Plane Entertainment for kids

[*Ali*]

I am after some ideas of things to pack in the kids backpacks to keep them entertained on our trip to Melbourne in a few weeks. We may not need it, they might be happy to entertain themselves, but I like to go prepared.

So any suggestions of what I can pack that isnt too messy, or likely to roll away etc for a 3 yo and an almost 2 yo?

[~breeze~]

Have you got a portable DVD player? When we do long flights I always pack mine for overhead luggage (I keep my bags at my feet for easy access of everything I need) & pack a few different choice DVD's for DD to choose from. Our DVD player has a 3 hour battery, something you may want to keep in mind for long flights LOL But this works a treat for my DD

Otherwise I pack colouring in books with washable textas & a few quiet toys. Also some snacks, that keeps them quiet a bit LOL

I hope I've helped, have a nice trip

[Doing my best]

colouring books, magnetic sketch board.

Anything new that they haven't played with before..

[Liz]

I was going to say magnetic sketch board.

Stickers! I found a great sticker book for my 3yo, it had all the legs & mouths and horns & tails of animals and he had to stick them on the right animal. Something like that would pass the time. My nearly 2 yo is happy just sticking stickers all over her hands, pulling them off and sticking them on my hand, then pulling them off and sticking them back on hers LOL.

I've got to find a way to entertain the kids on the plane to Singapore in Feb... 8hrs worth! LOL. Good luck!

[Arimeh]

I'm getting ideas from this since we are flying out in 2 weeks time - 3 hours with a 2.5 year old and 1 year old... sheesh...

[alicia]

I was going to suggest most of the things that have already been said. The one thing I did do that worked was let DD choose a book at the airport shop so that she had something new and special for reading on the plane