Category: Travel & Outings
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Alphabet BINGO
This past week I had my niece Gaby use The Trip Clip website to create sets of 30 Alphabet BINGO boards and calling cards. If you already own the Bingo activity you can make these yourself with no additional purchase (instructions below). If you don’t own the Bingo activity you can purchase the sets of […]
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Make Any BINGO Board
BINGO is a fun game, and an incredible learning tool. From travel bingo, to chores bingo, to spelling bingo, you can make any kind of bingo board you need with The Trip Clip. There are many different ways you can play bingo. Whether you’re aiming for 5 in a row, blacking out the whole board, […]
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A Secret Message Grocery List
Keeping kids going on a trip to the grocery store can be a real challenge. In fact, this problem is what inspired me to create The Trip Clip in the first place! I found that planning ahead and working to actively engage my son at the store was the most effective way to get him […]
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10 Road Trip Tips For Families with Grade Schoolers
Last summer our family took a 3 week road trip from Seattle to Chicago and back again. Here are our top 10 best tips and tricks: 1. Kid Photographers: Get them to use those iPod and iPad screens to appreciate the scenery by having them take photos from the road. You may even be surprised […]
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Week 6: Learning Through Drawing
Week 6: Learning Through Drawing This is something I may need more than my kids. Whenever we sit down together to draw, I get immediate drawer’s block. That’s a thing. Really. Seriously, though, there’s something about staring at that blank page that just makes me freeze. Sometimes, a little inspiration is just the thing that’s needed. These drawing […]
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30 Secret Message Puzzles & Riddles
Secret Message Puzzles (or Cryptograms) are great for teaching problem solving that helps in math, science, and computer programming. And they’re super fun, too! These 30 puzzles all have plenty of hints to get new puzzlers started on this fun word game. They’ll also be practicing letter recognition and early reading skills. Learn more about how […]
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13 Ways to Make Grocery Shopping with Kids Less Torturous. Or maybe even fun.
Alissa from Bounceback Parenting wrote a great blog post about how to survive grocery shopping with her three kids. #2 on her list was to make a grocery list for your kids. Here’s what she had to say: 2. Make the kids grocery lists – You can create you own from newspaper clippings or just writing […]
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Pre-Teen Travel Pack: 15 Free Activity Pages
These activity pages are great for keeping kids entertained and even learning a little something when you’re traveling. You can print them as is for free, or edit them to make them harder or easier or just simply print more! Here are all the ways kids can learn from these activities: Road sign BINGO which is fun and […]
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Apriendo en la Tienda de Comestibles: 10 Actividadas Gratuitas
You can learn at the grocery store – in Spanish! Many of The Trip Clip® activities allow full customization, which means you can easily make them in any language you want. Whether Spanish is your native language, or you want to practice a second language, you can have fun doing your grocery shopping in Spanish! […]
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Christmas Activity Pages: Coloring, Crossword, Word Search, and Cryptograms
This Christmas-themed activity book lets kids practice hand-eye coordination, handwriting, spelling, and problem solving. There are 2 coloring pages, a crossword puzzle with picture clues, 2 word search puzzles and 2 cryptogram riddles, both at two difficulty levels. You can print them for free, or edit them to make them harder or easier, or simply make more! Merry Christmas!
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