Any good ideas on how to keep a child occupied during a long flight?

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Hope Summer

she can listen to music or you can talk to her or tell her stories that will be intersting and she ll get more excited .Buy some story books and make her read them also or she can play games .It will be fun.But sitting for `12 hours is too much .All the best.:

ann t

Activity pads such as puzzles, dot to dot pictures, coloring books, or her favorite books might the trick.

daix

Gameboy and Super Mario will work for long hours with kids that age. You can bring other activities like crayons or markers and a tablet and also she should be old enough to read a couple books. If you don't own a Gameboy, borrow one. You may not want to get your child hooked on video games, but it may be worth it for the flight.

Cenderawasih^

coloring...painting. Or let her do story-telling.

Let her finish a 1000 pieces jigsaw puzzles.

tvictor100

dont let her sleep untill the flight and then take some playing cards and play go-fish....maybe

Hott stuff

Most likely give her something that will make her sleep like tylonol PM. or buy her like a gameboy W/ lots of games and a cd player to keep her occupied.

..// wiinter ]] <3

singapore airlines has games and movies on this screen on the back of seats
i really like singapore airlines
there are other airlines like them

Helena

Taking her to meet the pilot is a good way to break up the journey.

Bubbles

How about starting a scrap book with her. Collecting ticket stubs etc, writing about the plane and airport etc, then all through her holiday she can add bits everyday of where you have been, what you did etc, stick postcards in. At the end of the holiday she will have a book on her travels.
You could also get some games that you would usually use in the car. If you go to AA.com they have some games listed. Perhaps a book to read
I'm sure she will be fine. Have a great time !

Paul McDonald

If she's not old enough to handle a 12 hour flight, please don't subject the other people on the plane to her inability to cope.

I don't understand, do you not care that other people on the planet exist?

Oh, I'm sorry--I'm sure that it's just every other 8-year-old on the planet that can't handle a 12-hour flight, but your child can.

You probably just need to give her a game boy or a book or something and simply ignore the icy cold stares from the people around you when she kicks the seats and talks loudly and complains.

Yeah, that's it. Ignore the other people with enough common sense to not take a child on an airplane.

Am I too cold with this answer? Maybe too harsh... but I'm also right. So please don't think my intent is to be rude and mean... that's just an unfortunate byproduct of the real intent, which is to say "Don't take your child on a 12-hour flight!"

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