A couple of years ago I made some personalized books for my kids for a long car ride. They were a hit and still go with us on long drives. An add on that I did the following year was a laminated map. That was a WINNER! I took our starting destination and ending destination. Then some major points of interest along the way for the kids to find. They were able to use their dry erase markers to trace our path. And then they knew how far away we were. A lot less “Are we there yet?”
I made a mock up of the one I made:
For those that are newer to 30days,
here is my original post from 2009. My how time flies!
{where we end up after the 10 hour drive}
So what do you do when you have a 10 hour-ish (give or take an extra potty break or a speeding ticket on the way) drive to beautiful southern Oregon? You dread it. And then you get busy trying to create something to entertain the kids after they’ve watched 3 straight Pixar movies in a row.
Here’s solution number 1:
custom car books
I have 2 out of 3 almost done with less than a week to go
(which is WAY good for this procrastinator)
I gathered pictures on my computer and
using PSE7, I created this fun, interactive book.
For my 3 year old I did some tracing, matching and coloring.
For my 7 year old I did cursive tracing, favorites and car games.
Only my 9 year old to go- he’s the tricky one. 
Laminated them up.
Next I will bind them at Kinko’s.
I’m bringing along dry erase markers from them to trace
and color on their books (and erase and repeat, I hope).
{Click on pictures to enlarge}
the 3 year old’s
the 7 year old’s
I also plan to make cool car bags to organize all their junk stuff for the trip.
Think crayon roll/journal keeper/tote bag.
Of course I will post about it when they are done.
