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Tyre Maintenance Made Easy for Busy Parents: How to Choose the Best Ford Car Tyres for Everyday Drives

As a mum, your days are filled with non-stop activities—school runs, grocery shopping, weekend getaways, and much more. With so much to juggle, your car becomes your second home, taking you and your family from one place to the next safely and comfortably. But have you ever thought about how important your car tyres are […]

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Winter Driving Tips and Myths: Stay Safe and Informed on the Roads

Winter Driving Tips and Myths is a paid collaborative post with ATS Euromaster as part of their Winter Driving Myths Challenge but all thoughts and findings are my own.  Now is the perfect time to get your vehicle ready for the cold weather. If you don’t know we live in a pretty rural area and the husbeast

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More Road Trip Travel Printables – Fun and Engaging Activities for Kids

These road trip printables are great for keeping the kids occupied when travelling. I have been thinking about half term and a weekend trip that we are taking.  I know that lots of kids have tablets and electronics to keep them occupied in the car, but I like to mix things up a little and

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10 Ways to keep children entertained on long car journeys

When we are on long journeys I do let my boys take their Nintendo 3DS and we take IPads, but they are often kept until we have exhausted all my other games and ideas.

So how do you keep your children entertained and occupied on car journeys? I would love to know your ideas and what your favorite in car games are. Please do leave me a comment and let me know.

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Keeping children entertained on car journeys

I also am a great planner and in the boot of the car I have travel packs for journeys. If you have ever been unlucky enough to have a flat tire or a breakdown with children in the car, you will understand just how much of a lifesaver having something they can do in the car is.

With this in mind I have we have activity packs in the boot of the car. I have folders with everything they could need for a specific activity. So if there is puzzle books, then I will make sure there is a couple of pens of different colours and also a highlighter for the wordsearches and a small dictionary for crosswords.

I tend to save all the crayons and pencils you get in restaurants and also all the little sticker packs and gift packs you get with children’s magazines. The pound shop is also a perfect place to get things for this too.

Other things you could include in the packs are:

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