Bag of entertainment for kids big and small
When my boys were younger, I always carried a bag with us whenever we went out for a meal or an appointment or on a train journey. Ours is a fabric drawstring bag from the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, small enough to fit in another bag but big enough to hold plenty of things to do. An innocent looking bag which contained all I needed to keep the kids occupied and happy while we waited for food or the doctor or travelled on the train or a plane. Of course there were often phones and iPads involved too, especially on plane journeys, but I always brought the fabric bag as ‘non screen’ back up. So what is in this magic bag of entertainment? No magical unicorns I am sad to say. One of the best and simplest things I always had in there were the drawing books, plain paper, lined paper and the mini doodle book. Enough for one each or we would draw on the same page or take turns adding to a picture. The …