How To Choose
The Best Toddler Travel Toys

When you are traveling with your toddler, what can be better than toddler travel toys to keep your toddler entertained during the trip ?

The question is, what kind of toy you should buy to entertain toddlers during the trip, and where you can get these kinds of toys from.

Travel toy is such a specialized toy that it can be hard to get locally. Well, you may get one or two locally, but the choice is usually very limited. Not to mention that you may have to go to other store to get more of your traveling gears. Fortunately, there is now an online store specializing in selling kid travel gears and a selection of good travel toys and games for kids of all ages. So, you don't have to put up anymore with all inconveniences associated with travel.

This store, Traveling With Kids, offers competitive price for their products and has a very good customer service. Furthermore, they offer free shipping for all orders over $75 (not including sale items) and a discount of 15% for all military members (use code: YELLOWRIBBON). Therefore, we recommend you to visit this store prior to your travel with your kids.I guarantee that you'll find one or two products which are mostly suited for your family situation and will make your travel experience more enjoyable.

I also think it is important to mention to you that I recommend you to get a car seat table or travel tray, like Taby Tray or Snack and Play Travel Tray which can be attached to your toddler's car seat. Not only this car seat table will make the feeding and drinking time easier. The travel table can also be used to put the toddler travel games and toys which will entertain and keep your toddler from feeling bored during the trip.

Now, what are the best toddler travel toys available currently ?

Here are our recommendation on the best toddler travel toys and games: (NOTE: if your child is >3 years, go to our Preschool Children Travel Toys page for better recommendation)

Young toddler (12-24 months old)

Getting appropriate travel toys for young toddler is quite a challenge since most of the travel toys are geared towards preschoolers and school-age children. Nevertheless, for this age group we can recommend the following:

• board books to look at.
• etch the sketch magna doodle for scribbling activity.
• stuffed animal.
• any small activity toys which can be held by your child.
• special activity toys which are designed for travel and can be strapped on the car seat table. The best we can find are (available from our favorite online baby toy store, Genius Babies):
  • IQ Baby Beep Beep Traffic Jam Activity Toy. This toddler travel toy can be strapped on the car seat table and contains a lot of activity to keep your young toddler busy.
    
    
  • Taggies Big Soft Block. This toy is also an activity toy. Each block can be linked together for travel purpose and then be either held by your child or hanged on the car seat handle. When not in travel, the link between each block can be removed and these blocks can hence be used as a baby building block and activity toy.
    
    
  • Magnetic wooden puzzle. These toddler travel toys are available from Traveling With Kids Shop:
    • Magnetic ABC Book
      This wooden book is sturdy and attractive. It consists of 26 puzzle spots. Your toddler will have fun matching each puzzle piece into its correct spot. Since it's magnetic, it won't scatter all over while your toddler is working on it. Just make sure that you have a plastic ziplock bag to contain all the puzzle pieces.
    • My First Book of Magnetic Animals
      Like the ABC book, this book is also made from wood, attractive and consists of several magnetic puzzles.

Older toddler (24-36 months old)

In addition to what we recommend above, your toddler may also enjoy Jumbonetics , a magnetic construction set carried by Traveling With Kids store which is suitable for young children. The pieces don't pose a choking hazard and are easy to grab by little hands since each piece has reasonably big size. This toy can be played easily in the car as long as you install a small table at the car seat.

Happy traveling !

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Related articles

• Tips to choose travel toys for all ages
• Baby Travel Toys
• Preschool Children Travel Toys
• School-age kid travel toys

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