The Best Travel Toys For Kids
Portable, lightweight, interesting and fun: 4 key features The Tot team looks for when choosing the best travel toys for tots!
Anyone traveling kids will tell you how important it is to pack the right toys. But trust us, it’s a constant act of discovery and refinement!
When we look for travel toys, the key factors we take in to consideration are portability, whether or not it’s activity based, and, can it fit in their backpack? We certainly don’t want to be lugging heavy wooden blocks around.
After years of trial and error, we’ve found that the best travel toy ideas include:
- Language Books
- Travel board games
- Dustless chalk coloring books
- Family game night set
- Activity backpacks
- Mess-free coloring in cards
- Magnetic paper dolls
- Magnetic drawing boards
- Explorer cases
- Screen free audio storyteller
Scroll down to discover and shop our product picks for each!
Language Books
Designed with a headphone jack, these genius interactive language books from Habbi Habbi are the perfect introduction to Spanish and Chinese! We love them for travel because it’s a fun way to discuss new cultures and languages.
Habbi Habbi Starter Set + Reading Wand – Spanish
$99.99
Habbi Habbi Starter Set + Reading Wand – Chinese
$99.99
Travel Board Games
Featuring four game templates and a blank board for kids to imagine their own fun, the Jaq Jaq Bird and Floss & Rock Game Boards are a must have for long road trips and rainy days on vacation.
Jaq Jaq Bird’s sets include dustless chalk and a handy storage bag, while Floss & Rocks’ boards are magnetic and complete with a wipeable pen!
Age recommendation: 3 years +
Jaq Jaq Bird Bored Boards – Games Boards
$29.99
Floss & Rock Mermaid Magnetic Fun & Games
$17
Floss & Rock Dinosaur Magnetic Fun & Games
$17
Dustless Chalk Coloring Book
We just adore this reusable doodle & coloring book designed by mom of three Grace Paik.
The brand’s Jaq Jaq Bird Color It Books features eight coloring in pages inspired by the stars, artists, animals and more. Travel-friendly, they come with 4 Butterstix® chalks which are 100% dust-free!
Age recommendation: 3 years +
Jaq Jaq Bird ColorIt Book – Degas
$27
Jaq Jaq Bird Color It Book – Constellations
$27
Family Game Night Set
If you need to kill time in an airport or on a rainy day OR just want a super fun activity to do on your family vacation, you’ll love this family game night set from eeBoo! Consisting of a matching game, Go Fish and head to toes dominoes, it’s a great way to encourage critical thinking, improve memory and hone hand-eye coordination.
Age recommendation: 3 years +
eeBoo Game Night Set
$43.99
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Activity Backpack
Does your tot love to color, create, problem-solve and stick stickers? (Of course they do!)
Then they’ll love the Play’N Pack backpack from Olli Ella. Consisting of a mini 6 ft Playpa Coloring Roll, 103 stickers, six non-toxic crayons, and two wooden trains, it also has 52 Play’n Color Alphabet Cards.
Age recommendation: 3 years +
Olli Ella Play’N Pack Forest
$29.95
Mess-free Coloring In Cards
Ever tried to get magic marker off your car upholstery? Yeah, not as washable as they sound, right? That’s why we love the magic water pen set from Floss & Rock! When used on their cards, it reveals vibrant colors! The Construction Cards Set is great for teaching kids about things that go as well as honing hand-eye coordination.
Age recommendation: 3 years +
Floss & Rock Magic Water Color-In Cards
$15
Magnetic Paper Dolls
Remember how fun playing with paper dolls was? Well, you can offer the same (less complicated experience) to your kids with these adorable magnetic dress up doll sets from Petite Collage.
With sets to suit any interest, all of the magnetic pieces stay nice and contained inside the box (that doubles as a set) when not in use.
Age recommendation: 3 years +
Petite Collage Magnetic Dress Up – Best Friends
$24
Petite Collage Magnetic Dress Up – Superheroes
$24
Magnetic Drawing Board
Since markers and crayons tend to get a bit messy, we love using magnetic drawing boards!
Made from child-safe wood, the Petite Collage Doodle + Draw Elephant is the perfect space for drawing pictures, practicing writing and experimenting with the included magnetic shape stamps.
Age recommendation: 3 years +
Petite Collage Doodle + Draw Elephant
$35
Explorer’s Case
Want to make your adventure even more exciting for your tot?
Arm them with the Moulin Roty explorer’s case! Packed with everything they need to discover new creatures, locations and people, it all stores nicely into a handy carrying case.
Age recommendation: 6 years +
Moulin Roty Explorer’s Case
$65
Screen Free Audio Storyteller
If you’re looking for screen free options, you’re going to want to know about the Lunii My Fabulous Storyteller! Kids choose the hero, setting, second character and object of their story and then voile: story time!
Age recommendation: 3 – 8 years
Lunii My Fabulous Storyteller
$79.90
Need a kids backpack for your next trip?
Check out the latest eco-friendly options from Jem & Bea.
jem & bea kids eco backpack – orange
$60
jem & bea eco backpack – khaki
$60
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