1. Food
- Make a Cheerios necklace, it would be easy to carry and chew on;
- Lollipops last longer than gummy bears;
- You don't have to only bring sandwitches, crackers and candy, there are some healthier alternatives: string cheese, carrot, cucumber and apple sticks, grapes, rice waffels, raisins, home-made dates-and-nuts balls, to name a few;
- If you bring empty travel bottles, you can fill them with tap water after the security scan.
2. Books
A whole universe of things. For example,
Ha! You thought I make it all myself? Yeah, right, with two kids, full-time job and afterwork packing of suitcases? Maybe not. I have some great ideas, though:
Stickers! Lots of stickers. Kids can stick them in the laminated folder featured above, or you can draw in a notebook and ask the little helpers to add to it, depending on context.
5. Best apps
From the ones we tested so far, my kids' absolute favourite apps are:
Disney storytime
and Cubic Frog Edu Paint
What are your favourite tricks to survive travel with toddlers?