Are We There Yet?: Travel Games - a list by tatorandtots

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The holidays are approaching, which means families are hitting the road with minivans packed full of gifts, stress and spawn. Whether you go by land or by sea, make it a fun time for all by planning ahead. I take 3 little ones to Ireland every year and the flight is a breeze. The secret? A bag of inexpensive, WRAPPED (that's key!) gifts they get to open on the hour. It just works. Trust me.

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Cranium Cadooo Keychain

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Cranium Cadoo is the outrageously fun game designed especialy for kids.
Every turn gets players creating, thinking, giggling, and grinning.
Cranium Cadoo keychain includes: Cadoo board, Secret decoder mask, Cranium Clay, Cranium Cadoo cards
Colorful tokens, die, timer, Cranium pad, and pencil

Updated Oct 7, 2008

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Merlin

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Years before I was nearly engulfed in flames thanks to a vibrator I TRULY thought was a back massager (long story, for another time when we've all been drinking), I sat on my bed for hours and hours and played with this. Merlin.

Six games in one. Might not be flame retardant.

Updated Oct 7, 2008

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Wheelie Zip Bin Roll-Up Car Set

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Exclusive to HearthSong:
"This wheel can really roll up the track! At the flick of its zipper, the mag tire unfurls into a two-lane vinyl-and-fabric racetrack with two pit areas at each end. Set it up on the floor, sofa, hassock, backseat of a car, or wherever your travels take you.

Ingenious and imaginative, the track includes two metal race cars and slots for storing 12 standard Matchbox® cars from your collection."

A winner for ages 3 and up.

Updated Nov 11, 2008

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Earth Marbles - HearthSong

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Another product I own and love.

from HearthSong:
Would you like to hold the whole world in your hands? These handcrafted glass spheres are patterned after the great sphere, Planet Earth. It's such a simple concept, and so beautiful.

Each marble is handmade from recycled glass by a small company that donates a portion of sales to wilderness education. Set includes five Earth Marbles in Pouch.

The Jumbo Earth Marble features great geographic detail permanently bonded into the glass - including the world's great river systems! Set includes gift box and brass ring stand.

For ages 6 and up.

Updated Nov 11, 2008

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String Games

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I've probably said this here before but just to be clear: I didn't have three ten-pound babies for nothing. My payment? The chance to passive aggressively encourage them to rewalk my own childhood footsteps. Kind of like a "life do-over." Only I hope they do it more gracefully.

The purpose? So that I can answer deep, provocative questions like, "How different would my life be if I hadn't sported 3-inch high vertical bangs in high school?" (Sidenote: I grew up in So. Cal in the 80's. So it was only partially my fault.)

This book made me think of one thing when I saw it: "I played those games. Now THEY will... err... I mean, can if they would like... play those games."

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Cat's Cradle, Crow's Foot, Jacob's Ladder - we remember well the happy hours spent playing string games handed down to us by our mothers and grandmothers.

Thankfully, Richard Darsie's careful, step-by-step instructions and photographs will help us teach our children. Three rainbow-hued cord loops that are much easier to work with than the yarn we used as kids are also included.

A special kind of heirloom for ages 4 and up.

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Hardcover, 8" x 8", 95 pages

Updated Nov 12, 2008

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Travel Art Journal

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With all of the holiday travel plans ahead, what a perfect gift for a young person to use to record their adventures....

from Garnet Hill:
This pocket sketchbook features a collection of 12 tiny colored pencils and a pad of paper. It's just the right size for stuffing into stockings, backpacks and purses. Imported.

Size: 4½"H x 2¼"W

Buy two and save!
Two for $24.

Updated Nov 17, 2008

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Leather Manicure Set ~12 Colors~

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Even if you don't choose this set, consider giving a little girl in your life a nice manicure set for Christmas. They LOVE to play beauty shop and I've found that my daughters never complain about boredom when giving each other manicures at the airport during flight delays...

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A travel necessity. This genuine leather case includes tweezers, scissors, nail clipper, nail file and cuticle tool.

4.5in. x 2.5in. x 1in.

Updated Nov 20, 2008

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Text Message Game

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Love this idea! Great for travel, office boredom and waiting in long holiday lines....

~~Use Code "luckybreaks8" during checkout for 25% off the entire site. Make sure you are signed in to your free account or it won't accept the code. I don't know how long it will last so take advantage of it now!~~

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LOLZ OMG WTF?!?!?!

Whenever you're bored - sitting at a desk, in a waiting room, classroom or airport - just reach for one of the 25 cell phone-shaped game cards included with our Text Message Game!

Open up the cardboard screen to reveal an interactive txt-based game to play with one or more other players. Try Guess My Emoticon, Dare to Dare, Secret Password or one of many others. Super fun!

Imported. Wipe clean.
* Includes: 25 Text Message Game cards, case
* 3.25"w, 5.25"h, 1"d
* Paper, board

Updated Nov 22, 2008

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Famous Torch Singers Paper Dolls

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Great as unique gift labels on presents when you get tired of making them "pretend catfight".....

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This stunning paper doll collection pays tribute to those lovely ladies of song whose intimate and distinctive vocal deliveries rang with stylish sophistication. 16 dolls, modeling 32 costumes, depict images of Lena Horne, Peggy Lee, Josephine Baker, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Frances Langford, Rosemary Clooney, and eight other "sirens of song."

Updated Nov 22, 2008

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