Travel Toys To Entertain Toddlers On The Go
Travelling with toddlers can be a fun but challenging experience! Keeping little rascals entertained on the go is tough, but there are a few things you can do to increase your chances of a smooth journey. Keep reading to get some top tips on the best travel toys to keep tots engaged on road trips, plane rides, and at the holiday destination itself.
Travel Toys For The Journey & Destination
Learn which car seat toys to pack for a road trip, explore our favourite toys for a plane journey, and get ideas for outdoor toys that’ll delight your toddlers when you get there.
How to pack toys for a road trip?
When packing toys for a road trip, think CAR:
C: Compact - Choose fun-size children’s travel toys that are lightweight, easy to carry, and don’t take up too much boot space.
A: Activities - Pack toys with long-lasting play value, such as mini puzzles, animal figurines, travel-sized board games, sensory fidgets, and colouring sets.
R: Rotation - Organise the toys into a travel bag and swap out a new toy every hour or so to keep engagement levels high.
What toys can a 2 year old take on a plane?
For flights, opt for quiet, mess-free toddler travel toys that are easy to handle in a confined space. Magnetic toys, reusable sticker books, water reveal pads, squeezy fidget toys, lacing activities, busy boards, colouring sets, and animal figures are all excellent choices to keep 2 and 3 year olds entertained on a plane. Pack the toys in an accessible travel bag, then take one out at a time to maximise the novelty factor!
What toys to take on holiday for kids?
Pack for all weathers and go for toys that can withstand water, sand, and the wear and tear of travel. A mix of indoor and outdoor toys will keep your kiddies occupied come rain or shine. Consider portable craft kits, colouring sets, puzzles, travel games, mini vehicles, water toys, sand moulds, and a silicone bucket and spade (silicone can be rolled and squeezed into backpacks for easy transportation).
Best Travel Toys For Toddlers By Age
Browse some of our new and bestselling kids travel toys for 1 year old, 2 year old, and 3 year old toddlers.
Travel Toys For 1 Year Old
- Activity Balls: Perfect for teething tots and busy little hands! The set comes with a small yellow ball which you can nest inside the larger grey ball and challenge your tots to pull it out.
- Sensory Spinners: Stick these swirling whirling Aussie animals to the car window or plane table for some super fun spinning action.
- Nesting Bears: Youngsters can spend the journey learning how to stack these soft silicone bears inside each other.
- Silicone Stacking Cups: These 7 Silicone Stacking Cups feature patterned holes on the base so water and sand can flow through - perfect for the car, plane, and beach!
- Sensory Cubes: Touch, chew, stack and tumble! These 3 silicone cubes feature a different pattern on each face for tiny ones to explore.
Travel Toys For 2 Year Olds
- Tic Tac Toe: Go head to head in a game of noughts and crosses with this miniature Tic Tac Toe board, featuring squishable silicone shapes and a wooden base.
- Magic Fairy Painting World: Simply fill the magic paintbrush with water to unveil the secret fairy illustrations with every stroke of the brush!
- Activity Puzzle: Take a closer look and you'll discover that this travel-friendly puzzle doubles up as a shape sorter.
Travel Toys For 3 Year Olds
- Magnetic Board - City: Kids can think up imaginative storylines as they move the 16 pieces around the magnetic city, engaging them in fun, opened-ended play.
- Jungle Lacing By Numbers: Thread the laces through the holes, following the numbers along the way! Includes 3 animal pictures and 6 coloured laces.
- Twister Blocks: A snake, a dog, a seahorse… you can create all sorts of different shapes by twisting and flipping these colourful cubes.
- Mini Animals Set: Perfect for portable pretend play, this miniature box of wild animals includes 12 tiny figurines which are hand-painted and true to life.
- Magnetic Dinosaur World: Go on a Jurassic adventure with this dino-mite kids activity set, packed with 2 sheets of press-out magnets and a fold-out play scene.
- Glitter Colouring Set: This all-in-one ocean colouring set features 36 pages of under-the-sea illustrations, 3 glitter marker pens, and 5 sticker sheets - all helpfully stored in a handy, magnetic-sealed box.
- NeeDoh Fidget Toys: Take your pick from our huge range of NeeDoh toys, including the TikTok-trending Nice Cube and Gumdrop. A great way to calm busy minds when on the move!