Traveling Made Easier: Travel Kits

Are we there yet?

He touched me!!!

I’m bored!!

She’s staring at me!

Are we almost there?

I don’t know about you, but I’ve heard those statements more than once on a car trip.  Wouldn’t it be nice if the kids (and parents) looked forward to the car trips instead of dreading them?

Travel Kits: A Simple Way to Bless Others
by Donna Rees

Travel Kits is a wonderful e-book put out by The Old Schoolhouse.  It’s packed with beautiful illustrations and ideas to help you create fun filled travel kits for your family.  In addition to blessing your own family, you can create personalized gifts for others that keep on giving.

Travel Kits is a treasure trove of ideas for one-of-a-kind gifts to go.  They’re great for young and old alike.  The recipient of your special travel kit will no doubt love the time and thought that went into their own travel kit.  Not going on a trip soon?  It doesn’t matter as these ideas would be excellent for use anytime – on the road or at home.

Book Description:

• In Chapter One, readers are introduced to the concept of travel kits – the who, what, when, where, how, and why of travel kits.
• Chapter Two contains brief thoughts on travel kits and homeschooling.
• Chapter Three covers the planning aspects of travel kits.
• Chapter Four discusses presentation and distribution of the items in the travel kits.
• Chapter Five gives some ideas on what to use as the package for the goodies in the travel kit.
• Chapter Six is all about the goodies in the travel kit.  (A great reminder that travel kits do not need to be expensive.)
• Chapter Seven talks a little about edible gifts.
• Chapter Eight gives some ideas about books and stories for the travel kits.
• Chapter Nine goes into games for the travel kits (simple to a little more involved – free to a little more expensive).
• Chapter Ten leads to more inspiration for fun things to include in the travel kits.
• Chapter Eleven talks a little about the rewards of creating travel kits.
• Chapter Twelve expands the travel kit themes into gifts that would be great for everyone and every occasion.
• Chapter Thirteen lists some helpful websites for traveling families.
• In Chapter Fourteen, readers are encouraged to dive in and start creating.
• The e-book concludes with bonus resources including some recipes, food ideas, tips from others, and recommended books.

My Thoughts:

After reading Travel Kits: A Simple Way to Bless Others, I jumped right in and started creating a surprise travel kit for Munchkin.  We were getting reading to head out camping for the 4th of July weekend, and I wanted to whole trip to be special.  I decided that my package was going to be a handmade totebag.  I filled it with inexpensive goodies that I found on clearance and in the dollar section at various stores.

I located a How to Draw book on clearance and decided to include that in Munchkin’s travel kit.  I could put that in there without a sketch book.  Unfortunately, that wasn’t in the budget.  I was able to create my own sketch book by taking some cardboard and covering it with scrapbook paper.  I used my three-whole-punch on these to create front and back covers for her new sketch book.  Add 3 o-rings and some copy paper and you have a great, personal, inexpensive sketch book for the artist.

I placed Munchkin’s travel kit in the truck to surprise her once the trip started.  She was thrilled!  The travel kit worked for the trip to the campground, at the campground, and the trip home.

I appreciated all of the ideas that were in the Travel Kit e-book.  The pictures were great.  I also liked that Donna encouraged us to think outside of the box.  She also reminded me that “travel kits” aren’t just for kids or even just for those going on a trip.

Book Details:

Travel Kits: A Simple Way to Bless Others is available to purchase through The Old Schoolhouse Store for $12.45.  If you would like to see a sampling for yourself prior to buying, you can download sample pages here.

I received a copy of Travel Kits: A Simple Way to Bless Others as a member of the TOS Crew in return for an honest review. No other compensation was received. All opinions are my own. This post contains TOS affiliate links. If you decide to purchase something through this link, I will receive a small portion of the sale.