Travelling in airplanes with children under 10 of age is not easy, particularly if you are deciding to travel without your spouse or unaccompanied.

Children can be really hard to please, since it is not easy for them to sit in one place, as well as get their sleep disturbed during a long journey.

Therefore, you should be equipped with things that entertain them like, food and gadgets. I make sure my hand bag is packed of snacks such as; cookies, dry fruits and candies, like chewing gum, in case their ears bother them while the plane takes off or anything that is their favorite and secondly, gadgets can be a lifesaver during a long flight with kids.

I keep my phone fully download with apps of music, games, e-books and arts. It can eat up your battery, so make sure to have your charger with you all the time and charge your phone wherever you get the chance. Make sure to keep kids comfortable on an airplane flight, look at it from their perspective.

There are also other things do to keep your kid’s distracted and entertained, if you are not carrying a smart phone or you are worried about the battery getting low, like:

-Print out drawings from web and let them color their own favorites Disney characters or any other icons. You can also carry some art and craft kits with you.

-Be pre-planned with many small wrapped presents, so you can give them during the long flights such as, cars, doctor’s kits, playdough, balls, kitchen sets, dolls and children’s laptops.

-Keep some of their favorite story books or toys in your handbag, so they can enjoy the journey with some familiar things.

-Make finger puppets in advance or by using the airsick bag in the planes, this will be an endless entertainment for your toddler.

-Make sure to choose a window seat. Talk to them about the journey, how the plane works and how high are you flying, like you can show the clouds from outside the window and make stories. I make my child daydream about the world of angels in the sky.

-Play the stretch and wiggle game, ask them how many body parts they can turn and wiggle, while sitting in one position.

-You can also carry some photographs and videos with you to keep them engaged, like an entertaining movie on your phone. If not, there are movies playing on planes too.

-When the plane is in a straight balanced level, let them walk around and explore the plain but warn them to not disturb other passengers.

-You can play traditional games such as, hangman, tick tack toe or complete the sentence.

-Give your children the in-flight magazines and ask them to do some shopping for the next birthday or plan the next destination. If anything they ask for is in your budget, buy it straight away to enlighten their mood.

-If flying to a new or infrequent destination, talk to them about your plans and stay. Even ask them what they’d like to do once they have reached the place.

Sometimes the best thing you can do to make your kid on a flight is to schedule it for his or her sleep time. A sleeping child is a happy child. Make their space comfortable by putting up the arm of seat which is coming in between two seats, lay them on your lap and make them sleep. If there is a three- four seater empty anywhere near you, then you’ve got them a bed. You should also take a nap to re-energize yourself for focusing on your child again after they wake up.

SAFE JOURNEY!