Travel Journal for Older Kids

My girls absolutely LOVE completing tasks and exercises in journals, books and things like Junior Ranger programs. Makes my homeschooling a breeze!

Travel journals are an excellent way to engage in what they are learning as they travel and why the experience is memorable and important for them

The Ultimate Travel Journal for Kids is one of the best travel journals I’ve seen which is why this one in particular is makes our Christmas gift ideas for kids list.

This travel journal includes activities for four trips is aimed for 6-9 year old’s.

The prompts and activities will guide the kids to record their hopes and dreams for their vacation, record highlights and new discoveries. As well as fun activities to keep them entertained. Perfect for long road trips!!

Grab your copy of the travel journal here.

Travel Journal for Older Kids

A special blank journal is a wonderful gift for older kids to record their memories and insights.

Kalyra loves recording her travel days in her journal often writing pages.

It’s wonderful for reflection, but imagine when she picks it up in five years time.

The delight she’ll feel in remembering experiences she could have possibly forgotten and reconnecting with the views of her younger self and how these travel moments helped create who she is in the current moment.

You can use any notebook, but I recommend choosing a good quality one with a special color. The memories going in here are priceless.

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However a cheaper alternative to a GoPro is the AKASO v50 PRO, which is receiving good reviews and growing quite quickly.

We are currently testing it out for an upcoming review so stay tuned for that one!

This is a fantastic gift idea for older kids. A travel gift idea for younger kids could be an cheaper waterproof camera. Savannah’s Nikon camera is actually a waterproof one.

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What about kids who loves playing in the water? Or participate in some high action activities?

Of course they still want to record their memories, even more so as its high adventure and memory making stuff.

You know a GoPro can cater to any kind of activity to capture those memories.

Concerned a GoPro is a little to expensive for a child?

I get it. We lost one to the bottom of the ocean on Waikiki Beach when it fell of Kalyra’s surfboard. This was our fault for not securing it properly, not Kalyra’s.

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For older children, we still like to opt for a camera over a phone. We know phones are great multi-purpose tools that have good cameras.

But, we want our kids to learn the distinction between consuming all of life through one thing and having separate ways to bring about joy and your creative spirit.

A tool that doesn’t quickly distract you or keep you emphasized on, “just let me put this on Instagram and see how many likes we get.”

We feel a camera encourages creation for the joy of creation rather than for outside validation.

If they do shoot videos and photos on their phone, we recommend the free QuickApp by GoPro for putting together video memories super easily.

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One of the best Christmas gifts for kids would have to be their own point and shoot cameras. I don’t recommend you travel without your child having a camera to record their own memories.

It’s wonderful to see them engage with travel in this way and to see their perspective on experiences and what they find memorable and interesting.

There have been times when I think Kalyra, our eldest, is not interested in other travel experience we are having, and then I see her whip out her camera to record something that has resonated with her and I realize she is finding the experience valuable and connecting to it.

Not only can the camera help your kids discover and record what they love most, it’s a fun and unique way for them to interact and engage with other kids.

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10 OF THE BEST CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR KIDS WHO LOVE TO TRAVEL

They can look after their own water needs, plus carry their own snacks and have a place to put their sweaters, and even their cameras.

You can definitely use these for city travel as well.

And of course, with all of our Christmas gift ideas for kids, you can use these when you are not traveling too.

These are perfect gift ideas for older children. You can also get some extra small hydration backpacks to make it a good gift idea for younger children.

• We have these ones from Teton, which fit our kids fine
• This Camelbak hydration backpack is designed for kids
• We also have these Unigear tactical hydration backpacks. The quality of these are excellent and I really love the unique tactical design. This is a great gift for older kids, especially boys!

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Nothing will drive you mad more when traveling with kids is the constant pull back on your shirt to give your child water.

ESPECIALLY when you’re in the middle of a steep climb and know that stopping will kill your momentum and possibly take you out of the adventure.

Enter a hiking backpack with hydration!

These handy backpacks contain a water bladder with a drinking tube that comes out the front strap of the bag. Feel thirsty?

Pick up the tube and take a drink. No need to stop, unload, unzip and unscrew.

These hydration backpacks can have a funky taste to begin with. You can get rid of this by soaking the bladder with lemon water, but it takes time.

Do that first or it will turn your kids off.

I love how these hydration hiking backpacks for kids teach them responsibility and independence.

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