In honor of Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem day, and as part of the Mitzvot Unplugged series, we are pleased to welcome, Joanna from FunInJerusalem.com, a website that helps families explore Jerusalem and its environs. Take a walk down the small alleyways of the Old City of Jerusalem and you may be wondering how you can experience such an Old City in a m ...
Travel Games to help during vacation season
As holiday/vacation season is coming and lots of families travel around this time I wanted to point out some of our travel ideas as well as a new one: Bubble Wrap Scavenger Hunt I came across this via Savima Other ideas: Travel Games from various sources Matchbox building game Travel Board Games Food Travel Games And on another topi ...
I forgot one! One more travel id idea
I have not made these yet but it could be fun to do with your child- a travel safety bracelet using beads with numbers on them to create your phone number. Either buy number beads or take larger wood beads and write/paint/glue numbers on. Let me know if you do this!
Travel safety with young children or keeping in contact
Sorry posts have been sparse around here. Its been extremely busy! Given the time of year I thought I would write about one concern when traveling with families. A major concern is what happens if your child gets separated. If the child becomes separated, you want to make sure that the child can get in touch with you and that they know what to do. Ol ...
Travel games from other sources
I haven't made these but they seem fun for traveling. The first two I stumbled across via The Crafty Crow, who did a fun set of posts about games from around the world. Korean Board game The post on crafty crow uses craft sticks, rocks and a drawn board game to make this, but I imagine that in a pinch one could find things to make this even while tra ...
Matchbox building game

Travel games

Resource for travelers- Zenofon
One more about Noah
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Travel toy- food and “kuku” necklaces
This travel toy was a big success on a family trip with a group of children between the ages of 1-10. Materials required: Shoelaces (we use colorful ones) Cheerios (or other food items with holes in them) Alternatively small plastic "kuku's" or hair ornaments. Combine to form necklaces and bracelets. Older children enjoy creating their own necklaces a ...