Travel may be the ultimate gift for kids and parents alike, but there are plenty of smaller presents to delight the family travelers in your life this holiday season, too. Some will keep kids content and delight parents—think a backseat car organizer for long road trips—while others, like interactive activity books and kid-proof tablets—are travel kid gold.
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Leapfrog LeapStart
Leapfrog’s latest interactive offering, Leapstart, offers learning packs for preschoolers and slightly older kids. The built-in stylus allows kids to interact with more than a dozen activity books packed with touch-and-talk games. Shop>
Leapfrog LeapStart
Leapfrog’s latest interactive offering, Leapstart, offers learning packs for preschoolers and slightly older kids. The built-in stylus allows kids to interact with more than a dozen activity books packed with touch-and-talk games. Shop>
LilGadgets Connect+ Headphones
These Amazon bestsellers from LilGadgets have plenty of kid-friendly features, including padded child-sized earphones, a volume limiter, a hard-to-tangle audio cable, and a shareport for sharing audio. Shop>
BubbleBum Inflatable Booster Seat
Travel lighter around town and on vacation. The BubbleBum Inflatable Booster Seat is a safe and portable booster seat option for kids 40 to 100 pounds. Shop>
Amazon Fire Kids Edition
This seven-inch Fire comes in a kid-proof case and a two-year guarantee against breakage. The tablet comes with a year of unlimited free access to 10,000 kid-friendly books, movies, TV shows, and educational apps. Shop>
Scooties Hardside Rolling Luggage Bags
Kids will be eager to carry their own luggage with ATM brand’s Scooties, hardside rolling luggage bags built onto scooters. Scooties come in a variety of character designs and are carry-on friendly, since they fold up and fit in most airplane overhead compartments. Shop>
Crayola Mess Free Color Wonder
With Crayola’s Mess Free Color Wonder suite of art products, you don’t have to choose between on-the-go art projects and ruined car upholstery. The pens, paints, stamps, and glitter appear only on the special paper, not on car seats, walls, airplane seats, or anything else. Shop>
Backseat Car Organizer from Cozy Greens
A place for everything and everything in its place, especially on family road trips. Keep books, toys, water bottles, and snacks within arm’s reach of kids with this Backseat Car Organizer from Cozy Greens. Shop>
Art of Lunch Reusable Baggies
Keep small toys, snacks, art supplies, and more stylishly organized on your travels with the Art of Lunch Reusable Baggies. The set of three zippered bags come in six cool patterns and are eco-friendly and easy to clean. Shop>
Zip & Flip Travel Pillow
Part stuffed animal, part travel pillow, and all cuddly, Kikkerland’s Zip & Flip Travel Pillow comes in a variety of huggable shapes, including penguin, whale, brown bear, and black bear. And … log. Shop>
Magic Sketch Deluxe
Without pens or paper, kids can draw pictures, practice letters, and doodle away the hours with the Magic Sketch Deluxe. The liquid crystal screen displays cool colors when kids use the stylus or any of the drawing tools, and kids can erase with the touch of a button. Shop>
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