Travel by car, plane, ferry....

[Naranjadia]

Why doesn't Amazon have a category in Toys & Games called travel. :tongue5:

Has anyone found any new activities for travel that don't involve more screen time?

[vonfirmath]

Why doesn't Amazon have a category in Toys & Games called travel. :tongue5:

Has anyone found any new activities for travel that don't involve more screen time?

We have not used a DVD in the car or airplane yet. (We do have a Leapster that we will use for the next big trip and sometimes for little trips around town.)

Toys we've used:
Doodle Pro
Magnetic landscapes (using a cookie sheet)
busy books
Audio CDs that we sing to together
Books
lacing cards
matchbox cars
stringing beads on shoelaces
stickers with a book that the stickers can be put in and out of.

Here's a blog post with a lot of ideas: http://nettacow.blogspot.com/2009/07/keeping-toddlers-occupied-in-car.html

[connor_mommy]

We start off with:

books
markers & paper
what ever toys the boys pack
listening to audio books in the car
snacks, lots of snacks
looking out the window when driving

we'll probably try a travel bingo game soon

then after a long while, the electronic stuff come out. But they switch back and forth.

[Naranjadia]

Magnets & cookie sheets - brilliant!

I just put a travel bingo game in my Amazon basket.

Our kids are sticker book fiends, so I usually buy them a few new ones.

We also do books, flashcards, drawing.

I wonder if they have any of those tile games where you move the pieces around to create a specific picture. We also had these fun games my mom bought where you shook the plastic thingy and different pictures sorted into a the slots and you made a funny sentence or something.

[vonfirmath]

Here's another cool website: http://www.momsminivan.com/

And A Toy Garden has this Deluxe on the Go Bag that has intrigued me.: http://www.atoygarden.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=1962

[kristac]

Doodle Cards!

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=doodle+cards+fiona+watt&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Adoodle+cards+fiona+watt&ajr=0

We use dry erase crayons on them as well as the markers.

We've also had luck with
http://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Deluxe-Latches-Board/dp/B000NVBE1A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307738732&sr=8-1
a mini "pinball" game from the Dollar Tree similar to this:
http://www.amazon.com/Schylling-Curious-George-Pinball/dp/B000JCYKSW/ref=sr_1_9?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1307740063&sr=1-9
and magnetic pattern blocks as well.

I'm thinking of getting a magnet maze ( http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dtoys-and-games&field-keywords=magnet+maze ) for an upcoming trip and maybe one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Motion-Gravity-Tumbler/dp/B002P34AGU/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=IGH9POP83U1RL&colid=2S7ZURV0TL9ST
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=+pop+up+letters#/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_23?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=magnetic+maze&sprefix=magnetic+pattern+blocks&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Amagnetic+maze

Does a tag reader/ leap pad count as screen time?

eta: my kiddos are pretty happy just bringing matchbox cars or small animals/dinosaurs in the car as well.

[katydid1971]

Here's a couple of good car activities.
http://www.amazon.com/Pamela-Drake-Monkey-Magnet-Robots/dp/B000PELSR0/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1307758735&sr=8-11

http://www.amazon.com/My-First-Sticky-Mosaics%C2%AE-Circus/dp/B0038ZLBXY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307758828&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Travel-Memory-Game/dp/B000VO1CIE/ref=acc_glance_t_ai_ps_t_6

http://www.amazon.com/Smart-Tangoes-USA-TT200-Travel/dp/B000SZSQK8/ref=pd_sim_t_12

I don't have first had experience with these but they look like they would also be good.
http://www.amazon.com/Scavenger-Hunt-For-Kids-Cards/dp/B001MY20X8/ref=pd_sim_t_10

http://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-License-Plate-Game/dp/B001QVI9CI/ref=pd_sbs_t_1 My brother and I played the license plate game a lot when we were on long road trips ;)

ETA: Just saw this on the bottom of one of the other pages looks interesting
http://www.bendixens.com/NTG-p-Great_American_Games.html

Sorry this thread got me thinking out our up coming road trip and I keep looking so here's another one:
http://www.amazon.com/Goliath-30224-Travel-Litterbug-Game/dp/B00200JWRU/ref=sr_1_20?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1307759860&sr=1-20