Top 10 Activities for Kids On The Plane

For the perfect activity to carry out on airplane tray tables, a colouring book and crayons is all you need in your travel gear.

Bring along a compact colouring book or a sketchpad and a set of coloured pencils or washable markers. Kids can let their imaginations run wild and create vibrant masterpieces during the flight. Colouring also helps improve their fine motor skills and keeps them engaged for hours!

To make them really engaged, perhaps a colour-by-number book (for the slightly older kiddos), where they have to colour a section with a certain colour, that builds a picture! It’s definitely one that requires their focus, so they’ll be more engrossed! There’s plenty of options to pick from here! Or bring a colouring book of their favourite character – it’s one of the most essential travel activities!

It keeps the kids happy, and you too!

Sticker books are a fantastic way to encourage creativity and storytelling.

Your child can build their narrative by placing stickers on different scenes in the book, fostering their imagination and enhancing their vocabulary as they describe the adventures they envision.

It’s one of many fun and interactive activities for kids they’ll all love, especially when they make the story their own.

Magnetic games are a surefire way to keep your kiddies occupied!

They’re compact, mess-free and can be played on airplane tray tables. With a whole range of magnetic board games like noughts and crosses, chess, draughts and even word games!

There are even magnetic puzzle books! Helps their brain tick and helps their fine motor skills! Then for a break, if the kids are by the window seat, they can look out the plane window and airplane spot!

Magnetic boards are fun, keep the kids occupied and it’ll help the air travel pass like a breeze.

Bring along some age-appropriate puzzles that can be done on a tray table!

Puzzles will help plane journeys fly faster and will entertain your toddlers on airplanes! Whether you bring jigsaw puzzles, Sudoku, or even simple Rubik’s Cubes can keep young minds engaged and entertained.

If you got any dinosaur lovers in the family, then they’ll love this magnetic jigsaw puzzle!

If you have kids that love to use their practical skills and use pens – then we suggest wipe-off cards.

They can be any theme! Whether it’s designing a butterfly, drawing a funny face or educational! They draw the time on a clock face!

There are plenty of options for travel games for kids on a plane! From UNO and Monopoly Deal to Bananagrams and Boggle!

They can provide an educational element, or just be FUN!

Hey, how about Dobble? That’s full of friendly competition – who will win?

It’s one plane activity to make sure your journey flies by. And if you can get a toddler-friendly travel game, it’ll help with their motor skills and also be a brilliant travel activity!

Sometimes parents don’t have a choice but to let their kids have lots of screen time when they’re travelling. If it keeps the kids quiet and occupied – it’s working.

But there are better ways to utilise their screen time than just playing games. You can download kids’ educational shows or their favourite series on BBC Iplayer. They won’t even have to hold the device either, they can rest it on the flat surface! Download audiobooks if they like to listen and of course, have their favourite games and toddler apps on hand.

It’s most likely going to be their source of flight entertainment! As well as help the long-haul flight not seem so…long.

If you have creative kids that love to be busy creating with their hands, then this may be a winner.

Gather a supply of crafts like washi tape, stickers, colour markers and whatever else you can think of. And they scrapbook whatever they want! Use the plane tray as a flat surface.

Whether it’s about their time at school with their friends, what they’ve done so far on their summer holidays or you’re on your way back home and they can scrapbook about their holiday!

It might give you some quiet time on the plane ride, as it’ll keep the children busy! But if you want to join in, then we’re sure they’ll enjoy the quality time spent together.

If your kids have this game console, then they can play for hours!

This is more suited for older kids, as the buttons are small and might need more physical skills when playing certain games. Zoom along with Mario Kart, get educational with Brain Training or discover creatures in Pokemon.

As long as the game doesn’t need the internet, it’s a sure winner!

If your child enjoys reading books, then you can’t really go wrong. Reading helps the plane ride not seem so long and it’ll keep them occupied for a while.

Ask them what books they’d want to read, or bring them to along to the shop to pick some out!

Whether it’s a book series they’re into or a new book from their favourite author!