The point of a packing list for a child is not that the bag gets packed correctly. It's that the child packs it, checks it, and slowly stops needing you to. The pictures beside each item are what makes that possible before they can read fluently.
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Tick each thing off as it goes in the bag.
Trip
Pack these
Pajamas
T-shirts
Shorts or pants
Underwear and socks
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Hairbrush
Swimsuit and towel
Sunscreen
Rain jacket
Sneakers
Water bottle
A book or magazine
Cuddly toy
Snacks for the trip
A little consistency goes a long way.
Tick each thing off as it goes in the bag.
Trip
Pack these
Pajamas
T-shirts
Shorts or pants
Underwear and socks
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Hairbrush
Swimsuit and towel
Sunscreen
Rain jacket
Sneakers
Water bottle
A book or magazine
Cuddly toy
Snacks for the trip
A little consistency goes a long way.
Tick each thing off as it goes in the bag.
Trip
Pack these
Pajamas
T-shirts
Shorts or pants
Underwear and socks
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Hairbrush
Swimsuit and towel
Sunscreen
Rain jacket
Sneakers
Water bottle
A book or magazine
Cuddly toy
Snacks for the trip
A little consistency goes a long way.
Tick each thing off as it goes in the bag.
Trip
Pack these
Pajamas
T-shirts
Shorts or pants
Underwear and socks
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Hairbrush
Swimsuit and towel
Sunscreen
Rain jacket
Sneakers
Water bottle
A book or magazine
Cuddly toy
Snacks for the trip
A little consistency goes a long way.
Tick each thing off as it goes in the bag.
Trip
Pack these
Pajamas
T-shirts
Shorts or pants
Underwear and socks
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Hairbrush
Swimsuit and towel
Sunscreen
Rain jacket
Sneakers
Water bottle
A book or magazine
Cuddly toy
Snacks for the trip
A little consistency goes a long way.
Tick each thing off as it goes in the bag.
Trip
Pack these
Pajamas
T-shirts
Shorts or pants
Underwear and socks
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Hairbrush
Swimsuit and towel
Sunscreen
Rain jacket
Sneakers
Water bottle
A book or magazine
Cuddly toy
Snacks for the trip
A little consistency goes a long way.
Tick each thing off as it goes in the bag.
Trip
Pack these
Pajamas
T-shirts
Shorts or pants
Underwear and socks
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Hairbrush
Swimsuit and towel
Sunscreen
Rain jacket
Sneakers
Water bottle
A book or magazine
Cuddly toy
Snacks for the trip
A little consistency goes a long way.
Tick each thing off as it goes in the bag.
Trip
Pack these
Pajamas
T-shirts
Shorts or pants
Underwear and socks
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Hairbrush
Swimsuit and towel
Sunscreen
Rain jacket
Sneakers
Water bottle
A book or magazine
Cuddly toy
Snacks for the trip
A little consistency goes a long way.
Tick each thing off as it goes in the bag.
Trip
Pack these
Pajamas
T-shirts
Shorts or pants
Underwear and socks
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Hairbrush
Swimsuit and towel
Sunscreen
Rain jacket
Sneakers
Water bottle
A book or magazine
Cuddly toy
Snacks for the trip
A little consistency goes a long way.
Tick each thing off as it goes in the bag.
Trip
Pack these
Pajamas
T-shirts
Shorts or pants
Underwear and socks
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Hairbrush
Swimsuit and towel
Sunscreen
Rain jacket
Sneakers
Water bottle
A book or magazine
Cuddly toy
Snacks for the trip
A little consistency goes a long way.
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Tick each thing off as it goes in the bag.
Trip
Pack these
Pajamas
T-shirts
Shorts or pants
Underwear and socks
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Hairbrush
Swimsuit and towel
Sunscreen
Rain jacket
Sneakers
Water bottle
A book or magazine
Cuddly toy
Snacks for the trip
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Pick the age band closest to your child to load a starter list.
Add whatever this trip needs — goggles, a costume, a gift for the party.
Name the trip on the date line so the sheet is reusable.
Print it and hand it to the child with the empty bag.
Check the bag together against the list once, at the end.
Packing for a child is quicker. Packing with a child is the point. A checklist turns a task that lives in an adult's head into something a six-year-old can execute and verify, and verifying their own work is a much bigger skill than remembering socks.
It also removes the argument at the other end. When something is missing, the list is what's missing it, not you.
The toddler list is what a grown-up packs while the child watches and ticks: pajamas, a comfort toy, a blanket, spare clothes. The kid list assumes the child does most of it with a check at the end. The tween list adds the things they own and forget — charger, headphones, deodorant, medicine, money — and drops the things they no longer need reminding of.
The same list covers most short trips with small edits. For a sleepover, cut it to a single night and add anything the host asked for. For camp, the packing list usually comes from the camp — clear this one and type theirs in, so your child still gets the picture-and-tick-box version rather than a printed email.
For a longer holiday, print it twice: once for packing to go, once for packing to come home. The second one is the one that stops a hoodie living in another country.
Yes — clear the list and type theirs in, one item per line. You keep the tick boxes and the layout.
Up to thirty. Past about sixteen the rows get tight for small handwriting, so consider two sheets.
Yes, turn pictures off for a plain text list.
Laminate it or slip it in a page protector and tick it with a dry-erase marker.
Yes, no account or payment, and the PDF has no watermark.
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