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Road Trip with Toddlers Survival Kit
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items Road trips with toddlers require a special kind of preparation. These are the things I pack to keep little kids entertained, fed, comfortable, and somewhat contained on long car rides. From mess-free activities and snack solutions to backseat organiz...
The goal is to stop hearing “Mom, I dropped it!” every five minutes. I love a backseat organizer for keeping activities, wipes, snacks, and little travel essentials where I can actually find them instead of having everything disappear onto the floor.
Lusso Gear Car Organizer
One of my favorite travel activities because there is no marker mess, no crayons melting in the car, and no pile of supplies to keep track of. Just fill the pen with water and let them go and they can use the pages again once they dry.
Melissa & Doug Water Wow! Activity Pads & Water Reveal Toys
Snacks are basically an activity on a road trip. I love giving kids several little choices instead of handing over an entire bag. It keeps snack time interesting and cuts down on the constant requests fro something different.
Bentgo Snack Container
Coloring without worrying about marker all over the car seat is exactly the kind of road-trip activity I want. Color Wonder markers only show up on the special paper, which makes them perfect for little kids in the backseat.
Crayola Color Wonder Books Mess Free Coloring
Stickers can buy you a surprising amount of quiet time. I especially like reusable ones for travel because kids can move them around and create new scenes instead of being finished with the activity in five minutes.
Melissa & Doug Puffy Stickers
A leak-resistant water bottle that your kid can actually operate themselves is worth its weight in gold on a road trip. Fill it before leaving and keep it within their reach so you're not passing drinks into the backseat all day.
Owala : Water Bottles
Goldfish do not need to become permanent car upholstery. These let little hands grab snacks while helping contain the inevitable crumbs and spills.
Munchkin Snack Catcher
If there's even a chance of a car nap, I want them comfortable. A kid-sized travel pillow is easy to toss in the car and makes those awkward sleeping positions a little cozier.
Evolution Kids! The perfect travel pillow for little ones!
I like having a few completely different activities so I can pull out something “new” when boredom starts setting in. These are compact, screen-free, and don't require a bunch of loose supplies.
Scratch Art® Box of Rainbow Mini Notes
I'm absolutely not pretending we do a whole road trip screen-free. Comfortable, kid-friendly headphones are a must once the tablet comes out, especially if you have more than one kid in the car.
JBL Jr310 | Kids on-ear Headphones
Because the tablet dying with two hours left in the drive is not a situation I'm interested in experiencing. I keep a charged power bank with our travel gear as backup for phones and devices.
Portable Charger
Wet clothes, potty accidents, spilled drinks, carsickness-road trips happen. A waterproof bag gives you somewhere to contain the mess without sacrificing everything else packed in your bag.
Wet Bags
Road-trip snacks + toddlers + car seats = somebody is wearing something they weren't supposed to be wearing. I keep one nearby so I can attack stains before they spend another four hours setting into clothes.
Miss Mouth's Messy Eater Stain Treater Pen 3pk
Wipes are not just for diaper changes! Sticky hands, faces, spills, questionable rest-stop surfaces-I don't travel with kids without them.
Baby Wipes
Somehow someone always develops a runny nose once you're trapped in the car. These are gentler on little faces than repeatedly attacking them with dry tissues.
Boogie Wipes
Individually portioned snacks are so much easier in the car than passing around one giant bag. They're easy to stash, easy to hand backward, and help keep snack chaos somewhat under control.
Skinny Popcorn Snack Bags | Variety & Individual Sizes
I always pack more snacks than seems reasonable because hungry toddlers and highway traffic are a terrible combination. Individual packs are easy to toss in the travel bag and hand out as needed.
Annie's Bunny Grahams