Des Moines International Airport - About Us
 

Just For Fun!

 
Des Moines has been the home of some unique aviation history, including this early airplane owned by the Des Moines Register and Tribune.

Homework?

Check out this info on the Airport’s history .  

 

Traveling by yourself?

Cool. Kids ages five through eleven who are traveling alone can get some special considerations. Also the airline people need to know where you are going and who is picking you up. Have your parents check it out with the airlines. 

How about some Travel Games?

 

Color Me!

ALPHABET TOWNS

First person says a town that begins with A, next person a town that begins with B, etc. Another twist is to use states or to guess what state or country the town is in.

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ALPHABET SENTENCE

First person makes up a sentence with an "A" word in it. (Like, "The alligator went in the river". ) The next person has to use that "A" word in a sentence with a "B" word and try to continue the story. Like, "The alligator tried to sneak up on a bird." The next person takes the "B" word and uses it in a sentence with a "C" word, and tries to continue the story.

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Color Me!

ALPHABET SEARCH RACE

Each person tries to find the letter "A" on a sign or anyplace around you, in the airport or on the airplane. Then you look for a "B" etc until you finish the whole alphabet.

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ALPHABET ANIMAL

First person says an animal that begins with "A", next person says an animal that begins with "B", etc.

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ALPHABET PERSON

First person says a famous person (or a relative) whose name begins with "A", next person says a person who begins with "B", etc. You can decide if you want to use first or last names or both.

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ALPHABET NAME Color Me!

Start with the letter "A" or randomly pick a letter. Everyone names one thing in a category that begins with that letter. Categories could include Animal, Food, Plants, First Names, Cities, Countries or Objects. Keep going through the alphabet, then choose another category.

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ANIMAL WORLD

First person names an animal, for example cat. The next person has to name an animal that starts with the last letter of the first animal, so here it would be something like tiger. Then next person would say rhino and so on. You could also do this with names of people or towns.

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COLOR

First person says a color and everyone else has to name something that is that color. Then the next person gets to choose a color.

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Color Me! FIND A COLOR

A color is selected and then everyone tries to find five things that are that color.

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I SPY

One person looks around the airport or airline cabin and finds something they think would be difficult to find, then they say to the other person "I spy my little eye on something that is _____". Fill in the blank with the color of the object you are thinking of. For example "I spy my little eye on something that is blue." Now the other player looks around the car and starts naming things that are blue until he gets the right thing then it is his turn.

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TRAVEL BINGO

The night before your trip, think of a lot of different things that you expect to see while traveling to the airport, in the airport, in the airplane, and when you land. Then make a list for each player with different things on each list. When you start your trip, have each traveler select a list. See who finds everything on the list first.

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Color Me! 20 QUESTIONS

Someone thinks of something that falls into one of four categories, Person, Place, Animal or Thing. The other players ask yes or no questions to until they figure out what the person has thought of.

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Travel games courtesy of Michael and John’s Travel Games.