Pack your bags, kids, we’re ready for a vaca! I am super excited to share this set of free printable plane tickets for mini-jet setters who’d like to take an afternoon adventure without leaving the yard.
The set includes two full-color versions + 1 black and white set, all with a customizable boarding pass template, baggage claim tag, wing badge,
Setup as PDF forms, these paper plane tickets are incredibly easy to customize, but can also be printed and filled out by hand (or laminated for reuse!).
Pro tip: Use the black and white versions on colored or patterned papers/cardstocks for a colorful set of DIY boarding passes & flight wings that don’t eat up your ink supply.
Designed with the dreamy glory days of plane travel in mind, these look real enough to feel “real” without being confused for the real things (don’t you wish our travel documents still looked like this, though??).
These printables are not only a fun pretend accessory, they’re also a great way to let kids explore the process of travel (maybe even help cope with kids’ travel anxiety). If your kiddo is the type that enjoys being responsible for something or having their own very important things to hang on to, these are a perfect quick solution.
And if you want to go the extra mile, print out the flight wing badge/stickers on temporary tattoo paper or glue a pin-back on for an instant set of pilot wings.
For your own play printable play tickets, you’ll need:
BASIC SUPPLIES:
- White or colored cardstock
- Our free printable plane ticket set
OPTIONAL SUPPLIES:
DIY Play Printable Plane Ticket Set Instructions:
Download the printable play plane travel set.
Download our free printable dramatic play plane travel set at the link above.
Download and install the linked fonts (optional).
Our printable set includes links to the free fonts you can download and install to create tickets that look just like ours. Our easy form-fill tickets have been formatted with the exact fonts, sizes, and colors used in our examples. Once you’ve installed the fonts, all you have to do is fill in the information!
If you’d rather *not* deal with downloading and installing fonts, simply print these out and fill in the information by hand.
Print and play!
Print your tickets onto heavy cardstock and play or gift! Planning on using these over and over for dramatic play? You can laminate these in a self-sealing pouch (like the ones we’ve linked above) and fill them in with a dry-erase marker.
Watch the preview video below to see how easy it is to fill in our preformatted printable plane tickets!
More ideas for plane travel play and learning…
Are you looking for some ideas that will help you use our tickets to kick off more engaging travel learning opportunities? Here are a few ways you can use our pretend play airline tickets for more air travel play!
- I adore how this family has used our printable plane tickets as part of a virtual trip around the world, incorporating lessons in culture, geography, and more!
- The ingenious Fynn over at Happy Tot Shelf has assembled a fantastic collection of airport and airplane learning activities for younger kiddos.
- Pretend travel play setups don’t have to be ridiculously extravagant or overly complicated. This adorable dramatic play airport from The Littles and Me utilizes everyday household items as simple but effective props. Such a great way to encourage creative thinking and imagination!
- For kids enchanted by miniature playscapes, you can present our tickets alongside a pile of boxes and recycled items for an invitation to create a small world airport. Isn’t that setup from One Time Through chock full of creative reuses?!
We’d love to see some snaps from your imaginary trips to far-off places! Be sure to take pics and tag us (@barleyandbirch or #barleyandbirch) – we’ll share our favorite adventures on Instagram! Love this? Want to pass it on? Please, please do! Our only request is that if you repost somewhere, you include a shout-out back to us with the original link to this post instead of a direct link to the files – we appreciate it!
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