My dad is having a procedure done this week and I'm required to stay in the waiting room--I have to bring my 4 and 3 year old. They usually behave really well if occupied!
Looking for some new activities to keep them busy for at least an hour that are pretty self contained and don't require a lot. Hopefully their Fire tablets can occupy the other hour+. Bonus if I can order off amazon! 
nectarine / 2242 posts
My 4 year old is LOVING dry erase activities, and could easily spend a whole hour just doing those. We have the Usborne ones but there are a ton of other brand ones on Amazon Prime:
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=wipe+clean+books
grapefruit / 4321 posts
Could you hire a sitter? My husband recently had surgery and I had to go back with him for pre op prep, then had to go meet the surgeon after the procedure, then check on my husband in recovery. The pre op and recovery areas were very narrow bays separated by curtains. It would have been really distracting and difficult to have my kids with me (and honestly I'm not even sure they would have been allowed back there anyway). Not to mention if there were complications with the procedure it would have been very stressful to have them around.
coconut / 8483 posts
My husband had my kids with him when I had surgery recently. They said he was allowed to go to the car for a bit so he let them go wild in there for half the time, iPad the other half. Lol. We didn't think of any creative ideas, but it was only about an hour total of wait time.
grapefruit / 4584 posts
The Melissa & Doug puffy sticker books have been really popular with my 3 & 5 year olds, as have the little LaLa Loopsy fools with interchangeable clothes.
pear / 1718 posts
Brain dump:
-wiki sticks (on Amazon, mouldable wax sticks)
-snacks that take some work, like mini boxes of raisins
-If they don't already have magformers or magnatiles at home, you could probably get some serious mileage out of a new set
-The activity books @HappyBaker: posted look awesome, they are in my cart now
-fresh crayons and new coloring books?
-Depending on the atmosphere and how busy it is/isn't, paper airplanes
Good luck on keeping them occupied and I hope the procedure goes well.
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