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Road Trip Toddler Survival Guide 📋
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items Traveling with a toddler can be an adventure all by itself! These are the travel essentials our family actually uses to make road trips, flights, hotel stays, and long travel days smoother. 🚗✈️🚆
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Toys On The Go! 🧸
Luggage and Travel Gear 🧳
Strollers, Baby Carriers and Accessories!
Snacks & Feeding 🍟🍎🍕
Toys On The Go! 🧸
These are our go-to toys for keeping toddlers entertained while traveling. Easy to pack, not too messy, and perfect for planes, road trips, restaurants, and anywhere you need a little distraction on the go.
Your kid love the regular size magnatiles?? Mine too! 😂 We own about 3 packs of these for on the road fun or to take out to eat while we wait!
MAGNA-TILES microMAGS Travel Set: Educational Magnetic Building Toys for Math and Creative Thinking, 26 Pieces
My girls LOVE PawPatrol. This toy comes in the cutest carrying case making it so easy for travel!
Paw Patrol Skye Everest Liberty World Deluxe Animal Figure - 11pk
Everyone loves a good LCD drawing tablet! This one comes with activities like mazes, designing things, etc!
Chuckle & Roar On-the-Go Activities - LCD Doodle Board for Kids Ages 3+
Mess free toy!!! If you’re on a plane or in the car, you don’t have to worry about your child drawing on anything with this drawing book!
Unicorn Imagine Ink Magic Ink Book
Another mess free activity! These are easy to travel with because you can find water for the pen anyway! Plus once the boards dry, they are reusable!! We love these!
Bluey Aqua Art Friends Forever
Luggage and Travel Gear 🧳
Pack it, roll it, go! 🧳 These are our favorite luggage and travel gear items that keep family trips organized and stress-free!
The perfect little weekender bag for a short trip! You can fit SO MUCH in this bag!
40L Weekender Bag - Open Story™ Blue: Softside Water-Resistant Luggage
This is our favorite luggage for a flight! Sure they may get scratched a little but they are very tough! This set comes with all 3 bags for such a good price!
Tripcomp Hardside Luggage Set 3-Piece Set (21/25/29) Lightweight Suitcase 4-Wheeled Suitcase Set(Purple) - Walmart.com
This is a diaper bag but it’s THE BEST one on the market. This bag is everything you could imagine. So much room, so many compartments - it’s amazing. This can double as a carry on but you will get so much more use out of this bag!
Itzy Ritzy Boss Plus Backpack Diaper Bag - Cognac
Ride on luggage?!? Yes please! My kids LOVE this suitcase! They beg to take them just for a 1 night stay at mamaw and papaws house! So much room inside honestly but the ride on part is for sure the best part!
Nickelodeon Paw Patrol Kid's Ride On Luggage - Blue
Strollers, Baby Carriers and Accessories!
These are the strollers and baby carriers we use for traveling with kids. Lightweight, travel-friendly, and easy to navigate through airports, cities, and busy places.
If you have a toddler who still likes to be carried instead of in a stroller, this carrier goes up to 43lbs!! I used this with my girls until they no longer wanted in it!
Momcozy Baby Carrier - Newborn to Toddler
I had a toddler who hated to hold hands or be strapped in a stroller. This was a life saver for us. I thought I would never be a “leash” mom but this saved me because she loved to wear a backpack and I always had a hold on it! I always took this out ...
Goldbug Safety Harness Backpack with Removable Tether, Walking Harness for Toddlers, Monkey
When you have a toddler around the ages of 2-4, I personally think these strollers are overlooked! I know it’s nice to have a big Graco stroller or Wonderfold Wagon but if it’s just 1 kid who needs a stroller for a trip to the zoo or somewhere simila...
Cosco Umbrella Stroller - Black: Lightweight Baby Gear, Easy Fold Transport, Compact for Storage, up to 40 lbs Capacity
If where you are going is hot!! You’ll need this! This is so easy to attach and take off as you please and blows very well!
Momcozy Portable Stroller Fan, 8000mAh, 27H Ultra-long Battery Life USB Rechargeable Handheld Cooling Fan for Travel, Sage Green, 1 Count - Walmart.com
This will attach to most strollers! This is so handy if your stroller doesn’t have a lot of storage! I loved this to hold my phone, wallet and keys!
Itzy Ritzy Stroller Caddy - Black: Compatible With Most Strollers, Organizers
Snacks & Feeding 🍟🍎🍕
Snacks can make or break a trip with toddlers. These are the feeding essentials we actually use when traveling. These are easy, portable, and mess-friendly options that help keep everyone happy between meals on the go.
The most handy box for packing snacks!! So many compartments and a reasonable size for taking on the go!
Member's Mark 2-Pack Snackle Box - Samsclub.com
These are SO yummy! Easy to toss in a bag/box for an on the go snack!
Member's Mark Organic Fruit Twist, Variety Pack, 0.63 oz., 24 pk.
I know this is a formula dispenser BUT it’s also perfect to put goldfish, Cheerios, fruit loops, Gerber puffs, etc. any small snack in the 3 compartments! I loved to do this for my kids!
Munchkin® Infant Powdered Formula Dispenser, Blue, Unisex - Walmart.com