top travel toys for toddlers

On this page I will evaluate and compare the top travel toys for toddlers. What makes a good travel toy for your toddler? The toy needs to keep your toddler’s mind occupied for a long period of time, it mustn’t break if dropped and it must be light and compact. We will look at toys that are perfect for general travel(plane, train or bus) and then some that are specifically for car trips. Toddlers do grow tired of toys over time, so you might like to switch out the toys and add a new one between vacations.

Travel Magna Doodle
A Magna Doodle is a bitlike a chalk board. But, you use a magnetic pen instead of a piece of chalk. The pen only works on the special board. This means your toddler can’t make a mess with it. Once your toddler is done with one drawing, he pushes a button, resetting the Magna Doodle. That means they can keep drawing for hours . This Magna Doodle isn’t very big, but that is ideal for traveling.

Finger Puppets
These puppets are small, there for easy to travel with and the time that toddlers can amuse themselves, with them is only limited by their imagination. You can also join in and act out little scenes with these finger puppets.
Travel music
There are several CDs available especially for toddlers. In the car, they can both listen and sing along to them.

Car travel
Snack and play travel tray
An big problem with motor travel and small children are that they drop what they are holding and then they can’t get at it. This leads to a noisy and unhappy toddler. A good travel tray is the best solution to this problem. This travel tray clips and unclips easily to the seat, so great if you make periodic stops. The tray is light and plush, so great for car travel. Also it has bags on the sides.
Animal neck pillow
The animal neck pillow is a soft comfort toy and a function sleep aid. If you want your toddler to sleep sitting up a neck pillow is a must. There are a large variety of animals types so whether your kids like a purple hippo or a green frog, you will be able to find one.

Hopefully you will find that with these travel toys for toddlers your trips will be much more pleasant.