When you are planning road trips with toddlers, there are a few tips that will your child enjoy the trip and you maintain your sanity level.
Road Trips with Toddlers
With the holidays coming up, there are probably a lot of people planning road trips to grandma’s house. In our family, the closest grandma is three hours away. So, as you can imagine, we do a lot of road trips with toddlers.
My kids have gotten to that age where I can no longer guarantee they will stay asleep for an entire car ride. This means I either have to deal with loud babies…or get creative. I’m choosing the latter.
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These are a couple of the things that I do to stay sane during our long drive.
Books. Books. And More Books!

Magnet Puzzles




Toys
Especially for Mr. Monster. A bucket filled with small toys keeps him entertained for a chunk of time. At this stage, he loves to take things from the bucket and put them back in.
Food
Nothing is worse than a hungry toddler. Load up on snacks and water. Nothing too messy of course. We always pack crackers, veggie straws, and O’s.
What are some of the ways that you keep your sanity on road trips with toddlers?
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Alana
Thursday 2nd of July 2015
Magnets to the back of puzzle pieces?!? I could hug you right now!!!! Brilliant! Cannot wait to try this!
Kate
Tuesday 7th of July 2015
Excellent! Enjoy the tip...and hopefully some extra sanity. ;-)
Melissa Matters
Monday 10th of November 2014
I really like the magnet/cookie sheet or pan idea. We do books on tape sometimes and how many ___colored cars can you find. My daughter gets car sick pretty easily so we can't do much drawing/reading.
Brittany Wright
Monday 10th of November 2014
I have been avoiding anything more than 2 hrs in the car with my littles but you give me hope lol I think we could give it a shot with this idea! I hate having to try and reach behind me to pick up the stuff they drop, even on the short trips!