These are fun to stick around the seats and easy to unstick (and eventually reuse) when you are done. Feathers: tickle each other, stick them to paper with the dot stickers.Cut different lengths for your toddler to measure, show how a short piece fits around their wrist but not yours. Ribbon: let your toddler unravel an inexpensive roll of ribbon, then you can wind it back up and let them unravel it again.Pom poms: ask for two clear plastic cups and fill one with pom poms, then pour from one cup to another.Finger puppets: sing songs, play games like peek-a-boo with the puppets.
Wind-up toys: toddlers love to hold wind-up toys and stop the motion with their hands (they rarely want to just watch it go, and that’s okay). Unwrapping loosely-wrapped gifts is a great fine motor activity for your toddler, allowing them to practice using both hands at once. This is a great way to use up those extra scraps of odd-sized wrapping paper you have lying around if you are anything like me. You can wrap them in leftover wrapping paper or newspaper, or in little containers, bags or small boxes. Wrap up some new little toys for your toddler to open that you won’t be devastated to lose. Bring a small travel pack just for them and get them to put the wipes to additional use by wiping seats, airplane walls, and tray tables. We know your toddler loves to pull wipes out of a container. Have your toddler tear up a piece of construction paper and use the stickers to stick the pieces of torn paper to the white sheet. Stick dots on a big piece of white paper on the tray table. Play “where is your nose, elbow, arm?” Stick a dot on you without your toddler seeing and have them find it. Stick the dots on different parts of your toddler’s body and your own. They are also inexpensive and easy for your toddler to peel off of a sheet or roll.ĭot stickers, some plain white paper, and a sheet of construction paperĪs always with small objects, supervise your toddler to make sure they don’t put the stickers in their mouth. Dot sticker playĭot stickers are simple and fun and great for developing fine motor skills. Note: If you want to hide the screen that comes with your seat to avoid your toddler interacting with it, these large post it notes work great. Following are some screen-free activities to try with young children. 
But in committing to going as tech-free as possible, our family finds that air travel is a chance for intimate family connection-something that is way too rare in our busy lives. As someone who has done a ton of travel with three kids, I know how challenging it can be.
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