My friends had a pretty desperate time with their kid during a flight out to visit me. For the return trip, I gave my friends' kid a disposable camera and asked him to take photos of anything that looked interesting, especially once they were in the air, but to make sure he got a photo of the airport at the other end, too. Then he should mail the pics to me. Worked a treat, made the kid interested in everything rather than scared by it. YMMV.