Movie ride, etc... This is actually a great memory tool. As they try to remember each turn, it brings back fun memories.

DESIGN YOU OWN RIDE OR ATTRACTION:
With a blank piece of paper, create an original design. Imagine the theming, characters, intensity, vehicles, etc....

TALLY OF EVENTS:
Pick something to look for before you leave for the day like red shoes, a smiling CM, someone wearing something with a Donald Duck on it, etc.... The family member who spots the most gets to pick the topic for the next day (or you can choose your own prize).

MATCHING PICTURES (great for pre-schoolers)
Copy FREE pic of Disney characters (clip-art is a good source) to match or cut out pics from a Disney catalog or other source. I like to copy vacation pics of the kids to match with a Disney pic of their fav ride or another pic of them at WDW. These can be used in two ways.
1) Paste them into two columns. Examples are Woody/Buzz, Mickey/Minnie, JoJo/Goliath, a Dalmation/Cruella, Nemo/Dory, etc..... The possibilities are endless. Your child can draw a line from one to the other to make a match.

If you have a copier at home, you can cut out the pics and lightly tape them onto a blank piece of paper, make a copy, then take them off and rearrange them for multiple worksheets.

2) Copy or paste one picture of the pair onto a blank piece of paper. Put the matching pics in a zip bag and pull them out to match with the paper. Can be an individual game or more than one playing.

PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT
This takes a lot of time to do but it can also take a lot of time & energy to play.

Copy, paste, and crop Disney pics or your own vacation pics so that the location or item is not easily recognizible. Be sure to make a master list because it is easy to forget what the pic is! The kids really like to see their own pics on this game.

DOT-TO-DOT SHEETS
Take any reproducible coloring sheet and use White-out to "erase" a part of the pic like Mickey's ears, Pooh's balloon, Lightening McQueen, etc... You can choose the level of difficulty based on your own child.

Use a marker to add dots for the outline and put numbers by each dot. For younger kids, I usually put a star by number 1 so that they know where to start. Make copies of the sheets once they are dotted and numbered.

PUZZLES
Cut up a photo of your child at WDW or a character pic and put the pieces in a zip bag. Them your child re-assemble the puzzle pieces.



Some of my ideas may seem corny but each family is different. Ours likes to have something to do and anything that involves thinking is useful. None of my kids enjoy coloring pages.

[csclemons]

Love the links! Great for travel, but also for some pre-trip excitement for my DD4!

CSC

[2tinkerbells]

Thanks for the info. It will help alot.

[electricmayhemlover]

I'm going in September, and these are great ideas! I will be taking my kids for the second time DS7 and DD11. I am also going to be making a list of each of the states for the car ride down. I spy is always good too.

[mattmom]

Mickeysaver, you are a life saver!!!!!! THANKS doesn't begin to cover it....now maybe those flights won't seem so long.

[tracipierce]

I know this is a reeeeaaallly old thread, but someone mentioned getting personalised disney stories on one of the posts, I have tried to find them but can't, if anyone can help, I would be sooo grateful :thumbsup2:

:thanks:

[Alex2kMommy]

I know this is a reeeeaaallly old thread, but someone mentioned getting personalised disney stories on one of the posts, I have tried to find them but can't, if anyone can help, I would be sooo grateful :thumbsup2:

:thanks:
Use this link to access the Disney Magic Artist website:
http://disney.go.com/magicartist/index.html

Click on the Fun & Games link at the top, choose a character, and then click on the Storybook icon. This should take you to a page where you enter information about the child to be included in the story.

I'm not sure if every character has a Storybook icon to choose, so if you don't find one, backtrack and select another character. Good luck! :)

[pirates4]

So much information- I printed out some for my boys.
pirate: pirate: pirate: pirate:

[snowman]

I've made activity booklets for each of us for our upcoming trip. Puzzles, mazes, mad-libs, etc. Some of the things came from existing sites, some I created using a puzzle creator. Our activity books are up to about 22 pages right now.

I'm happy to share if anybody is interested. PM me and I'll email the word doc.

Thanks for the links from page 1. :)

[KSG'sDisneyMem]

Love the links excellent info. Using for next month's trip. Where do I find how to add cool stuff like signature & other...

[pirates4]

Welcome to Dis !! To have a signature and also a Avitar go into the User CP which is located above Dis Home. This is where you can make changes.
pirate: pirate: pirate: pirate:

[Disneyfanfour]

Thanks for all the links! My two daughters, now 13 and 11, still look forward to the creativity booklets I make for them and I was running out of ideas, especially for this age. Now our 6-8 hour trip won't be so long!

