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Craft & Colour on the Go Tips: Best Travel-Friendly Supplies

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Keep your creativity going wherever you travel! Discover portable craft supplies, colouring books, compact art tools, paint markers, sketchbooks, and clever organizers that make it easy to create on the go. Whether you're travelling by plane, taking ...
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Portable Colouring Books & Activity Books

Discover the best travel colouring books and portable activity books for kids and adults! From adult colouring books and mini colouring books to colour-by-number pages, puzzles, and creative activity books, these compact options and digital options a...

 
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Great travelling size colouring books, you can even easily detach pages for easier drawing on the go.
Mini Coloring Books 2 Pack - Calming & Patterns
 
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These mini coloring books super cute and perfect for travel, fitting easily in purses, perfect for a little travel bag.
Mini Adult Coloring Books 2-Pack, Travel Size
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All time favourite by the colouring books gals. Coco Wyo always has great colouring books designs and now have a travelling size ones.
Mini Coloring Book Set of 2 (3 x 3.5 in) – Comfy Patterns, Stress Relief
 
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These are digital illustrations, but really nice illustrations, loved them. Perfect to colouring on your ipad with procreate or else.
Girl Moments Vol. 3: Cozy Daily Activities for Relaxation Coloring Book by Coco Wyo
 
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Crosswords on the go are always a go to when travelling. This activity book is perfect to pass the time between connections.
Brain Games - To Go - Crosswords (Orange)
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Travel size astrology colouring books for constellation lovers.
Zodiac Mini Coloring Book: Astrology, Constellations (3x3 inch)
 
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Another no brainer, wink wink, for travelling book activity.
Brain Games To Go: 200+ Sudoku Puzzles
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Travel Art Bags & Organizers

Keep your portable art supplies organized with the best travel art bags, compact pencil cases, marker storage pouches, and lightweight craft organizers. Discover practical storage solutions for colouring books, paint markers, coloured pencils, sketch...

 
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Easy to bring everywhere, doesn't take a lot of space.
Canvas Pencil Wrap Roll Up Case 72 Slot
 
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This travel bag is perfect for embroidery enthusiasts, but its compartments make it equally useful for any crafter.
Bee Craft Storage Bag with Hoop Pocket, Embroidery Project Bag, Cross Stitch Organizer
 
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They say it's for kids, but perfect size for art supplies
Essential Backpack in Yellow | Travel Bag
 
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Sturdy with a lot of colour options for creative travellers.
Soolla Studio Art Supply & Pottery Tool Bag
 
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Super cute travel bag for your watercolor materials.
DIY Watercolor Paint Set with Travel Pouch
 
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This crochet hook isn’t large enough for regular use, but it’s perfect for organizing your yarn and preventing it from getting tangled in other items in your carry-on while travelling.
Leather Crochet Hook Case, Personalized Crochet Hook Holder, Crochet Bag Organizer, Knitting Needles Case, Knitting Needles Bag Organizer
 
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This knitting bag is perfect for storing your knitting supplies on the go. It’s a great organizer without being too bulky.
Personalization Canvas knitting bag, Gift For knitter, Yarn Storage Organizer, Canvas Yarn Bag, Needle Storage Bag, Sewing Project Organizer

Travel-Friendly Art Supplies and Lists of Items to Bring on a Trip

Find the best portable art supplies for drawing, colouring, and creating while travelling! Explore travel-size paint markers, dual-tip markers, coloured pencils, twistable crayons, mini watercolour palettes, and compact drawing tools that fit easily ...

 
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Perfect size especially if you travel for urban sketching.
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour Pocket Box
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Easy to travel and create on the go with this sticker book!
Pipisticks Junk Journaling Sticker Book
 
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This set is really great and on the cheaper side.
ARTISTRO Watercolor Paint Set 36 Colors
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Love these art markers, blendable, all sort of palette colours and love them to do a watercolour effect in sketch book.
Tombow 56186 Dual Brush Pen Markers, Muted, 10-Pack
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Perfect little creative artistic kit for journaling on the go.
Moonbow Creative Co. Junk Journaling Travel Tin
 
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Great little bundle, perfect for traveling artists!
Anthropologie x Bailey Rae A Little Bit of Christmas Mini Watercolor Bundle
 
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Perfec size marker kit to slip in your bags.
Ohuhu Glitter Marker Pens 12 Colors Fine Tip
 
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Love these, love the leather pouch.
Fuumuui 3Pcs Sable Watercolor Brushes Set
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Sketchbooks & Creative Journals

Capture your creativity wherever you go with pocket-size sketchbooks, travel art journals, mini drawing pads, and mixed-media notebooks. Perfect for travel sketching, doodling, journaling, urban sketching, and recording holiday memories, these portab...

