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Road Trip Necessities (with kids)
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My 5yo loves this for creative play in the car seat. It's easy to reset and easy for her to play with without any input from me.
Chuckle & Roar Magnetic Rainbow Drawing Pad
We use this in our trunk OR in the foot well of the back seat. It's really easy to collapse just half of it to fit in the backseat and it does a fantastic job of holding all my daughter's activities.
Auto Drive Car Hard-Sided Collapsible Trunk Organizer (Black)
My daughter loves these for her pretend play in the car seat. They're easy to pack along and often get taken into restaurants for some quiet play at the table.
Plush Animal Finger Puppets
We found two pieces of this on the trail a few years ago -- even just two pieces were a huge hit so we bought the whole set.
From ages 3-5 these required a lot of parent help but now that we're into the 5yo stage my daughter is more independent with...
Clixo Itsy Magnetic Toy for Kids
I use these as mini rewards after My daughter has completed a hike or a scavenger hunt or some other sort of activity. They're a great small fidgety toy that she can pretend play with while we're driving. The only downfall is that when they get dropp...
35 pcs Mini 3D Printed Animal Figurines
This is a fantastic backpack for organizing gear. There are a lot of different pockets to keep everything sorted. We use it as our hotel backpack when we are road tripping. And no, we have just one or two overnights in a hotel to get to our final des...
Ozark Trail 30L Travel Backpack
This is an absolute must-have for road trips! It has been able to keep my food at food safe temperatures in an 80 to 90° desert for 4 days! It's also great for organizing food and being easily accessible in the backseat.
32 QT RTIC Cooler
Absolute must have for packing snacks on the go. We use it to make a diy lunchable of sorts. It's also perfect for fitting into most lunch boxes so it doubles as her school lunch container as well as our on the go and on the trail snack container.
Bentgo Easyboxes 5-Compartment Food Containers