[joeysmommy]

All of these activities and games are great..but...I have a challenge for you:

I want to make my sons a picture scavenger hunt card..my 3 yr old can't read yet so I wanted something he can play too.

But here's the twist...I want to make a card with about 9 pictures of items in the ride queues of DL.

So it would be sort of a cross between bingo and scavenger hunt.

I want to keep them occupied while waiting for rides like Nemo, Buzz, Dumbo, Peter Pan etc.

I have quite few pictures from our trip last year but not quite the right ones for the queues.

Also, should I cut out 9 pictures, put them on the printer and then make a color copy of it on card stock? I was going to laminate it so we can reuse it or swap with each other.
I would make an easier version for my 3 yr old and a more advanced version for my 6 yr old.

We will also look for Hidden Mickeys, but I wanted to make something different.

Any ideas?
Where can I find more pictures of the ride queues?

[EC0323]

Okay I have been printing and printing until my poor printer starting gasping for air. Now I need to laminate a few pages. Can I do that at a Staples or do I need to go to a special print shop?
Thanks to everyone for posting all these great tips and links! I am having a ball!

[DARuss]

Thanks a bunch! Great idea. We have a 11 hour drive, these will help. Ran out of DVDs on last trip.

[jdcthree]

This is great, thanks! We love this kind of stuff.

[2moms]

Great thread! We're going to be travelling to relatives 12 hours away for thanksgiving, so this will help the kids pass the time! :drive: Thanks for all the links! :goodvibes

[bear74]

Word Search Puzzle Maker <create your own here> http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/WordSearchSetupForm.html

Maze Maker <create your own here>
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/AdvMazeSetupForm.html

Cross Word Puzzle Maker <create your own here>
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.html

The Mouse For Less Word Searches: http://www.themouseforless.com/downloads/WordSearch.shtml

Disney's Activity Pages: http://disney.go.com/activities/

Pumba Maze
http://www.disneywarehouse.com/activities/mazes/maze01.html

Simba Maze
http://www.disneywarehouse.com/activities/mazes/maze02.html

Mickey & Minnie Maze http://www.disneywarehouse.com/activities/mazes/maze06.html

Disney Character Word Scramble http://www.disneywarehouse.com/activities/wordscramble/scramble02.html

Mickey's Movies Word Scramble http://www.disneywarehouse.com/activities/wordscramble/scramble01.html

Disney Word Search
http://www.disneyzone.net/puzzle1.htm

Disney Characters Word Search
http://www.disneyzone.net/puzzle2.htm

Disney Attractions Word Search
http://www.disneyzone.net/puzzle3.htm

Cartoons & Comics Word Search
http://www.debidawn.com/cartoonws.htm

Disney Character Color Pages: http://lnx.ginevra2000.it/Disney/color_index.htm

Here are a couple that I have used.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/books/cartravelbook/

http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/cartoons/disney.html

Thanks for the links!!

Here is another site that has some printable car activities such as travel bingo, dots, tic tac toe, a scavenger hunt, song lyrics, a map of the US for the license plate game, etc.

http://www.momsminivan.com/printables.html


Enjoy!

Debbie


SCRAPPERS:
www.enchantedlearning.com has great pages to print to record (daily) what you've done, where you've eaten, etc. Great for future scrapbook journaling.

www.dltk-kids.com had charactor templates for paper piercing.

This is great!!

I don't think this site has been posted yet:

http://www.activitiesforkids.com/travel/travel_hints.htm


so to repay you all here's some more http://www.kidsturncentral.com/coloring.htm

http://www.kidprintables.com/puzzles/finishthis/

http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/halloweenprint/index.htm


http://www.mickeyfriends.com/

Here's a couple I've used before:

http://members.tripod.com/~cee_47374/KidsWorksheetsActivities-2.html
http://psc.disney.go.com/abcnetworks/toondisney/abckids/activity_fun.html

I also like http://www.crayola.com . Lots of variety on their webpages.

plus, here's a link for the disney handwriting page.
http://www.disneydollarless.com/educational/educational.shtml

:teeth:

I just bought my DD the Birnbaum's Kids Guide and there was a very cute and fun segment in it called "who am I". I'll give you an example of how it worked... (I am making this up so I don't spoil the ones in the book!) Who am I??? 1. I am an experiment 2. They thought I was a dog 3. I have big ears and teeth. Who am I? Answer, Stitch of course... You could play this game anytime....or you could print out names of Disney Characters on paper and players would have to draw the name and think up the #1, #2 and #3 questions. The book by the way was a big hit with my DD age 8! :smooth:

Just found this link and it is the actual Disney site, there is a TON of coloring sheets you can choose and the quality of the pages is really great! Also has some games.etc to print
http://disney.go.com/magicartist/coloring/index.html

Have fun!