 
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When you're looking for a custom journal for your travels, such a keepsake.
Custom World Travel Journal · Family Travel Map for Coloring In · Gift Box Upgrade Available
 
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These are great when you want to send watercolour postcards of the places you visited to family and friends.
4x6 Blank Watercolor Paper Postcards, 50 Cards
 
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A lot of pages, great journal for your next adventure!
Personalized Traveler's Notebook · Retirement Gift Box with Travel Checklist · 100 or 200 Lay Flat Pages: blank, lined or with prompts
 
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We love a square size. Good quality paper with a perfect size for travel and quick sketches, great for carrying around on the go.
Square Watercolour Journal 2-Pack 5.5x5.5
 
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Great travel size no bleed through.
Ohuhu 8.3x11.7 Marker Paper Pad, 78 Sheets
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Perfect for Glitters Effect!! And special hand writing in your notebook!
Ohuhu Glitter Marker Pens 12 Colors Fine Tip
 
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One of the classic, perfect for journaling.
Classic Composition Notebook, Wide Ruled, 100 Sheets, Marble Black, 9.75x7.5
 
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Refillable journal holder.
A5 Full Grain Leather Travelers Notebook
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Easy to travel and create on the go with this sticker book!
Pipisticks Junk Journaling Sticker Book
 
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Exactly how I feel sometimes.
Unimpressed Strawberry Notebook
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Perfect for creating junk journal on the go!
Moonbow Creative Co. Junk Journaling Travel Tin

Compact DIY Crafts & Creative Kits

Explore easy portable craft kits and travel-friendly DIY projects that let you get creative anywhere! From mini embroidery kits, crochet supplies, and friendship bracelet kits to origami paper, diamond painting kits, and small paper crafts, these com...

 
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Absolutely beautiful and refillable fineliner professional artist's kit.
Lumos Pro - Colour Block
 
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Craft activity on the go + bookmark when you're done. Win win!
4Pcs Diamond Painting Bookmarks Kit for Adults
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Great little bundle, perfect for traveling artists!
Anthropologie x Bailey Rae A Little Bit of Christmas Mini Watercolor Bundle
 
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There are so many options! I don’t think it gets any cuter than this!
DIY Watercolor Paint Set with Travel Pouch

Travel-Friendly Creative Communities & Inspiration

Discover online communities where creative travellers share inspiration, tips, and ideas for making art wherever the journey takes them. From Reddit communities, solo traveling blog and Facebook groups to travel journaling forums and creative hobby g...

 
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During your trip explore new colourint techniques to create amazing colouring keepsakes.
6 Creative Coloring Challenges You Must Try
 
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Always fun to share and learn new techniques with others.
r/Coloring Colouring Group Inspiration.
 
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I love to see how other creative travellers do it.
Creative Solo Travellers: what do you bring with you when travelling to give yourself a creative outlet?
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Travel friendly art supplies blog inspo.
The 17 Best Supplies for a Travel Art Kit | Skillshare Blog
 
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Wha to know when travelling with art supplies. Can I carry paint in my carry-on?
What should be in a basic travel art kit?
 
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Great tips for DIY paint kits.
DIY travel paint kits & NY Times art demo
 
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Check the r/AskArtists reddit to get inspiration from fellow artists.
r/AskArtists Travelling kit for drawing
 
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One of my favourite Journaling groups.
Journaling Lovers
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This Facebook group is so great for urban sketching inspiration and sharing with other artists.
Sketch in Travel

Craft Ideas for Travelling with Kids

Keep little hands busy and young imaginations growing with fun, travel-friendly crafts and activities for kids! Discover mess-free colouring kits, reusable activity books, sticker books, magnetic games, portable DIY craft kits, and creative projects ...

 
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Build a travel stack that lasts, great tips for parents.
A travel coloring kit: printables plus digital backup
 
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Kids love love love these markers
Ohuhu Glitter Marker Pens 12 Colors Fine Tip
 
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No need of pencil sharpener, the BEST colouring pencils when travelling with kiddos.
Crayola 24 Twistables Colored Pencils
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Always take a minute to see how other parents prepare their art kits for their kids.
r/ArtistLounge To get inspo on kit on the go for a kid.
 
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Great inspiration blog.
17 Travel Arts & Crafts Supplies To Let Kids Create Anywhere