This blog had some really great ideas like an easy-to-sew road trip pillow case that has a pocket to hold activity books, crayons, etc. Another fun idea was a bucket on a pulley so you can easily pass items back and forth between the front and back seats.
How about quickly stitching up a travel pillow, one that keeps your child's head from tipping uncomfortably to the side? All you need to do is cut out a rectangle from a piece of fabric. Fold it in half, lengthwise with right sides together and sew up the long side opposite the fold. Turn your fabric inside out so the right side is now visible. Stuff your tube with stuffing and sew up both short ends. You or your child can decorate the pillow by sewing felt eyes, a nose and a mouth on it, or you can make it look like a snake by adding eyes with a red tongue sticking out, sewed at one end. What a fun project for an older child to make for herself or her siblings. And don't forget, boys would love to make this project too.
Picture found here on this blog.Here is another simple pillow you can make. Minky fabric would be really soft and fun to make a pillow out of. Hey, what a great birthday or Christmas present to make for grandchildren or nieces and nephews.
By the way, what do you mothers do to keep your children's car seats from being so hot? I feel so bad for babies and children who have to sit in their car seats in Arizona when it's so hot. How about using ziplock bags with a little water or ice in them that you keep in the freezer and grab as you head to the car? Keep the bags in the car seat while you're in the store. Even if they're completely melted when you come back, they've kept the car seat a lot cooler than if you hadn't used them.
If you're still traveling this summer, have fun!
Thanks for reading,
Cathy
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