How to reduce stress dining out with kids with 6 cheap activities

Author: Alyssa Saye Date Posted:14 January 2017

Alyssa is an early childhood educator and primary teacher, mum to a handsome little man and the mamma behind an online handmade craft store Mae-Saye Designs.

Entertaining young children whilst out and about can be quite the task. Add the challenge of dining out and you have a whole new ball game ahead of you. This can be very stressful for all involved including parents, children, staff and fellow diners.

Kids get bored, they get restless and they get hungry so it is always helpful to have some activities stored in your handbag/nappy bag for such times.

Carrying around big bulky items is not always practical. Here is 6 simple activities that only require a couple of items that you can have prepared in advance.

Out and About Activities

Skills Developed:

Fine Motor
Colour Recognition and Association
Shape Recognition
Following simple instructions
Memory
Simple Positioning

What you will need:

Coloured sheets of paper
Coloured stickers in varying shapes (I just bought ours off Ebay)

Preparation:

Cut out the coloured paper into 8 cards per sheet. You could even cut out a mixture of shapes on varying coloured sheets of paper to add an extra element to work with.

Out and About Activity 1