need some ideas for car trip to FL

[PrincessesX3]

We will be driving from NY to FL in a few months. I wanted to see if anyone had any ideas on games, etc. to keep two 4 year olds and an 18 month old busy in the car. TIA

 

[JimboCh]

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[maxiesmom]

A DVD player and headphones is the best invention for car travel ever!

Also little activity books with dot to dot puzzles and coloring pages. If you check out the family board I believe there is still a link at the top where you can find pages to print out. I used to do that--print out age appropriate pages and make a little book for each child.

Pack along a ball or frizbee to play with during stops. Let the kiddies run off some of that built up energy and stretch their legs.

 

[alliesmommy]

When we drove from Dallas to Orlando back in 2009, the DVD player was a lifesaver. I found some cheesy DVDs that were probably produced back in the early 90s that had the life-size characters from the parks at WDW. DD loved them. It showed different areas of WDW, so she got really excited about getting there. I found them for like $5 each at our Walmart. Also brought our entire Disney DVD collection from home. I just put the DVDs in one of those CD wallet thingies (not the technical term, I know ).

I also bought a travel tray for DD to place across her lap so that she had a hard surface to color and draw on. I bought Disney themed window clings so that she could put them on and off the window however she wanted to. Kept her busy for hours. I found her some magnetic paper doll game where she could dress the doll in all these different outfits. She also enjoyed different colored pipecleaners.

I hit the dollar section at Target and the Dollar Tree.

Also, I know its not an activity, but since you have little ones, I HIGHLY recommend this....

Its a travel potty. This was probably the SINGLE greatest item that we bought for our car trip. DD had just been potty trained for about 3 months when we took that trip and it was a lifesaver! It saved the day several times on the way there and back when we were in the middle of nowhere and she had to go. The bags have a liner, so there is no mess. Just tie the bag up and dispose of it at the next stop. The potty is surprisingly durable. We still use ours now.