:: This little “Snack Attack!” game is fun way to make traveling with littles a bit more bearable for everyone, while reminding them of some favorite Bible stories.
What are grumble-crushers?
These grumble-crushing bags are a simple way to help your adult kids avoid the all-too-familiar (and exhausting) “Are we there yet?” hitting them in the back of the head as they travel. Illustrated directions prompt you to prepare five different snacks, each with a tag that tells your grandkids the gist of a Bible story and asks them a question relating to the snack.
How it works
As your grandkids travel, they will each choose a snacks from the bag…but won’t eat them quite yet! Their parent(s) get to decide on a certain amount of time (30 minutes, 3 hours…whatever seems appropriate for the distance of their trip) and then set an alarm for that time. When the alarm goes off, your grandkids get to eat all of the snacks that are in the bag. But wait! Each time they argue or complain about anything, BEFORE the timer goes off, they have to pay their parent(s) one snack from their bag. Yikes!
STEP ONE: Shop
- Fish Crackers
- Bugles
- Pretzel Sticks
- Gummy Life Savers
- M&Ms
- Snack-sized zipper bags (5 per child)
- Gallon zipper bags (1 per child)
STEP TWO: Print
Print one set of labels for each child and cut apart. When trimmed, these labels fit perfectly inside the snack-sized zipper bags. A link to the free download is at the end of this post.
STEP THREE: Fill the bags
Put label & corresponding snack in snack-sized zipper bag…one for each child.
STEP FOUR: Pack into gallon bag
Put the five snack bags in a gallon-sized zipper bag along with the “Let’s play a little snack game” directions. Write your grandchild’s name on the outside of the bag.
STEP FIVE: Deliver!
If you live close by, deliver the “Snack Attack!” bags in person. If far away, drop them in the mail with plenty of time to get there before they leave on their trip.
Print your directions and labels…
KRISTI is the author of the Before books and coloring books for children and the Your Soul To Keep one-year prayer book for parents of adults. She writes to inspire parents and grandparents to shine the joy of Jesus into the lives of their families and to laugh without fear of the future (Proverbs 31:25). She and her husband Tim live in Iowa where they love doing life with their sons and daughters-in-law, six grandbabies, and two very spoiled dogs.