Travel Timeline

This is a simple craft that can help the kids visualize your road trip.  I have found that by giving the kids visual references or maps of the trip, it keeps the “how much further” question to a minimal.  All you will need to pack in the car to make your own time line need is string, a hole punch, makers and paper clips.

Before you leave on your trip, make a clothes line with the string in an area that is out of the way.  We strung ours between the hooks on the ceiling.  This works great for us since the kids only use one of the vans sliding doors on trips.

You could make all the visuals at home, but I like to have the kids make them as we are driving.  That way it helps pass some more time in the car.  We punched a hole in the top of the paper and hung it on the string with a paper clip.  Super simple and easy.

The kiddos drew pictures of things that we would be driving past on our trip.  Since this is a route we take often, the kids were able to remember some of the things from past trips.  We also added all the states and provinces that we would be driving through.

The kids drew our car, and yes we were all smiling the whole trip;)  Ha!  As we passed one of the markers, the kids would move our van along the time line.

I love how it turned out.  They looked so cute swaying in the window and the kiddos loved seeing the car move along the time line as we got closer to our destination.  So fun!

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