Our last and greatest road trip sanity tip for
traveling with kids is a bucket pulley system. This idea was the brainchild of my hubby.
Car Pulley System for Traveling with Kids
We went on our trip when I was nearly 8 months pregnant I was unable, unlike previous trips, to turn around and hand things to the kids during the long days in the car. We needed a way to hand them new toys, snacks, art supplies, etc.
Why don’t we create a pulley system?
It was brilliant!
We tied a rope between the handles on the ceiling of our van. I knew those handles are good for something! Then I tied a bucket to the rope ends and we’d shimmy the bucket on the rope back to the kids whenever they needed something and would shimmy it back to me when the bucket was not in use.
Sorry guys, we cheated in these photos. The originals I took on the actual trip and they were incredibly out of focus… hope you don’t mind our re-creation of the bucket system, from the comfort of our driveway.
We are glad to be home!
This is SO cool Rachel! Thanks for sharing the link on the Mom Loop Kenmore live chat! Cannot believe I missed it when it first posted!
Useful implementation of a system using a bucket. Pretty brilliant IMO. I guess this pulley system only works on large cars or maybe I am not seeing it as a child would do. I have a small nissan sentra, I guess I should try with a small bucket.
Genius! I am so trying this for our next road trip!
BTW, I came over from Mom Loop.
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How cool is that!!! We are definitely going to have to tuck that away for when we have little ones!!! Thanks for sharing!!
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My kids would think this was wonderfully hilarious!
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Wow, what a creative idea! I know I would have been THRILLED with this as a kid!!
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This is an awesome idea. JDaniel will love it.
Man I am so going to have to try this. Awesome idea!!
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That’s brilliant! We do the pass back, which means that a big kid has to sit in the front row, because the littles can’t reach the back. I wish I’d seen this when I had all littles!
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That is brilliant! I bet they had fun with that.
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