Travel & Vacation: Road Trip Snack Container

Have I mentioned before how much we enjoy traveling???  🙂  We have been blessed with a number of opportunities to travel over the past few years.  On a quick side note – While it is great to get away and explore new places it is always wonderful coming home.

You may have noticed one of my previous posts about these Road Trip Snack Containers here or here, but I want to encourage anyone with kids who take roads trips to try these out.  These have come in very handy over the past few years at our house.

The girls are always super excited to see what I have packed in their snack containers.  It helps with the “I’m Hungry” statement you hear in the middle of a road trip and it allows you to pack a little container for each kid instead of bringing the whole box of crackers or nuts or whatever it is you typically bring.  Plus it gives the kids a variety of snacks to choose from, kids really do love having choices!

The girls have yet to finish an entire snack container on the trip so usually it provides snacks throughout the time you are away too.  It always surprises me what they choose to eat first.  I cannot count the number times that they go for the nuts or fruit over any of the sweet treats.

One Child’s Road Trip Snack Container

Items that we packed for this road trip:

• Animal Crackers
• Raisins
• Whole Cashews (without shells)
• Fruit Marshmallow Bites
• Cheesy Bugles
• Fruit by the Foot
• Peanuts
• Sweet Tarts
• Chocolate & Mint Swirl Marshmallows
• Golden Raisins
• Chocolate Covered Raisins
• Whole Peanuts (with shells)
• Fruit Chews
• Whole Pecans (without shells)
• Ritz Crackers
• Whole Pistachios (with shells)
• Organic Applesauce (in a squeeze bag)
• Flavored Peanuts
• Cheese & Peanut Butter Crackers
• 2 Packs of Flavored Fruit Drink Packs to add to their bottled water (1 Kooleaid Fruit Punch & 1Mixed Berry)
• Rainbow coated Sunflower Seeds
• Ritz Bites Peanut Butter Crackers
• Rice Krispie Treat
• 2 Million Dollar Mints

 

All packed and ready to close up so we can put them on the girls car seats before we go to bed!

We don’t stop a lot on road trips unless we need gas, go to the bathroom, or for a quick meal (a lot of times we’ll pack a picnic lunch to eat on the way).  The kids are content to read, work on workbooks, play games, or occasionally watch a movie if it is a long road trip (our rule is that the trip needs to be 5 hours or longer before a movie is part of it).

We picked up the containers at Walmart for a couple of dollars.  The stickers were at Hobby Lobby in the scrapbook section and we used a 40% coupon.  We have used these Road Trip Snack Bins for several road trips with our girls and they have held up well.  Once the trip is over and they have finished eating the items in the bins all you have to do is wash them and store until the next family adventure.  It is a blessing to be able to travel with our family.  We have created many amazing family memories on the road together.