Products to Keep Kids Entertained on a Roadtrip and a Giveaway
I recently got back from a road trip to NYC. It took 20 hours round trip and I have 3 small children under the age of 7. Keeping these girls occupied during the long drive could have been a nightmare, but with the help of some activities and fun snacks, it wasn’t as painful as you might think.
Here are some of the items I brought to entertain my girls while on the road:
Travel Kiddy is a bag filled with all kinds of fun activities for kids. You can choose your bag depending on the age of your child and then it is filled with activities appropriate for your child’s age. The Travel Kiddy bag we got was for ages 3-6 which was perfect since I have a 4yr old and a 6 yr old. The kit included:
• 9×12 foam core drawing board
• 16 count Crayola crayons in durable container (to minimize breakage)
• Tissues
• 2 hand sanitizing wipes
• bandages
• Wikki Stix
• 2 jungle animals
• 2 bendable figures
• Melissa & Doug 6×9 doodle pad with 50 pages
• Spring toy
• Die cast car
• Magnetic drawing board
• Animal shaped tape measure
• Eversharp pencil
• Small ruler with fun stencil designs
• 6 sticker sheets
• 2 color your own postcards with stamps
• Small colorful snake
• 2 age appropriate crafts
(examples include color your own lacing cards, color your own hat or color your own finger puppets)
• Sticker activity fun book with over 50 stickers
• Coloring book
• Activity book
My girls were entertained for hours. The kit mixed in with other activities was key in making the trip bearable for them. They played with some of the kit on the drive and took the kit with them when we went out to dinner. The Travel Kiddy is great for dining out, traveling, sick children and birthday gifts.
We packed a cooler of snacks and drinks to keep the girls hydrated and fed. We like to have nutritional snacks like fruit, cheese, crackers, yogurt and vegetables. We also like to bring drinks that aren’t high in sugar like water or juice. Juicy Juice has come out with a new product called Juicy Juice Sparkling. It is like a soda because of the fizz, but a healthier option because it is fruit juice. The Juicy Juice Sparkling comes in three flavors Apple, Berry and Orange. It is made up of 70% real juice and 30% water.
Another fun toy we brought on the trip was called the Wurmm. It is a brain teaser that my 6 year old mastered way too fast and was over it right off the bat. My 4 year old was more interested in it and I think it was more challenging for her and more fun. The object of the game is to maneuver the worm through the apple and out. It requires a lot of manipulation and patience.
The Leapfrog Camera was by far my girls favorite time occupier on the road trip. It is a digital camera that talks, so they fought, like sisters do, over who got to use the camera next. The camera also comes with editing software, a flash and has a 1.5 inch screen. It was easy for my 4 yr old to hold and use. My 20 month old tried it a few times and didn’t want to give it back to the older girls. You can find the Leapfrog camera at your local Toys R Us.
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We went to Washington DC recently and it was a breeze even with 3 kids between 2 and 8 : we had tons of books/books on tape and a few dvds. Our older one used to feel nauseous on road trips but fortunately she does not anymore : that’s lucky because she reads a lot in the car !
I always load my son’s iPod Shuffle up before a long road trip and the music keeps him quite for hours.
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I love to bring some books and toys with musical/sounds with me when we are going on a road trip to distract my girl!
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I bring books, CD’s, memory game cards and of course snacks!
i brimg a portable dvd player
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We always bring lots of reading material in the car and movies to watch. It makes the trip a lot easier. Thanks
I always bring at least 2-3 books with me. My 3 year old loves his books and snacks of course
i have a ipad and i just load game and movies on it and it great i love it and they do to.
I love to bring my big bag of Everything: It is a tote bag with snacks, a juice/water bottle, reading books, colors, coloring books and activity pads, and a leapfrog game of some sort.
Keeps them busy all the time.
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Depending on the age of the child I always brought their favorite toy, but even that loses it’s interest power on long trips. So we always played games that included the surrounding scenery. License plates, different restaurants, animals, road signs, anything can be turned into a game and they even learn things about the area.
def the portable dvd player is awesome
I bring books, snacks, movies, little figurines, etc. One unique thing I like to bring is those bathtub stick on things that help so you can’t fall (what are these called??? (mommy brain!) anyways, they like to press them on the windows and rip them off again, lots of free entertainment and they come in cute shapes ours are frogs. We also take them on the plane with us if we are flying.
I never leave home without the portable DVD player. When that fails we pop in a sing-a-long cd or play punch dub.
We always bring the portable DVD player.
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I bring snacks and books and we listen to music and chat.
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Crayons and paper. My son loves to draw, even over bumpy roads.
We have plenty of music playing – like Shrek cds! Plus, my wife entertains our 3 yr old by sitting in the back with her!
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We travel to Maine from Pennsylvania once or twice a year to visit my family so I pack a tote bag filled with all sorts of toys, books, handheld games, leapfrog tag and tag jr, doodle boards, and of course snacks and juice to keep my boys (ages 4 years and 1 & 1/2 years old) entertained.
We always take books, but on this last trip I bought a little color wonder kit from Crayola. I loved that unlike crayons, the markers can’t melt. Another huge plus is that the markers only write on the special paper. The kit had a coloring book, 4 markers, and a clipboard that everything stored inside of. My kid LOVES it!
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We just went on a car trip to NY as well. The magna-doodle was a big hit to keep my 2 and 4 year olds busy. I also bought toys from the “in my pocket” line (dogs, horses, cats, babies) they were super small and easy for them to play with in the car.
We bring audio books from the library….the kids love them.
usually books and dvds
My favorite thing to bring along on road trips is music, its fun to sing together and it keeps the kids occupied for hours!
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We bring the portable dvd player and all their favorite movies.
I pack a small backpack for each of my children that my include their favorite toy, a new dvd, a small blanket and pillow, coloring books and crayons and a couple of small inexpensive surprises that I might have picked up for each as well as snacks.
This always makes our trips so much more pleasant.
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i-spy books! they can distract kids for quite a while!
Puzzle books!
Dvds to watch on the portable dvd player.
I like to bring some little toys that they’ve never seen before. A notepad and pencils are great, too. They can draw things they see out the windows.
his play laptop
My family is a family of big readers so a ton of different books always does the trick!
Favorite thing on a road trip to distract the kids is a dvd player with movies and headphones so dad and I can talk.
Puzzles & snacks
I bring books, snacks, crozzword puzzles, and DVDs.
Our DVD player is a life saver. Otherwise we would have very whiny kids.
Dvds and snacks
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Handheld electronic games were just made for roadtrips.
Books and snacks
Actually our iPhone works great on long trips—we download games, tv shows, and movies for our 3 yr old daughter.
They like a handheld game and just to play games together like finding license plates.
we bring the dvd player and the psp