For many children, busy hands equals busy minds but when you’re on the move they can’t always have their favourite toys or creative crafts with them.

Lunchbox activity pack

So why not prepare a portable activity pack in a lunchbox or rucksack? Get inspiration from some of the small, inexpensive gifts you often get as kids party favours. Some suggestions for what to include:

• Mini dry wipe board and washable markers
• Drawing toy like Spirograph, Etch-a-Sketch or MagnaDoodle
• Pack of crayons with sharpener
• Dot-to-dots, mazes, wordsearches, crosswords
• Doodle pad
• Stencils, stickers and temporary tattoos
• Scratch-n-color cards
• Coloured pipe cleaners to bend and build with
• Mini box of Lego
• Top Trumps
• Playdoh/crazy putty (check the latest airline security restrictions first)
• Lacing cards and weaving boards
• Handheld maze puzzles
• Magnetic car/plane games such as noughts and crosses, hangman, scrabble
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