Comments on: Shhhhh! Top 10 Quiet Travel Toys

By: ickle Kids

ickle Kids — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:31:13 +0000

What great ideas!We love travelling with our boys and they love simple things like:

* Reusable Sticker Play Scenes
* Modelling clay (like “Iclay”) – colourful clay that you and your little ones can make fun things from that dries in the air and its not messy!
* activity books,
* I also include in a tupperware container – a small glue stick, different coloured paper shapes, stickers, pom poms and our kids love sticking them to their colouring books.

Just some ideas! Thanks for sharing yours!

By: Enjoying Travel With Kids

Enjoying Travel With Kids — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:40:26 +0000

Thanks for these ideas – I love the scarves idea. I reckon they’d keep my kids happy for hours.

By: Louise Sneath

Louise Sneath — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:32:57 +0000

Wiki stix are GREAT!! We have them in our out and about bags and are great when we travel to the UK (we’re English). You can buy them in a good independent toy shop but they are best bought on line at wikkistix.com.

One thing that I find invaluable when I travel is to make up a colouring / games book. I go online to one of the many free printing sites and print off child and age appropriate sheets. It isn’t cheaper than buying a book but that way they get 30+ pages of things that they want to colour, dot-to-dot etc.

By: Jamie Pearson

Jamie Pearson — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:08:49 +0000

@fiona: Wiki stix? Sounds promising. I am leaving on a trip a week from tomorrow. Where do I get these?

By: fiona

fiona — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:57:00 +0000

Great list! Thanks– I will check these out!
I was delayed at Calgary airport at the weekend and was glad to have a bunch of toys with me for my daughter (almost 3) and the other kids that gathered round in the airport lounge!

Big hits were:
Jigsaw puzzle–which was remade a dozen times
Wiki stix–we made men, flowers, butterfly etc..
Coloring books

Calgary airport also had some kids puzzle stations which also provided amusement.

By: deals checker

deals checker — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:50:28 +0000

I have never heart about Caterpillar Spillers before – thanks for good tips. btw crayons and new coloring books are really effective :-)

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:44:48 +0000

Good ideas, some new ones for me. I’ll add:

Travel Bingo cards.

Crayons and new coloring books or jumbo pads.

By: Sharlene

Sharlene — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:10:15 +0000

I also love those pillars filled with beads and little items for the kids to find. I think they are called Find It.

By: Nomadic Matt

Nomadic Matt — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:35:51 +0000

im all for keeping kids quiet….especially on planes