Just found this site:

http://www.momsminivan.com/

has tons of ideas for activities for roadtrips and even a section called "Doin' Disney"

Just thought I'd pass it along!

Wanted to add another link. The license plate sheet is really nice.

Epson Travel pages (http://epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/PrintLab/pl_projectDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&catOID=-12478&objOID=62264)

Sorry if this has already been posted. TONS of Disney coloring pages!
http://www.4kraftykidz.com/disneymoviecoloring.html

I spent some time the other evening looking for printables. Looking at what I printed, here's one more. I don't think I can make a link, too new, so google abcteach.

I posted a thread about this before I noticed this one. I came up with a game for the car that I thought I would share.

Yesterday, we were running errands and listening to Radio Disney (Like always!), and we must have heard Corbin Bleu's "Push It to the Limit" at least 5 times throughout the afternoon. My husband and I were joking that on our upcoming road trip to Disney we should keep a tally of what songs we hear and how many times we hear them on the 17 hour drive. That gave me a great idea; Radio Disney Bingo!!!! I went to the Radio Disney website, and copied down their list of the Top 30 songs. I made sure to include the songs that we hear all the time lately, like Hannah Montana and High School Musical. I then did a search and found this site that generates bingo cards: http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bingo/ I plugged in the songs, and it prints out the card! I shuffled them around a few times, and took out a few songs and put in new ones, so now I have about 12 cards printed out, one for each of us for a total of 4 games. I figure it will take about an hour or so to play, listening for the songs on our cards, and marking them out when they are played. I will get some kind of treat to give to the winner, maybe food treats for DH and me, and Disney Dollars for DD. I think it will be fun, and hopefully help to pass the time, since DD can still read or play her video games while playing (during the songs and commercials).

I always make personalized activity books for each child that we use at meals and around the parks. They are especially useful at the dinner table while we are waiting for our food or while waiting for parades or shows. I have tons and tons of things collected over the years but some of the best are activities that don't need a link.

Here are some simple ones for kids and adults. You could print them up and bind them (at an office supple place) or just print up a single sheets and pull them out of your bag as needed. These can be stopped and continued at a later time.

CROSSWORDS/SCRABBLE (1 or more players)
Use a piece of graph paper and select a topic like "Disney Treats and Eats" Disney Charcaters", "Disney Rides and Attractions", "Magic Kingdom", etc..... Link as many words that you can to fit the topic. You can play it like Scrabble & take turns or you can have a sheet for each player. For scoring, I make it very simple. The letters M, I, C, K, E, and Y are worth 3 points. All other vowels are 2 pts each and all other consonants are 1 pt each.

It will look something like this as the game goes on:

S
PLUTO
A
MICKEY
E

You could also just take plain graph paper with you and pick a topic when you need it without needing to print anything before you go.


MAKING WORDS (1 or more players)
Provide a simple sentence and let them make as many words as possible from the letters. Some favs are "Sue (use your child's name) found the Yeti!", "Small World Rocks!", "Mickey Likes Well-mannered Kids" etc.... The older kids enjoy funny sentences. An oldie but a goodie.

MAKING LISTS (1 or more players)
The possibilities are endless! Make lists of the sit-down restaurants, the rides & attractions in each park, animated Disney movies, Disney mountains (splash, space, .....), Disney treats from the ice cream cart, dolls in Small World, etc....

RIDE DESCRIPTIONS:
Draw and/or describe Expedition Everest, RnR, Great Movie ride, etc... This is actually a great memory tool. As they try to remember each turn, it brings back fun memories.

DESIGN YOU OWN RIDE OR ATTRACTION:
With a blank piece of paper, create an original design. Imagine the theming, characters, intensity, vehicles, etc....

TALLY OF EVENTS:
Pick something to look for before you leave for the day like red shoes, a smiling CM, someone wearing something with a Donald Duck on it, etc.... The family member who spots the most gets to pick the topic for the next day (or you can choose your own prize).

