Simple Top Ten Toys for Travelling with Kids – Travelling with children is ‘fun’. It’s also about survival. Entertain them I say. Here’s how.
1 Balloons
It’s easy to keep a pack in your bag then blow them up to get the party started. Balloons are especially good for entertaining a tot in a hotel room. They can be bounced around without causing damage to any furniture or ornaments but do pick up any burst balloon fragments as they are a potential choking hazard for little people.
2 Sticker Book and stickers
Great for planes or restaurants. Be ready to leave with random stickers on your clothing and face. It will give you an air of mystery.
3 Balls
I try to pack about 3 from Mr Toddler’s Ball Pit on every trip. He loves booting them about the place. They are small and lightweight for packing and haven’t broken anything they’ve hit, including his baby brother. He also takes them to the pool. And if the poor lamb loses them I know he’s got another 97 at home. [Don’t take anything on a plane that can roll away as you won’t be able to retrieve it.]
4 Books
A good old fashioned new book for the journey. We were given this one which explained what a ‘holiday’ and what ‘going on holiday’ was all about – great idea. And it’s so true that mum does all the packing.
5 Favourite toy
Do I even need to remind any parent to bring beloved Mr Monkey, Sooky Cloth or Floppy Rabbit? Possibly not. But in the midst of packing passports, nappies and all the extra paraphernalia a baby needs then it’s easy to potentially forget the one toy that your child swears by.
6 Bubbles
Super cute, easy to pack, make great holiday photos and easy to pick up in most toy shops. [Though they can leak. Don’t blame me if they leak.]
7 Your phone
I’d like my child to gently partake of arts and crafts but most children are fascinated by mobile phones. On planes, trains and ferries I think we’ve probably all given them mobile access for a quiet life. And like all things on holiday, if it’s seen as a treat then why not.
8 Let’s here it for Slinkies
Mr Toddler loves them and when he’s not playing with it, I am.
9 Group Photograph
I only noticed when Mr Baby got his class photo back from nursery (featuring his gorgeous self and all his cute wee pals of course) that he was utterly fascinated by it. Bring a photo with you and make up stories about the people in it. If you’re en route to visit relatives then it’s a sweet way to reintroduce your child to them with lots of stories and great tales.
10 You
You are the best toy in the house. Go you! You can be bounced on, climbed on, cuddled, hidden from – the list is endless.
Happy Travels.
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worldwidewithkids
Please delete my last comment, I was reading 2 posts at the same time! I love this post and it has given me some great ideas.
tots2travel
Always delighted to have readers even if they have a ‘confused ‘ moment. 🙂
worldwidewithkids
haha im so sorry! I was reading 2 posts and the kids distracted me!
innovativemama
I like your suggestions as hardly any of them include electronics. When I was a kid, I was a big book reader and we traveled a lot on summer weekends to go to the bakehouse my parents owned three hours away. I read, read, read. This was before the day in age where cars had TV’s and VCR’s built in. Now, we zombify our kids by endless movies in the car on road trips and I am so opposed to that. My kids are encouraged to take books in the car and find other ways to entertain themselves without the use of electronics.
tots2travel
My friend lent me a DVD player for the car when we drove across Scotland to Ullapool then got the ferry to Lewis, and drove around Lewis/Harris. My 18 month old looked out the window – we never had to turn it on once. Was strangely proud. Hope he’ll devour books too when he’s older.
Zan
Awesome! I have used books, my phone, daddy’s ipad, and of course us!! LOL!
tots2travel
It’s a finely tuned operation isn’t it!