When Hubby and I got married, I said I would travel the world with him and that we would do it with the kiddies too. Hubby took a year out and travelled before we got together and I wanted to explore it, we just had jobs and then kids. It got harder to do. We are still on a mission to do this, it’s just a lifelong event. We keep a log of our adventures on our World Map. It’s such an inspiring canvas to have on the wall.

We keep our map in the dining room and it reminds us each mealtime of our adventures, what we have done and where we have been. It stimulates a lot of conversations too. Over lockdown, we have even used it as a way of exploring our planet. We ask the kids questions like “What is the largest Country?”, “What ocean is near us?” and questions about Continents. We also play games like naming Countries from A-Z which is really tricky. It really is a conversational starter and not just with us. When people visit us they often comment on it too.

World Map

I bought some cute pins and when we travel to somewhere new, as a family, we stick a pin in it. It’s a shame we didn’t get to check off Dubai this year but we will get there one day. As you can see we have visited quite a few places near and around Europe, we are yet to travel further afield with the kids. The furthest I have travelled is Malaysia, for our honeymoon. I loved Malaysia, it was a beautiful place.

Pins

Our World Map is from Lana KK, it is 100 x 70 cm. We chose the brown map as it looked vintage and we thought it would make a statement on the wall in the dining room. It certainly does that. I love it. You can get your own World Map for under ยฃ100, for the same size canvas. They do sell posters too if you do not want the canvas.

World Map

How do you capture your family travel adventures? Do you keep a canvas log or do you keep a journal? Where is next on your destination list? I would love to know in the comments below or on social media: @mummyconstant.

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9 Comments
  • chickenruby
    Monday, July 27, 2020

    We have a family wall map of all our travels which includes Afghanistan, Iraq and the Falkland Islands by one of our adult sons. We each have coloured stickers and our aim is to visit all the countries my father travelled to with his job, strangely most of the ones left to visit are European countries

    • MummyConstant
      Tuesday, July 28, 2020

      Ahh thats so lovely. I love the fact you need to visit more European Countries ๐Ÿ™‚ I would love to go to the places you have been x

  • Peter Watson
    Saturday, August 1, 2020

    This is a fantastic idea to learn geography and encourage travel.

    • MummyConstant
      Saturday, August 1, 2020

      Yes I agree. Lots of fun I love the discussions it creates

  • Margaret Gallagher
    Tuesday, August 4, 2020

    These are brilliant – will make the perffect gift too

  • lynn neal
    Wednesday, August 5, 2020

    I love this idea of a large visual reminder of the wonderful places you have visited!

  • Sally Collingwood
    Monday, August 17, 2020

    Wow, such a good idea.

  • ashleigh allan
    Tuesday, January 5, 2021

    We have a wall map too. I love travelling and really hope we can go again soon!

  • Pavis Paints
    Wednesday, March 10, 2021

    Great idea, makes me want to paint a version of this. Love your blog by the way.