Papercrafting for a long plane ride-help me plan plz

I recently went on a 14hr flight. I find it really hard to papercraft you just really don't have a lot of room. I watched movieS/shows, read, slept, listened to podcasts, sorted phone photos, journaled on my phone. I was with family and we talked about our plans for the trip and who we were visiting. Bring the smallest number of things that you can do the most with. I had my phone, kindle, small notebook, pencil & pens.

On our flight to Amsterdam, I set up the pages for my travel journal. I made divider pages for the different parts of our trip, title pages for different planned excursions. Used mostly stickers and diecuts, glued down papers, photo mats, journaling spots. Journaled about the start of the journey.

have often found they use larger planes for the longer flights, and you can get up and walk around some, do some stretches. 

I've never been able to craft in a plane. There's just not enough room for me. And, if you drop something it's heck to try to pick it up. I try to travel as light as possible anyway.

I usually read or listen to an audiobook, watch whatever movie, and TRY to sleep. I always bring a paper version book of puzzles (word search, cross words, suduko) and a pen. (you'll need a pen to fill out customs forms if it's an int'l flight).

Check to see if your phone or tablet has a screen privacy mode. I hate it when my row mate is glancing over to see what I'm reading or watching. (I learned this from my business travel days)


I have a flight planned later in the year and I think I might take a skein of variegated yarn and a crochet hook (if allowed) and make a scarf.

Bring a bag with a ton of different 30 minute activities. When I bring a bag of stuff I could do, I tend to just mindlessly watch tv to avoid it. I feel like long plane rides are awful. I cannot sleep on planes and get very antsy.

Do you do any stitching or yarn crafts?

I gave up on trying to do any crafting on a plane, due to the small table surface and easily lost small pieces. I usually take lots of digital books, a neck pillow, and a jacket, along with munchies.

Don’t forget to get up and stretch your legs by walking up and down the aisle as much as is feasible when you get up to use the restroom, before returning to your seat. Sitting too long can reportedly result in possible blood clots.

Just my thought about actual needle projects....What if you drop/lose the needle and then can't find it? The next person that comes along pokes themselves, or gets it in their feet? It can happen. As mentioned above it will not be so easy to find it if you drop it within the confined space.

I have found that I generally don't need to bring as much entertainment as I think I need. Five hours to Hawaii and I did not even do 1/4th of the stuff I brought with me. Save yourself the trouble of carrying extra stuff and consider that you will not need something for the full 8 hours.

You could also clean out your email since you'll have your phone with you.

Good point. A lot of people regret bringing their AirPods because they fall out and roll...
Bringing a little magnetic clip to stash the needle on can help. And if you do by chance drop it you have a better chance to find it with a strong magnet. I keep an OliClip from my planner supplies clipped to my work and that holds the needle really firmly when I need to put it down. A little magnet clip can also be useful for other things while traveling, like keeping a curtain closed.

I agree with you though, that I have way more terror of being bored than actual energy to do crafts while traveling, so I usually bring too much. I try to bring something very repetitive and simple, and mostly do that during the times when time is dragging the worst - waiting to actually take off, and after I wake up and I'm still only half way across the Pacific Ocean (it's a very big empty ocean 😣 ). 

Editing photos, deleting the bad ones, and marking favorites is also a good task for a while.

Like a few people already mentioned, I clean through my photos on my phone. I am not a digital project life scrapper but on a plane it’s so convenient. I make digital pages to use for planning pages with photos and journaling.

Amy Tan has a few YouTube videos where she shows the crafty things she packs for the plane and then films herself mid flight working on her travelers journal pages. She even watercolors.