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Scratch Pictures<\/strong> \u2013 This is a fun art project for children ages 7 and up. You need paper, crayons (make sure you have a black one), and a paper clip. Take one crayon and rub it over the paper. Use the flat side of the crayon and rub hard. Take another color and do the same to another part of the paper. Cover the whole paper with different colors of crayon. Now, take the black crayon and color over all the other colors until the whole paper is black. With a paper clip or coin, draw a picture by scratching through the black crayon. The other colors will show through where the drawing is scratched.<\/p>\n

Driving – <\/strong>Keeping children happy in the car can be challenging. One helpful approach is to engage them in car games\u00a0 in the safety of their car seat or seat belt.<\/p>\n

Alphabet Game- ages 3 and up<\/strong><\/p>\n

Children who can identify letters and<\/span> can easily see out the window of the car can play this game. One child starts with A and has to find a word on a sign visible from the car with the letter A. The next child has to identify the B, and so on.<\/p>\n

I Spy: Children spy something out the car window\u00a0and\u00a0announce its color by saying “”\u00cf spy something (color)”” and\u00a0the rest of the people in the car have to guess\u00a0 what the child saw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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