Packing list for a holiday with children
Packing for children is packing for the journey and packing for the week, and the two lists are different. The journey bag is at the top, where you can reach it.
44 items
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The items
- The journey bag — keep it with you
- Complete change of clothes per young child
- Snacks that are not messy
- Water bottles
- Wipes and a small bin bag
- Travel sickness medicine, given before you leave
- Something new and quietA cheap unopened toy or sticker book beats a familiar favourite by an hour.
- Headphones and downloaded films
- Nappies and a changing mat, if relevant
- Clothes, per child
- Outfits, one per day plus two×9
- Underwear and socks, plus extra×9
- Pyjamas×2
- Jumper or fleece×2
- Waterproof coat
- Swimwear×2
- Sun hat
- Shoes: trainers, sandals, something for water
- Sleeping
- The toy or blanket they cannot sleep without
- Travel cot and sheets, if needed
- Night light
- Blackout blind or a bin bag and tapeHoliday curtains never close properly and the sun rises early.
- Bedtime books
- Health and safety
- Children's paracetamol and ibuprofen
- Rehydration sachets
- Plasters and antiseptic
- Insect repellent and bite cream
- High-factor sun cream and after-sun
- Any prescription medicine, with the prescription
- Health insurance documents and the emergency number
- Beach and pool
- Armbands or floats
- Swim nappies
- Rash vests
- Bucket and spade
- Beach towels
- Useful
- Plug socket covers, if crawling
- Stair gate, if the accommodation has stairs
- Washing powder for a sink wash
- Spare bags for wet and dirty clothes
- A photo of each child taken that morningIf anyone gets lost, you have exactly what they are wearing.
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Questions people ask
- How many changes of clothes per child?
- One outfit per day plus two, for a week. Anything longer, plan to do a wash — carrying fourteen outfits is worse than one evening in a launderette.
- What goes in the hand luggage?
- A full change of clothes per small child, snacks, medicines, and something new and quiet. The new thing is worth more than three familiar ones.