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This month is a fun month at Kids Travel Books (KTB) because I’m participating in the A-Z Blogging Challenge. I’m doing prompts for a kid’s travel journal. So far I’ve done A, B, and C.
With each day of the challenge I’m giving away a free printable related to the prompt. At the end of the month, if you followed along, you’ll have a 26 page travel journal printable absolutely free:
TWO THINGS:
- If you want the cover to the travel journal, sign up for my newsletter at the end of the post. I’m sending them out at the end of the month (maybe sooner)! And if you’re like me, you don’t like useless newsletters. Don’t worry. I only send these out once a month! Yay.
- If you want to have the complete travel journal be sure to check all the posts before early May. The free printables are only available through the duration of the challenge.
Now… D
Kids Travel Journal: D is for Dining Out
Food. Food. Food.
Most people I know who travel without kids love traveling because of the food. The two go hand in hand.
Most families I know who want to travel with kids, especially little kids, don’t because of the food. It is, after probably budget and time, the number one reason I hear for families not wanting to travel with kids.
I get it. Meal time is hard. Some kids are very picky with what they eat. Some kids are randomly picky with what they eat.
I can’t tell you how to feed your particular child when you’re on a trip. I can’t force you to go on a trip with your picky kid. I do think that, perhaps, if mealtime was a little more fun then maybe the kid would be a little more adventurous. Maybe? Or at least they’d be partially entertained while sitting in a restaurant.
Thus the travel journal prompt of food. What did you eat? What’s on the menu? What’s different here compared to back home? What’s the food specialties where you are now? What do you think of it?
For the D free printable travel journal page I’m focusing on the positives. Was it breakfast, lunch, or dinner? What did you eat, and how did you like it? Kids can draw their meal on the plate, or just list it out.
Download the pdf by clicking on the image below.
Update: The download is now only accessible for newsletter subscribers. Subscribe here. Subscribers also get access to the resource library which includes free downloads once a month. If you’re still looking for something to download on this page, I created a one-sheet list of the prompts created for this challenge. Click on the image to download
Question for the commenters
I know a big part of the A-Z Challenge is meeting other bloggers and leaving comments. So, to help those of you leaving comments, you can either comment on something above or let me know –
I need to know. What are some of the best restaurant experiences you’ve had while traveling and where?
And next…
Every day during the challenge I’ll be linking to another participant. Today’s lucky participant is…
Shere y Paul who is writing about the A-Zs of Friesland. Which happens to be within one of my favorite countries.
Come back tomorrow to read more about E!
I traveled from Ohio to South Carolina a few years ago with just me and my two kids. They were 2 and 5 at the time — don’t know how I survived that now that I’m thinking about it haha but we packed a huge cooler and stopped to have pic-nicks at the rest stops. They had a blast! When we did stop at Applebees, there was actually a cow super close to the parking lot. Fun times! haha!
Visiting from the A to Z challenge, from http://www.alongcameadog.com !
I love picnics when we travel. It’s some of my favorite memories, even when the food is bad. Nothing beats the outdoor scenery.
Best restaurant experience while traveling? A meal I still remember eating with my family in a small restaurant in Bardolino Italy, when I was about 12 years old. The waiter put about three drops of red wine into our sparkling water, and my cousin and I felt all grown up. Beautiful city, beautiful food, beautiful evening.
Blessings from a fellow A to Z Challenge participant!
Ha ha! That’s funny. It reminds of the first time I decided to try something out of my parents liquor cabinet when I was little. I filled a shot glass with Vodka, then poured all of it out, and then put milk in it. I thought I was drunk because I didn’t wash the shot glass. Livin’ large!