MATCHING PICTURES (great for pre-schoolers)
Copy FREE pic of Disney characters (clip-art is a good source) to match or cut out pics from a Disney catalog or other source. I like to copy vacation pics of the kids to match with a Disney pic of their fav ride or another pic of them at WDW. These can be used in two ways.
1) Paste them into two columns. Examples are Woody/Buzz, Mickey/Minnie, JoJo/Goliath, a Dalmation/Cruella, Nemo/Dory, etc..... The possibilities are endless. Your child can draw a line from one to the other to make a match.

If you have a copier at home, you can cut out the pics and lightly tape them onto a blank piece of paper, make a copy, then take them off and rearrange them for multiple worksheets.

2) Copy or paste one picture of the pair onto a blank piece of paper. Put the matching pics in a zip bag and pull them out to match with the paper. Can be an individual game or more than one playing.

PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT
This takes a lot of time to do but it can also take a lot of time & energy to play.

Copy, paste, and crop Disney pics or your own vacation pics so that the location or item is not easily recognizible. Be sure to make a master list because it is easy to forget what the pic is! The kids really like to see their own pics on this game.

DOT-TO-DOT SHEETS
Take any reproducible coloring sheet and use White-out to "erase" a part of the pic like Mickey's ears, Pooh's balloon, Lightening McQueen, etc... You can choose the level of difficulty based on your own child.

Use a marker to add dots for the outline and put numbers by each dot. For younger kids, I usually put a star by number 1 so that they know where to start. Make copies of the sheets once they are dotted and numbered.

PUZZLES
Cut up a photo of your child at WDW or a character pic and put the pieces in a zip bag. Them your child re-assemble the puzzle pieces.



Some of my ideas may seem corny but each family is different. Ours likes to have something to do and anything that involves thinking is useful. None of my kids enjoy coloring pages.

Use this link to access the Disney Magic Artist website:
http://disney.go.com/magicartist/index.html

Click on the Fun & Games link at the top, choose a character, and then click on the Storybook icon. This should take you to a page where you enter information about the child to be included in the story.

I'm not sure if every character has a Storybook icon to choose, so if you don't find one, backtrack and select another character. Good luck! :)

thank you for all of these

[Jmee]

I have used tons of ink and paper printing so many wonderful things from these links! We are flying in January, but these will keep my kids entertained for the whole trip. Thanks to you all, and hoping this bump will help someone else find this useful!:thumbsup2

[ppppiglett]

This will keep us busy on our Auto Train trip to WDW and will be great for the 4 girls while we watch them at the room and give thier parents a night alone!

Thank you, all of you for posting these links!

[Tigger&Pooh]

Thanks so much for all of the wonderful links. We have an 8 - 9 hour car ride ahead of us and I am so fortunate to have found this link!!

[Benducci]

Thank you! This all looks great!

[smee1126]

I wanted to thank you for the links to all of the activities...I have an 8yr old daughter and a 5yr old daughter, so you know they are constantly on the go...
We have a Disney trip planned for our 10yr wedding anniversary:lovestruc , April 2008. We honeymooned there and thought that it would be awesome to go back and celebrate our anniversary there with our now 'much' bigger family, which also includes our 6mo old son. We haven't decided whether we want to fly or drive but either way the activities will keep the girls busy in the car or on the plane.
I just love the puzzle maker:yay: With the 2 different ages for my girls, I can make one much easier for my 5yr old and make one a little more difficult for my 8yr old. Thankyou again!!!
:ccat:

[AmyK]

a few other links that I found helpful:


Disney related ones:
http://disney.go.com/fairies/games/printables.html

http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/ratatouille/main.html?deeplink=games

http://www.cartooncritters.com/colrbynmber.htm

Non Disney ones, if you don't want them ONLY Disney:

http://www.printactivities.com/Seasonal_Activities/Summer-Printables.html
(this one has a "mazes" link with mazes for each letter of the alphabet. I took the M one and put pix of Mickie and Minnie on there for example)

http://printables4kids.com/

http://freestuff4kids.net/

http://www.thekidzpage.com/colouring_menus/activities/index.htm
(this has some fun word searches with names for each letter)

[mickeysaver]

All of the links to other sites not originally included in the first post have now been referrenced there. Also, all links checked, so there are no "dud" links. Happy printing! Maggie

[sahlink]

Check out this other thread!! It has tons and tons of Disney theme coloring pages, word search, mazes, cross word puzzles... all Disney oriented!!

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1722545


:thumbsup2

[nineandcounting]

Thanks for this great tip!!! We can use that in August :)

[maybeecatlady]

subscribing!

