travel dvd player
The most valuable kids travel tip is one that a parent
can buy at any shopping mall or electronics
store, the mini DVD player. The gift of silence is
golden when traveling with young children on a
long road trip. Even parents who hate the amount
of television their children watch daily may find
the idea of owning a traveling DVD player more
palatable than listening to their children whine.
But for long trips you will find they will soon tire
of the DVD player as well, so variety must be
provided to encourage the tiny tots to get along
with one another.
shoe box craft
As kids travel tips go, the arts and crafts shoebox
is a project that can be made at home and left
in the car for just such occasions. Creation is
quick, easy and cheap. First, take a shoe box, a
long piece of elastic, blank paper (cut to fit inside
the shoebox), crayons, pencils, pens, small ruler,
stencils and any other small items for arts and
crafts that are child friendly for arts and crafts in
a vehicle while driving. Cut two small slits (a bit
smaller than the width of the elastic) in the lid of
the shoebox. Be sure to make the cuts at each side
of the width on one end only, leaving the length
complete. Once the cuts are made, take the elastic
and string it through both holes. Tie a knot or sew
the two ends together on the inside of the box lid.
The elastic works as a holder to keep the sheets
of paper in place while your child uses the lid of
the box as a drawing table. The box should be
completely assembled when in use as the lid is
stronger when on the correctly place on the box.
The box itself holds all supplies inside, the art box
is complete within itself; it provides, table, storage
and security tab to hold art paper in place during
the artist’s creative expression.
Article by Darlene Berkel
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