How to entertain teen in line, screen free?

ShellyKP

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My 14 year old is not a patient kid (he gets that from me) so I'm looking for ways to help entertain him while we're waiting in line for things. He's autistic so we may get a DAS pass but he can handle waiting in line if he has something to do. Phone games are of course an option but in the interest of saving battery life I'm looking for some screen free ideas. Any suggestions?
 
My 14 year old is not a patient kid (he gets that from me) so I'm looking for ways to help entertain him while we're waiting in line for things. He's autistic so we may get a DAS pass but he can handle waiting in line if he has something to do. Phone games are of course an option but in the interest of saving battery life I'm looking for some screen free ideas. Any suggestions?
Conversation is the only thing that works for us so I try to combine the two: have him shoe me stuff online or look at funny pictures together. It doesn’t always work but I figure it’s better than us being separately face down in our phones
 
Conversation is the only thing that works for us so I try to combine the two: have him shoe me stuff online or look at funny pictures together. It doesn’t always work but I figure it’s better than us being separately face down in our phones

We definitely do that. Memes are his love language. We also like to compare trip pictures to kill some time while in line.
 
Pack a book or graphic novel? I'm thinking in the before time, that's what I'd do. Or crossword puzzles or sudoku or what have you.
 

I’m planning on taking several portable chargers for our autistic teenager. You might consider taking one or two so you don’t have to worry about his battery. This is one of the things I’m really worried about. Entertaining him in line / distracting him / preventing him from being loud in line (and annoying everyone around us).
 
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Go through the alphabet, taking turns saying something Disney related that starts with each letter!
This sounds silly, but I was in line in front of a mom with two older teens one time, and they were doing this. It seemed like a bit of tradition for them, they mixed in some other conversation, too. Not sure how it clearly had become a thing they did in lines, but it was clearly a family thing that everyone had bought into. It was entertaining to me to listen to how there was this.natural blending of the game with other conversations. Definitely not the first time they had done this.
 
I love the game Spot It. They have many different Disney versions. Its lightweight & portable. Easy enough for toddlers but entertaining enough for teens/adults.
 
Disney guess who (yes no questions to work out what disney character the person is thinking of)
Would you rather? - you can get books of these if you're not great of thinking of them
Paper map and planning time - save time deciding what to next or what to eat for lunch
Teaching each other a language if one knows one the other doesn't.
 
We love looking for hidden mickeys. A lot of our conversation is about favorite thing we did/saw that day. we’re big planners so a lot of talk was “what’s next?”
 
Book I did that before the kindle
Oh yeah, that makes even more sense for portability. I think I was having a ditz moment not to think of that, as someone who reads the Kindle app on my iPad every day. Even a phone could be used for this if you don't mind small print or zooming in.

Unfortunately, that Lots to Do in Line book only appears to be available in paperback, but there might be something else good as an ebook.
 












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