[Terry36]

I need activities for a 9 and 13 year old! I have googled but have not been too successful.

I did find these pictures of the Pirates of Caribeann:

http://www.coloring-book.info/coloring/coloring_page.php?id=113

Thanks

[jennykay]

love this idea! thanks so much!

[mandicope]

These will come in handy when we go in October.

[Mom2PrincessEliza]

:thumbsup2

Thanks for sharing! We'll certainly use some of these during our trip in July (yikes - we've gone in September for the past two years, so it will sure be a different experience this time! But we can't wait!!! :cool1:

Donna

[dad2t&e]

Thanks, they are some real neat ideas!

[onecutemoocow]

I need mainly coloring pages and Have not been that sucessful. I have a 3 and 5 year old and they really cant do the activity books. And suggestion?

[CatesRDisneyFans]

Love the printables! These will come in handy for our trip in August.

[froglover2]

Can't wait to put DS to bed an o some printing!!!

[CityGranola]

These are awesome resources! Thank you!

[donnamonster]

To get my pair the coloring pages they want I search google images and I put coloring page along with what i'm looking for in the search...ie. mickey coloring pages, ariel coloring pages...

A whole screen full of images comes up and they can pick which ones strike thier fancy.

[gaffney09]

I'll be traveling with two 14y.o. so I've been trying to think of some activities to keep them occupied for the 13-14 hr. drive from WV. I have this idea in mind, but still not quite sure of how to do it, so I'll try to explain my idea...
I want to make my own activity book for them, full of Disney related things, maybe even throw in some Disney trivia. And at the end of the trip, give them some sort of reward for answering the trivia, completing the puzzles, etc. (such as a Disney gift card, a refillable mug for the week...) I don't really want to include disney coloring books b/c I'm afraid they may think it's a bit childish. So I'm going to find some different trivia, some car games, maybe design some special pages for them to use for Character autographs, etc. and bind them into my own activity book/ mini album. I hope this is making some sort of sense :rolleyes1 If anyone has any other ideas to add to this, that would be great! Thanks!
Megan

[Alex2kMommy]

I'll be traveling with two 14y.o. so I've been trying to think of some activities to keep them occupied for the 13-14 hr. drive from WV. I have this idea in mind, but still not quite sure of how to do it, so I'll try to explain my idea...
I want to make my own activity book for them, full of Disney related things, maybe even throw in some Disney trivia. And at the end of the trip, give them some sort of reward for answering the trivia, completing the puzzles, etc. (such as a Disney gift card, a refillable mug for the week...) I don't really want to include disney coloring books b/c I'm afraid they may think it's a bit childish. So I'm going to find some different trivia, some car games, maybe design some special pages for them to use for Character autographs, etc. and bind them into my own activity book/ mini album. I hope this is making some sort of sense :rolleyes1 If anyone has any other ideas to add to this, that would be great! Thanks!
Megan
I love the Discovery Education website's Puzzlemaker. You can make puzzles of all different kinds, filling in words/definitions etc. yourself, and it shapes your information into a puzzle. You can make them as hard and/or complex as you want. :thumbsup2

http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/

Also the WDW trivia questions from the mouseforless website are fun:

http://www.mouseforless.com/downloads/DisneyTrivia.shtml

[ilike2decor8]

wow, what a wealth of info. Can't wait to make up some activity books for my girls-thanks everyone !

[broberts]

Wow this is awesome so much stuff on this site. I think I found one of my new favorite web sites.

[sleepingbeautyalways]

Great ideas! Thanks!

[sleepingbeautyalways]

Great idea.Thanks

[jkie26]

thanks for all the links. i'm looking for disney pumpkin carving stencils...any ideas?:confused:

[Alex2kMommy]

Here are some freebies:
http://www.huggieshappybaby.com/tools/games/pumpkinstencils.aspx?d=1&_nc=633595925945524596&_nockcheck=true

[disneyfantasy]

I'm going in September.

