Do you have any unusual ideas how to keep my 4 year old amused on a 4 hour flight?

Question

We take the usual colouring books etc; but he seems to tire of them pretty quickly.

Answer 1

my daughter is 4 and we let her pack her own bag, with whichever toys and books she wants, we always take the portable DVD player. she always packs the same things, books colouring stuff, snap cards, little figures, (about 5cm high) and cars. use the paper and colours to draw roads add all the little details on (houses, farms, animals in the fields. then put the paper on the planes pull down trays my daughter plays with these for hours, you just keep changing the pictures. hope this helps.

Answer 2

I recommend a portable DVD player and a child friendly CD or music player. My daughter loves hers because it makes her feel grown up (she's almost four, too). I think Fisher Price makes one. Also, maybe you can take some books to read to him on the flight if he is showing that the only thing that will calm him is your attention. Good luck-I know the prospect of flying with a young child is daunting!

Answer 3

Well you could take some play dough in little containers, it not very heavy and he will enjoy playing with it. also i would suggest taking a toy aeroplane and some people (not too many or they will go everywhere!!) as most four year olds love role play games and will be amused for ages. if you take him to a shop in the airport and let him choose a toy he will be more likely to play with it for a longer period because it is new. Hope this helps!!

Answer 4

Im not so sure but I travelled at age 7 (my sister 6) from LONDON to JAMAICA thats 9 HRS!!!!! (apprx) we had walkman (cassettes back the....1994) and colouring books, a few sweets activity sheets plus the excitement! Story books on cds should do it too or childrens songs.

Answer 5

destroy your day into smaller products and attempt to stick to a schedule. as an occasion: 7:30 am awaken- breakfast, gown for the day, make mattress. 8:15 -9:00 homestead chores (feed pets, carry laundry to laundry room, empty trash) 9:00 to 10:30 exterior play (or throughout gruesome climate actual play in storage or extra activities mutually with throwing blocks right into a laundry bog down set at diverse distances) 10:30 - 11:30 table activities (coloring, portray, play-doh, decrease and paste, development with legos, decal video games) and freshen up. 11:30 a million/2 hour of a action picture or television on a similar time as lunch is waiting 12:00 lunch and help freshen up a million:00 nap or relax time 2:30 - 3:00 examining time 3:00 - 4:30 exterior play or interior video games or resourceful play (gown up and act out thoughts) 4:30 freshen up and positioned away toys. help set the table for dinner 4:40 5 - 5:30 or so television or area of a action picture on a similar time as dinner is waiting (except there is something he can help with) Supper help freshen up Bathtime, enable time for play in the water. tale earlier mattress, and lights out. Now which you have a client-friendly schedule, you could pick what to circulate away out on days there is something particular to do, or the thank you to alter it to permit for something like T-ball or play dates. attempt to maintain ingesting and resting cases a similar and the rest you could manage. he would be happier if he knows what to anticipate and he would not recover from drained.

Answer 6

take some minature farm animals and set , this he could play on the lap tray , they do get very board i took my daughter when she was 4 to the carribien , 9 and half hours !! i got her up early and arranged a flight at about 6 am this way she slept for a few hours , she listened to my music and did the usuall stuff , we talked about the plane , and she took her fav books for me to read and look at pictures with her , it is hard and i felt exuated by the time we got there but she was fine , we also played snap with animal cards i got from e.l.c. good luck .

Answer 7

We flew to Oz from the Uk and the life line that we found was a sticker book

My daughter played for hours with sticker books and just sheets of stickers, we paid the penalty of having them all in our hair when we arrived but it was well worth it lol x

Answer 8

Stories on tapes/cds are great, although he may be a little young for that I suppose but get a kids walkman type thing if you can - my cousin is amused for hours at a time with that and also her portable dvd player.

Answer 9

If your child has any favorite books, you could get them on tape and get your child a tape player, some ear phones and the books and tapes, so that he can follow along in the book. Boys like electronic stuff so he may keep himself busy if you got him a portable DVD player and some headphones, along with his favorite movies. You could also get him hooked on phonics DVD's to play on his portable DVD player. Then he could start to practice his letter sounds and start to read. The library has wonderful books on tapes with the books to go with them and they also let you check out movies too. Your child may just love to go to the library and choose his own material. This will also encourage reading.

Answer 10

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