Airplane
Activities for Airplane.
A plane is a restaurant table that lasts several hours, with less room and no escape. Everything here is small, light, quiet, and survives being done on a tray table with a stranger's elbow nearby.
The single most useful tactic is a bag of small new things doled out one at a time rather than all at once, and several of these activities are designed to be that: individually wrapped, tiny, and good for fifteen minutes each.
Take-off and landing are their own problem, since everything has to be put away. The no-equipment word games in this section are for exactly those windows.
Activities
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What to Actually Put in the Travel Bag
Several small things, handed out one at a time. That single rule matters more than anything you put in it.
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Five Games for the Wait Before the Food
No bag, no crayons, nothing to drop on the floor. Five games that need only the two of you and a table.
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I Spy, But With Sounds
The same game you already know, played with the sound a word starts with instead of the letter. Needs nothing at all.