20 Travel Toys For Toddlers in the Car

Wikki Stix are suitable for older toddlers from age 3, although it will likely be you making all the different shapes! Made out of wax and yarn, there is no glue needed, so no mess. The colored sticks leave a slight waxy residue but no stains.

There are some great science ones with planets and volcanoes etc for older kids too. Wikki Stix sets are perfect travel toys for toddlers on plane, in the car for a road trip, hotel room and all kinds of family travel.

A friend recently recommended this wooden threading block which is great for developing toddler and baby fine motor skills – plus it’s a very quiet travel toy.

Gel Window stickers or gel clings are reusable, mess free and very handy if you have a window seat on a plane, or even for road trips in a car or coach. These are better for older pre-schoolers.

If you cannot find any window stickers or don’t have a window seat, then stickers, bandaids, post-it notes are another option for cheap toddler travel games.

My Busy Books are great travel activities for kids. These are very good value activity boxes with a story, 12 figurines and also contain a folded up play mat for role play. Whilst the play mat is too big for a plane or public transport, the figurines are still fun to play with. Once at a destination or a flight delay, the play mat can come out.

This is all very compact and easy to pack in your hand luggage making them ideal travel toys for toddlers. We have a Paw Patrol, Frozen, Trolls and My Little Pony one!

My one-year-old and four-year love Duplo. The number train is easy to pack and fun too. (We just discarded the box for easier packing). We actually bought this on one of our trips away and then kept bringing it along as it was such a success.

Pieces can obviously drop on the floor of a car or airplane, so we opted to just use a couple of pieces from this set on the plane and saved the rest for playing with at the destination. If you are staying in a hotel room, villa, or Air BNB which doesn’t have any toys, bringing a few toys for moments of boredom or quiet time can prove invaluable.

Melissa & Doug Water WOW looks fun too and educational! Just make sure you empty the pen from water before security or add it to your clear plastic bag if pre-filled.

These aquadoodle sets are some of the best toddler toys for airplane entertainment. They have re-usable colouring in mats, which just use a water pen. Once they have dried out, you can reuse them again.

This is a great idea if you are packing travel toys for 18 months and older.

Triangular crayons like these from Melissa & Doug, don’t roll away on an airplane or train tray table! Genius and one of the best toys for toddlers on planes!

We have the fish version but this road maze magnetic game is even better. The different colored balls help toddlers match to corresponding colors whilst cementing color recognition and tuning those fine motor skills.

Mess free colouring books and pens. 'Magic' pens which only show the colour on the special colouring book and not on clothes, seats etc.

All the fun of the MagnaDoodle but travel size. If you don't want to remove the three stamps, then this travel activity is best for older toddlers over 3 due to the size of the magnetic stamps. However, the pen is attached so it won't get lost! Kids can doodle away and then slide the button across to start a new design.

The Imaginetics magnetic board opens up and creates a scene with characters and accessories that stick to the board!

This item shows construction sites, but there are also dinosaurs, pirates, ballet, mermaids and lots of other choices for boys and girls.

A firm classic, this Dr Seuss Audio book is perfect for travel. Kids can enjoy the famous voices making these popular characters come alive, whilst you drive.

This easy, small, compact travel toy for toddlers is a firm favorite. Buckle style toys are just brilliant and you can't go wrong with any of them. The Buckle toy whale was the first one we owned, but this one is even more compact. The only issue is once they master the buckle, you may get asked a few times to unbuckle it, until they discover that skill!

A genius invention! If your toddler wants to feel like a big kids, then this dinosaur backpack could be the answer. Not only can they pack a few of their favorite toys but the bag is fine motor skill activity itself. The bag has buckles, zips, laces, Velcro and more.

Another multi function travel toy. This travel busy board bag has everything is in one place but there are plenty of activities for little hands. This Montessori Busy Board is a great sensory toy with lots of zips, buttons and games to play which are all part of a bag. The bag had enough spaces for favorite books, coloring crayons, paper, snacks and even a water bottle too!

Scribble and Write is a great start to learning through play and with fine motor skills with gripping the pencil. Kids can copy shapes by tracing over lines and learn letters. The easy grip stylus pen is attached sp won't get lost - a bonus for travel!

Includes a padded case with 2 activity sides and a take-along handle, plus 9 shaped, textured blocks in various colours.