Shout out to whoever recommended those reusable snack containers instead of individual chip bags. Filled them with goldfish, pretzels, and gummy bears for our 6-hour drive to my parents' house. Game changer. Cost like $8 for a set of 4, saves money, less garbage, and my 6yo and 8yo were less hyper than usual. Small win but I'm passing it along.
The goldfish + gummy bear combo is real. Our kids went through a phase where they'd only eat those two things on road trips. This would've saved us so much money instead of hitting up gas stations every hour lol
This is such a small thing but it changed road trips for us. Goldfish especially because they don't make your car look like a disaster zone after 6 hours.
Pro tip: freeze a water bottle the night before. By hour 4 of driving it's actual cold water instead of warm bus station bathwater.
yooo this is actually genius. we always end up with a million little bags rolling around and the kids just eat the whole thing. putting portioned snacks in containers is so much smarter
Wait which containers are you using? We have those plastic ones from target but they never seal right and crumbs get everywhere. Want to make sure I'm buying the right ones
Did you prep these the night before or day-of? Trying to figure out if I can do this for our upcoming trip without it becoming another thing I have to stress about
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we do the same thing but added a separate container of fruit leather and dried mango. cuts down on asking for stops AND doesn't destroy the interior