44 Road Trip Toys (That Won't Drive You Nuts)

Erin P. said:  Our kids just got this for Christmas, and it has been a big hit! Our four-year old proudly delivers the correct number of balls to each animal (sometimes with a little help)! It's a great toy for counting and number recognition! We will definitely be tossing it in our road trip entertainment bag this summer.

Erin P. said:  The LeapFrog Leaptop is a great toy for road trips. It has multiple modes for lots of entertainment! The modes include ABCs, messages, games, and music. You can even customize it to help your child spell his or her own name. Our son likes use it "to go to work and send emails." More recently, he has learned how to spell his name and watch it appear on the screen. Another easy one to pack along!

Sunshine Girl said:  Make road travel educational and fun with Brain Quest flash cards with over 1000 questions on various subject matters for grade levels pre school-12. They come in compact box held together by a ring making it easy to use and store in the car. These are great for road trips and long waits in the car.

Shila said:  Magic ink pen books come in a variety of themes and are great road trip toys because they make no mess at all in the car. These ones are great for bigger kids who may appreciate a little more skill with secret decoder activities and brain challenges.

Sarah Calamita said:  My kids love to have pop it races to see who can complete all of them first!

Gina I. said:  With 80 brain teasing puzzles to solve, kids can stay engaged even during those long road trips. The Flexi Puzzle is one piece, so you don't have to worry about small objects getting lost under the seats. One of the perks of this toy is that it is noise free so you can have a little peace and quiet!

Erin P. said:  Toddlers use the magnetic wand to bring each of the colored balls to its coordinating home on the turtle maze. We are big fans of any road trip toys in which all of the pieces are contained. No need to worry about losing any of these tiny pieces! Great for the car!

Amy S. said:  In my opinion, very few toys really work as car toys—I want them to be neat and easy to wrangle, relatively simple yet compelling enough to capture my kids’ attention for more than three minutes. These magnetic dinosaurs with interchangeable parts fill the bill for my toddler toys. They inspire creative construction and imaginative play, and are snap to clean up.

Shila said:  These rainbow scratch-off notebooks are great for many road trip activities like doodling, practicing writing letters, playing games like Hangman or Tic Tac Toe, tracing designs, and more! Notepads are made with a durable black material that scratches off to reveal hidden colors underneath. Note: be mindful that the scratch off shavings will inevitably fall to the car floor to be vacuumed later!

Katie G. said:  Scramble up the cube, hand it to your kid and let them go. I bet it will take them all of the 7 hour road trip to solve it (or maybe not). At least they'll have fun trying and it will keep them busy for hours.

Shila said:  Rainbow Loom bracelets are made from intertwining fingertip-sized rubber bands. Appropriate for most elementary-aged skill levels, they make good crafts for road trips because they keep creative kids in the zone. It makes for a nice period of quiet time in the back seat, too.

Kelly R. said:  A fun travel game that will encourage kids to keep their eyes off the screens and out the windows. This is great for the whole family, and helps to pass the time on longer road trips. In a sort of scavenger hunt style, a deck of cards lists things that players are challenged to find. Play by the rules (players earn points for each completed card) or play cooperatively to try to make it through the deck as a team.

Erin P. said:  Create cute little felt friends with this kit! Make sure that your kids have some sort of flat surface to work on because some of the pieces are a little small.

Kelly R. said:  My kids like this single player brainteaser game that has over 100 different challenges where you need to fit all of the twisted playing pieces onto the game board. A great travel toy because it is compact and all of the pieces fit into the case.