[gaffney09]

So I've finally started on making this activity book for two 14 yr olds for the looong drive from OH to FL! Since I love to scrapbook, I used a lot of Disney themed papers, stickers, etc. Here's what I've got (and feel free to add suggestions!): On the cover, I'm going to customize it by saying something like "Our Year of a Million Dreams 2008". Page 1 is a little letter to them about the book, and how exciting this trip is! Pages 2-3 I wrote down our itinerary for the entire week (including which parks are what days, dining reservations, extra possible activities, etc). Page 4 I found some fun facts about Disney World and wrote them out (gives them something to read on the way down!) Page 5 is titled "I'm all Ears" with a big picture of mouse ears- on this page I listed several disney movie quotes and they had to name which movie it was from (some are considerably harder than others!) Pages 6-7 is full of WDW trivia that I found online. I also listed some prizes they could earn if they answered a certain amount correctly (ie- 1 snack of their choice, a refillable souvenir mug, a $15 gift card, etc) Page 8 is a Road Trip scavenger hunt and I just thought of maybe 30 random things to find on the drive down. Then the next several Pages will be a WDW scavenger hunt (with the help of the book Passporter's Treasure Hunts) and basically just kinda picked out different clues (probably around 150) for each park and resort. I'm also going to have prizes for finding a certain amount of those as well! Then at the end I'm going to have a page of favorites- their fav. park, restaurant, resort, attraction, etc. I also might throw in some blank pages for character autographs too. I want this little book to be something they can keep and look back on for years to come! Any thing else I could add?

[lubbockfolks]

We will be traveling with our five grandchildren about 8 hours in the car one way. The activity books and pages of ideas will be lifesavers! Thanks!

[TroyE]

We are traveling about 12 hours one way with 3 kids in the car. This will help us to keep them occupied.

[bookworms]

Thanks for the tips. We made a book for our kids the first time we went and the teachers & principal were so impressed they excused our kids even though they weren't supposed to. They said they probably learned more than they would have in school :thumbsup2

[mort0203]

We are going in a few weeks and I am always looking for things to keep the kids occupied during long trips. These are great, and as a teacher I would even excuse my kids!!! :thumbsup2

[mrieber]

wow thanks

[mrieber]

this might actually make flying with a 2 year old fun!

[mrieber]

ok maybe that is pushing it a little

[huracas3]

So I've finally started on making this activity book for two 14 yr olds for the looong drive from OH to FL! Since I love to scrapbook, I used a lot of Disney themed papers, stickers, etc. Here's what I've got (and feel free to add suggestions!): On the cover, I'm going to customize it by saying something like "Our Year of a Million Dreams 2008". Page 1 is a little letter to them about the book, and how exciting this trip is! Pages 2-3 I wrote down our itinerary for the entire week (including which parks are what days, dining reservations, extra possible activities, etc). Page 4 I found some fun facts about Disney World and wrote them out (gives them something to read on the way down!) Page 5 is titled "I'm all Ears" with a big picture of mouse ears- on this page I listed several disney movie quotes and they had to name which movie it was from (some are considerably harder than others!) Pages 6-7 is full of WDW trivia that I found online. I also listed some prizes they could earn if they answered a certain amount correctly (ie- 1 snack of their choice, a refillable souvenir mug, a $15 gift card, etc) Page 8 is a Road Trip scavenger hunt and I just thought of maybe 30 random things to find on the drive down. Then the next several Pages will be a WDW scavenger hunt (with the help of the book Passporter's Treasure Hunts) and basically just kinda picked out different clues (probably around 150) for each park and resort. I'm also going to have prizes for finding a certain amount of those as well! Then at the end I'm going to have a page of favorites- their fav. park, restaurant, resort, attraction, etc. I also might throw in some blank pages for character autographs too. I want this little book to be something they can keep and look back on for years to come! Any thing else I could add?

LOVE this idea!!! How did it work out? We'll be driving in Mar. from TX, and I want to do this too! It sounds like you put a lot of time into it; I'd better get started now!

[firsttimeguest]

Great stuff

[duggan6]

these are great - thanks!

[kymmyk13]

Someone asked about laminating, buy clear contact paper it works as well as laminating. just cut and put item on one side and fold over and you trim as needed

[4disneyfreakazoids]

thank you so much mickeysaver! I wanted to do some kind of booklet for our group to take home as a souvenir! I'm going to try to keep it small so it will be easy to carry around! You're great!

[MouseEarsJenny]

Wanted to share this Mickey's Road Trip Booklet. We used it for our past two trips, but I'm not finding it on HP's website anymore - good thing I saved a copy in Microsoft Word! I uploaded it to mediafire if you want to download it:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=99ddca66b6b72cc00c814df2efeadc50e04e75f6 e8ebb871

It's super cute!

[coffeedog]

Thank you for all these great ideas!

[swtp143]

Wow...what a ton of great ideas! Thanks for sharing!

[toomanynicks]

yet more great stuff.. ty so much

[clmccormick]

Thank you !!!!

