Vacations provide invaluable opportunities for families to forge bonds, explore new horizons, and craft cherished memories together. Yet, every parent knows the challenge of keeping children happily engaged during these adventures. Whether embarking on a beach retreat, a wilderness escapade, or an urban exploration, the art of ensuring your kids remain entertained and content is pivotal for a rewarding vacation experience. Parents constantly seek inventive ways to captivate their children’s attention while on the move. This task is particularly demanding when journeying with young ones, who often possess fleeting attention spans and crave constant supervision. Nevertheless, adopting some tried-and-true strategies can significantly enhance the enjoyment of the journey. Here are 15 activities to keep your kids engaged and busy: Learn to cook: Encourage your kids to help with preparing meals, their favorite snacks, chinchin, cupcakes, etc. Grow a garden: You kids can grow their own tomato, pepper, fruits, etc. STEM experiments: Engage them with STEM activities (click to check out our STEM Kits), free eBook (Download our FREE STEM eBook) Scavenger hunt Learn a language: Your kids can learn different languages using app that helps them learn. E.g to learn Yoruba – Yoruba101, etc, to speak French – Duolingo, etc. and other languages. Write short stories about different things happening around the world, their favourite occupation, etc. Build a fort from pillows, blankets, and other things found in the house. Tie and dye: entice your children’s interest by using different tie and dye techniques and ideas (click to check out our STEM Kits). Pick a favourite animal and research it. Create a fact sheet about it. Lego activity: Make a list of animals and buildings. Write them all down on individual pieces of paper and put them in a box. Each person draws one out and has to build it with Legos.