Look for opportunities on your trip to have some quiet time for your child to draw, write, and glue in his vacation memory book. If she has a hard time getting started, a few prompts will help her think of ideas for her book. Start by asking about her favorite or most memorable thing on that day. Let her draw and color a picture about it. Take plenty of photos. You can even print some favorites at kiosks during your trip.
Older kids love collecting and vacations offer lots of collecting opportunities. Take a shoebox or a small backpack to keep up with his collection of postcards or shells or other souvenirs from the trip. Crayola has a cute idea for making a souvenir suitcase from an athletic shoe box.
These ideas from the web will get you started in planning a memory book for your family vacation:
- Making Memories - Creating a Travel Journal for Kids at Mom's Minivan
- Capturing Your Vacation Experiences Article at Googolplex
- Ideas for a Vacation Memory Book Parent tip at Parents' Journal
- Printable Vacation Memory Book for Young Children at Billy Bear
- Vacation Memory Box at Kinderinfo.com
- Make a Summer Scrapbook at Scholastic.com
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