Magna Doodle doubles as car food tray
For a number of years, the Magna Doodle was essential travel entertainment in our family. Silent, no batteries, clean, versatile...the perfect toy for a car or plane. The only problem: ours was bulky. But Tracy's husband found a way to put that "feature" to good use as well:
We were eating on the go in the car and didn't have any place to put our toddler's food. We realized that we had a Magna Doodle-type board in the car and it made a perfect food tray for the car!
Good as a hard surface for drawing or coloring as well.
These days, there are several brands and sizes of magnetic doodle toys, including smaller- and handled- versions for travel. But if you've got a big board floating around, keep it in the car!
An aside: These toys have a surprisingly long play life. My daughter recently won a small Magna Doodle as a prize for something or other, and she and my almost 12 year-old son played with it for the rest of the day. Another time, my husband and I came home from a night out to find our 15 year-old babysitter playing with it. "I forgot how much fun these things are!" This from a guy who's permenently attached to his iPod.
Related: Stash travel distractions into the car's seat-back pockets
Haha now I'm loving these little tricks!
And yes, it's funny how this toy has stood the test of TIME. It was around before I was born too.
Magnadoodle and Sesame Street just know how to work it.
Posted by: Anthony from CharismaticKid | 18 July 2011 at 08:40 AM
Haha now I'm loving these little tricks!
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And yes, it's funny how this toy has stood the test of TIME. It was around before I was born too.
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Magnadoodle and Sesame Street just know how to work it.
Posted by: eskort siteleri | 08 August 2011 at 05:06 PM