How Play Dough Makes Travel Enjoyable for Kids

Kids Play Dough

Kids Play Dough

Traveling is a leisure pursuit – without kids. With them, it can turn into a nightmare. Many children howl and cry when in a car or a train. They neither enjoy the trip nor let you enjoy the thrill of driving or looking at the scenic beauty outside. When your child does not like to travel either short or long distances, the activity becomes a pain.

You don’t want to miss out on the fun of driving and you can’t leave your kids behind. If you think that not travelling is the only option that you have, think again. Got any clue yet? Let us make things simpler for you. How about arranging for their favorite activity as you pursuit your favorite one? Putting it straight, arrange for good quantity of Lumi dough for the kids while planning your travel. And that will ease half the stress. If you want you can take the babysitter along. The kids will feel more homely in the car if they get their favorite toys and games to play with, while travelling.

Dough Activities for Travel

If at home you help out your kid to make things out of dough, travel with kids gives you a chance to let the kid be on his/her own. Tell him to repeat one of the things that both of you made a day before. This way you will be able to evaluate your kid’s sense of recal. If your child likes to be given his/her space and wants to make something that he or she has never tried carving out of dough before, encourage the kid to do so. If you give your child the freedom to make whatever he or she wishes to make out of glowing play dough, the kid will enjoy the travel more than you anticipated. On the other hand, if you keep interfering in his/her play, the child may throw tantrums, which is something that you might regret.

Activities that your Child Can Do With Dough

Take delight in watching your kid replicate the trees outside. He or she might even make a dummy of you as you travel. Let his/her imagination grow as he/she makes different things out of dough. If you stop to eat at McDonalds or any other Cafe, the kid might make French fries out of dough. Now, that would be fun, wouldn’t it? To see your child make a burger or French fries out of dough shows that your kid really loves what he or she just ate at McDonald’s. Maybe be next time, you can cajole your kid into travelling with you by assuring him or her that on your way you will be stopping at McDonald’s to grab a burger.

Games That Kids Can Play

Kids Car Play Dough

Kids Car Play Dough

If you don’t want to carry half your home in a car, instead of stuffing your car with toys and games, carry just clay. There are numerous games and toys that can be made of dough, which your kid can play with lumi doh. To keep the little one busy, make a train or car out of clay and let him/her enjoy playing with it. You could also invent some games out of the squishy substance. Want him/her to practice Mathematics while you travel, play a simple subtraction or addition game using play dough balls. You could also cut out different alphabets out of clay and play scrabble with it.

These are some simple ways of keeping your kid busy while you travel with your family for an outing or for a vacation. Try and see for yourself.

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