Get ready for miles and miles of alphabet fun! This soft-sided zippered pouch contains 26 animals and their corresponding spot on the train – kids love matching them up over and over again!
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Life on Earth Travel Matching Game
This classic matching game has 24 pairs of tiles for matching different animals, and great time-consumer for your toddler. Plus it’s made from 90% recycled materials, and printed with soy ink!
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Sticker Dioramas
Sticker sets can really capture the imagination, and a sticker diorama like this is perfect. Choose from Garden Fairies or Bugs in Action, and your kid will have so much fun they won’t want the trip to end! They can arrange the reusable stickers however they want, and when playtime is over, everything packs neatly into the take-along tote.
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Flip to Win Travel Bingo
Here’s a great Travel Bingo set from Melissa and Doug. The game comes with two game boards and four double-sided game cards, so you can play appropriate games (choices include Signs, Vehicles, Country, and more). It’d be the best $20 you spend for your next road trip!
View at Rand McNally Travel Store
Boredom Breakers Car Karaoke
This is one travel game that isn’t suitable for the airplane! Pop CD into the player, hand out the lyrics books, and start singing! The game even comes with rating cards to you can rate the other singers!
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Gigglebug Tracker
I’ll admit that I’ve never actually tried the Gigglebug Tracker, but I definitely like the idea. You just clip the Gigglebug onto your child’s clothing, and kep the transmitter close at hand. If you lose sight of your little wanderer, just press the button and a loud, child-friendly beep sounds. It’s cute, clever, and would keep me from having a heart attack every time my son decides to follow the lady who brought her dog to Safeway.
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Doodle Pro Tag Along
The Doodle Pro is a wonderful thing. It’s almost like a an Etch-a-Sketch, but for younger kids. It’s definitely a great time-waster for little ones while at restaurants waiting for food to arrive, or in the back seat in traffic, or on an airplane… There are many times where you just need a few minutes!
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Color Your Own Placemats
I love this idea. The Color Your Own Placemat itself is a large fairly detailed black-and-white image, and it comes with 6 non-toxic markers. Your kids can color to their heart’s content, then at the end of the meal wash off the placemat, and you’re all ready for the next meal!
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How to Fit a Carseat on a Camel
Sometimes it’s nice to know that other people are going through the same thing as you, if not worse. And that’s where How to Fit a Carseat on a Camel comes in. This hilarious yet touching book recaps some of the most horrible yet funny traveling with kids stories ever. It won’t scare you, and it might even give you a little more patience!
Alex Travel Tote
The Alex Travel Tote performs to great functions. First of all, it has lots of storage space for art supplies, games, snacks, and other road trip necessities. Secondly, it attaches to the seat belt in between two youngsters, forming a barrier to reduce bickering after a long day in the car. Brilliant!