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DIY Road Trip Trays

July 21, 2013 by Erin Leave a Comment

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I made these DIY road trip trays for the Bird and the Bean, recently.  We went on a long, long trip and are going to be in the car much longer than comfortable!    (FYI – much longer than comfortable is any amount of time over about 15 minutes.)  So, I knew I needed to prepare some fun games and unusual things to keep them occupied.  We watched a lot of movies too, of course, but the 4 year old doesn’t like to sit through a whole movie without complaining of boredom!  (So annoying.  Even in a movie theatre.  Uggg.)

Come on over to We Use Coupons where I am sharing the tutorial on how to make these handy little magnetic road trip trays.  They were simple, fast and cheap.  My favorite kind of project.  🙂

We used them as a snack table, art table, puzzle table, toy table, game table, whatever!  So fun!  They liked having their own tray and it worked out perfectly….and for only a dollar each!    They fit in the middle between them when not in use, or in the net pockets on the backs of my seats.

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I also printed some car bingo sheets from Moms Minivan and slipped them into clear page protectors.  They kids played bingo for a lot longer than I thought humanly possible and loved erasing the dry erase markers and starting all over again, and again, and again!

I also print a copy of our trip from Map Quest and let the kids follow along as we drive.

They LOVE this.

Are you road tripping this summer?

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