Creating a travel journal or log is an easy, inexpensive way to get kids excited about a trip and keep them entertained along the way.  While there are elaborate versions on the market, a simple notebook or printable version works just as well.   You can download ours here.  We print out a log or coloring page for each day of the trip and spend 15 minutes every evening winding down and completing the page.  At the end of the trip, the kids have a wonderful travel log to remember the trip by and, for school age kids, this is a fantastic item for “show” days.

Some tips:

• Keep the log pages simple – decorating the pages is part of the fun.
• Include a mixture of drawing and writing – even for older kids.
• This is a great activity on the plane or in the car.
• Customize by adding extra drawing or writing pages.
• Put the travel log pages in a fun folder, add a cute pen and new crayons and give it as a present right before the trip.

travel journal