Sometimes we love to chat with our kids when we fly or go out to eat while travelling. Other times, we’ll be deep into grown-up talk (the economy, house prices, pension plans) and the kids just need something fun to do that hasn’t been acquired at the App Store.
My mother-in-law discovered this great little book from www.2littleboys.co.uk, called Something to keep you happy when the grown-ups are being really boring at the dinner table, the everyday version. On the face of it, it’s just another activity book. But this one does it so simply and engagingly that it outdistances all the others I’ve seen.
Of course it includes a word search. But there are also challenges to create a family flag, play every-day-word bingo (listening out for words like “terrible”, “love” and “salt” and ticking them off, creating a message with code and more.
The company has 3 other versions of the book — Christmas, Wedding and Recycled. Cool, cute, inexpensive and lightweight so at the end of the evening or the flight when everyone is handing you their markers and their little toys, it won’t add much weight to your handbag.