[disneylonghorn]

super cool! using this for next trip

[disneylonghorn]

maybe this will save us from meltdown during layovers!

[mickeysaver]

I just ran through all of the links and updated the original post to keep things current. I am so glad to see that the info is still being used! :goodvibes Maggie

[flying_babyb]

A cheap tip for ya'll. If you go buy those plastic pocket folders (with prongs) they make a WONDERFUL book to hold all your fun printables. Ive so far got about 30 color pages in there and its working well!

[5Boys2Disney]

Thanks so much for all the great ideas! Planning first driving trip next month all the way from Wisconsin! All with 5 rambunctious boys in the van -- I will take all the help and ideas I can get!

[MrsAlly]

oh this will be great on the plane ride and even while at Disney (hmmm maybe I'll have to make 2 - one for on the way and one for while there)

[ilovevacations]

Also add coloring books to this activity list -- see my sig

[mickeysaver]

Also add coloring books to this activity list -- see my sig

Link added! Thanks for the new resource. :) Maggie

[Schultz5]

Thanks for all the links!!! Just what we need to be prepared!

[cappleton]

Christine
Thanks for this link. It will really help my son learn so much and help us all remember our trip! Also be good for sharing back at school after the trip!
Carolyn

[TAKitty]

Hi, I have started a blog for WDW Educational Activities for kids ages 8-14. You can find them here http://vacationfieldguides.com They are all pdf files.

I have just started posting, but I plan to post often.

[gatorflash22]

Awesome info Thank you!

[bjacky]

Wow these websites are great!

[billybobblockhead]

I have an Excel sheet for the license plate game. We try to make it a year long game that we keep in the car (so we can keep up with the tags that we see during a calendar year), but I also change some things for big trips so that we can keep up with the stuff we see on that specific trip. For example, I've left 5 blanks beside each state, then did a row for Disney 2010 and our beach trip 2010 so that we will know how many tags we see just on those specific trips. If anyone wants a copy, I'll be glad to send it to you, just PM me.

[Bephus]

Subbing, great list!

[lillygator]

Hi, I have started a blog for WDW Educational Activities for kids ages 8-14. You can find them here http://vacationfieldguides.com They are all pdf files.

I have just started posting, but I plan to post often.

where are they on that site? I am not finding any pdf's...:confused3

[Foxes Den]

does anyone know of a website with travel (airport) pages? i think it made a activity book..

thanks..

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1st Disney Cruise - December 7th, 2008

[Bephus]

These links are so great! I am a sahm and I can use this stuff for rainy days too;)

[rescuetink]

Hi, I have started a blog for WDW Educational Activities for kids ages 8-14. You can find them here http://vacationfieldguides.com They are all pdf files.

I have just started posting, but I plan to post often.

Do you know of any for younger children?? My DS is 6!!!

I made an activity book (before I found this thread) and a journal which I had spiral bound at Staples for each of my kids!! We're going to suprise them with them when we leave!! With many other things thanks to the Dis!!!

David

[gabrismom]

This will be invaluable for my family and our long car ride. Thank you so much!

[MickeysFans]

Thanks to all!

[wdwfanX4]

Thanks! I hope these will keep my kids busy for our long drive! :cool1:

[anorman]

subscribing

[SFigments]

subscribed this is wonderful. I am always looking for things for the girls to do on our long car trip. these are perfect!:goodvibes

[Lfee12]

Hi, I love all the links. Here is one I think was not posted before.

http://disney.go.com/magicartist/games/princess/index.html

It's for a small Disney storybook which features your child's name and other information you have to insert. There is also one with Nemo and one with Gooofy.

[jtanddolly]

Here is a thread from the creative design board with LOTS of ideas and printables:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2191711

I also have lots of printable travel games in my 4shared file in the link in my signature. Then look in the "travel games" file.

[sunny34]

Thank you so much for all the links. That must have took you some time... :)

[chottsy]

great links...lots of fun printables!
thanks so much for sharing!

[livvylivvie]

thanks sooo much every one!!

[leenco12]

My printer is buzzing away :)
Thanks!

Thanks so much for your post and for taking the time to give us the links. I printed some great puzzles for our long drive down. Thank you!!

[coralsands]

Thank you so much for sharing! :)

[aboveH20]

I was going to make an "airplane ride size" collection of activities. I had planned to make a smaller version, doing two activities or coloring pages on an 8.5 X 11 sheet of paper and then cuttinhjg it in half, but now I'm thinking that may be too small. I assume most of you just print the full 8.5 X 11 sheet of paper for each page?

