The Best Toddler Travel Toys to Keep Your LO Entertained for Hours (2024)

byMaria Masters | April 5, 2022

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Recommended age: 1 year and up

Toddlers are fascinated by buckles and clasps — so your little one is sure to fall in love withBuster Square. The plush, brightly-colored toy has six child-friendly buckles and is decorated with numbers and shapes (it’s never too early to introduce your child to math!). It can also be attached to the car seat, stroller or seat belt.

Weight: 3.52 ounces

Dimensions:6.5 x 3 x 6.5 inches

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Recommended age: 1 year and up

When all else fails — and no one toy will keep her entertained — try a "busy bag."Keep Em Quiet’s entertainment rucksacks feature a collection of toys for different age ranges (1–3 years, 3–5 years and 5 years and up), depending on whether your trip is long, medium or short. The short trip bag, for example, features two healthy snacks and five entertainment items, including stickers, crayons and books.

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Recommended age:Toddler and up

Supplying your toddler with hours of entertainment is one thing — but keeping all those toys from rolling to the back of the plane is another. That’s where theDMoose Travel Lap Activity Tray comes in. This lap desk can be fitted over LO's car or airplane seat and features sturdy walls and mesh pockets to keep toys organized. Bonus: The surface is waterproof, which makes it easy to clean.

Weight: 1.17 pounds

Dimensions: 12.6 x 16.5 inches

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Recommended age: 3 years and up

Coloring is a perennial toddler favorite, but you don’t want your little one running out of pages halfway through an international flight. Enter the My First Big Coloring Book; it contains almost 200 pages of large, quirky designs that feature animals, cars, planets and more. In other words, it offers hours of guaranteed amusem*nt.

Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches

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Recommended age: 3 years and up

There’s no shortage of numbers, letters and designs that your little one can make out of Wikki Stix, bendable (and reusable!) yarn sticks. Simply mold them into different shapes and press onto a piece of paper — no glue or tape required. We like this pack of 24 8-inch sticks, which come in a rainbow of colors and feature activity pages that will keep your child entertained on long trips.

Weight: 1.6 ounces

Dimensions:8 x 3 x 0.5 inches

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Recommended age: 3 years and up

With a toddler, coloring can be surprisingly (or not-so-surprisingly) messy, but that’s not the case withCrayola Wonder Mess-Free Paintbrush Pens. This mess-free “paint” set includes five colored pens, which only work when used on the brand's Wonder paper. Let’s face it: The last thing you want to do on vacation is clean pen marks — or melted crayons — off your car seats.

Weight: 10.2 ounces

Dimensions:0.88 x 9 x 12.5 inches

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Recommended age: 4 years and up

Every child loves stickers, and every parent hates scraping them off the furniture. The perfect compromise? A reusable sticker set, of course. We’re obsessed with this three-pack from Melissa & Doug, which features dress-up, mermaid and fairy themes, and comes with more than 65 stickers in each set. Bonus: The book also includes a carrying handle, so your little one can mimic you and tote it through the airport or hotel.

Weight: 0.65 pounds

Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.2 x 11 inches

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Recommended age: 3 years and up

Melissa & Doug's Water Wow Activity Padsare a favorite among our editors when it comes to traveling with toddlers. There are plenty of reasons why: they're small, they're no-mess and they're infinitely reusable. Here's how it works: You fill a small, easy-to-grip pen with a bit of water, and your little one uses it to magically "color" in the pages. As they go over the pages with the water pen, the picture fills in with color. As the page dries, the color goes away and your tot can start all over again. We also appreciate the built-in pen storage and thespiral binding that's ideal for travel.

Weight: 0.4 pounds for one

Dimensions:10 x 6.25 x 1.5 inches