Helpful Tips to Keep Kids Entertained During Holiday Travel
This blog post is sponsored by the Southern California Honda Dealers
With the holidays approaching, I immediately start dreading Southern California holiday traffic. You know the drill, load the kids in the car to make the rounds to Grandma’s house. Then on to visit the in-law’s, the aunt’s, and uncle’s…..the list goes on and on. Trying to keep the kids entertained in the car is no joke. They have played with the same “car toys” a million times, and I really don’t want them to just binge watch movies the entire time. So, I’ve partnered with the SoCal Honda Dealers for their #RandomActsofHelpfulness campaign to share this helpful tip to keep kids entertained during holiday travel!
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A Magnetic Holiday Scene with the Helpful Honda Characters
Materials:
Laminated pictures of your favorite characters
2 sheets of laminated white paper
Baking Sheet
Scissors
Command Strips
Spray Adhesive
Plain Magnets
STEP 1:
Using the white paper cut out snowy mountains and clouds.
STEP 2:
Glue them directly to the baking sheet. I tried to use hot glue on this at first…it was unsuccessful! The only way I could get the lamination to stick to the “non-stick” baking sheet was to use spray adhesive. Luckily, I always keep some on hand for making tooth fairy glitter money. (I’ll share that gem in another post!)
STEP 3:
Cut out your characters and any other little decorations that you want to be able to move around.
STEP 4:
Time to stick the magnets on the back of your characters! Ok, this part took some figuring. I tried to use, hot glue, spray adhesive and super glue, but nothing worked. The magnets slid right off of the characters. Then, I tried Command strips and it worked! I used a few of the medium sized strips and cut them to fit the magnets.
STEP 5:
Hand it to the back seat and listen to the sweet sound of entertained kids! Mom tip: Make one for each child. If you have have more than one kid, you know that only making one is a fight waiting to happen.
Enjoy!