Thoughts?

[nursetinagb]

I love all the ideas! Here's another one -I just visited our library booksale and purchased a bunch of old Birnbaum's travel books super cheap -$3.00 for a large paper bag of books! I already had an old one that I had cut out pictures and put in ziplock bags with a glue stick and a bunch of plain pieces of paper. Now I can make a few more bags! Hoping this will be a mess free activity that will keep the kids entertained on the airplane.

[nursetinagb]

Oops, sorry for the duplicate post! I don't know how to delete this message.

[tefrench]

Thank for the links! Got a lot of ideas brewing now. :lmao:

[alayne]

Thanks so much for the info. Can't wait to get started working on my activity books.

[Crate & Barrel codes]

the explanation about u r games is so good.u can also check it.

[mark jalali ft myers]

Please let me know if you have specials for Florida residents.
Mark Jalali
Fort Myers, Florida
Lee County
Naples

[edytharceo]

"the explanation about u r games is so good."

I totally agree, it was very well explained and understandable. Thank you for sharing it here.

[ichliebe]

Very thanks for your links!

[songjiang52]

Thank you for telling me this! That's what I need!

[ilovemickeymost]

wonderful

[Iron Mouse]

Thank you so much for this thread!

Awesome resources!

[pinkerbell]

love this thread!!! Thanks :goodvibes:

is there another update anywhere in the thread since 9 09? or can anyone direct metosomegood posts via the number of the post? I can't imagine going through 14 pages and figuring out what is new and what is not :) :) :)
thanks

[mamabean]

This thread was amazing!!!

Thank you for all your hard work putting it together!

[DisneyStoryMania]

thank you for all the pages, I should be able to make them a book from this , thanks you guys:cool1:

[burtonandlisa]

Thanks for the great information

[marhs]

Thanks so much!

[markniklas]

Thank you for such a nice sharing and links and detailed stuff you share here.. I think everyone like this ... CROSSWORDS/SCRABBLE ,PUZZLES,MATCHING PICTURES etc, these concepts are very useful for children...

[LUVSWDW14]

Hi~

I cannot download the travel book - could you upload or send again?

Thanks!

[mickeysaver]

Wow, I guess we are due for an update. I will try to get to this soon. Most of the info still is in the first post. I do check in from time to time, but I will make the effort to go over this in the next couple of weeks for a proper update.

[tink97]

Thanks for all of these!!!! My brother and I will never get bored on the plane :)

[Lorie413]

Thanks!

[Izzieheartscindy]

This is so great! I will be flying there with dh but returning by myself with dd4 and ds1 so this will be SUPER helpful!!

[mickeysaver]

Cleaned up the original post a bit. Found a bunch of dead links and a link that had turned inappropriate for an all ages audience. :scared1:

You are all clear to print again! :)

[EvansMommy]

Thank you so much! Your hard work is very appreciated :)

[scooffer]

These are so great, thank you! The mom's minivan one with the Travel Tickets will be especially helpful with my impatient DS3 and DS5. I love the idea of giving them a ticket at every half hour that can be saved and traded for goodies... DS3 I predict with trade for a little something every 30 mins, DS5 I think will save for bigger treasures! Can't wait !:yay:

[kanga24roos]

Does anyone know where I could find a Disney type itinerary or schedule I could fill out wit hour plans for the upcoming family vacation to get the kids even more excited and so they know what the schedules plan is. Thanks soooo much:hippie:

[iheartmickey1111]

Does anyone know where I could find a Disney type itinerary or schedule I could fill out wit hour plans for the upcoming family vacation to get the kids even more excited and so they know what the schedules plan is. Thanks soooo much:hippie:

themouseforless. com has some things like that, and adult travel jounals too. Actually, they have a ton of good printables, just go under 'downloads'.

[sissy_ib]

The Mouse For Less has some great downloads for WDW and DL, but does anyone have a similar link for DCL? Mainly the travel journals and trivia pages? TIA!

[evading]

This is so great! I will be flying there with dh but returning by myself with dd4 and ds1 so this will be SUPER helpful!!

Hi~

I cannot download the travel book - could you upload or send again?

Thanks!

[Muslickz]

The Mouse For Less has some great downloads for WDW and DL, but does anyone have a similar link for DCL? Mainly the travel journals and trivia pages? TIA!

Thanks was a great help :)

-M

[sue12345]

Thank you for doing this. I will have to save this page.

[karinev]

Thank you !