Travel Toys For All Ages

Whether you’re travelling with toddlers, teens, or even adults who love a good game or puzzle, the right travel toys can make every journey smoother and more enjoyable. From keeping little hands and minds busy during long car rides, train journeys, and flights to providing entertainment while relaxing in a hotel room, holiday cottage, or other accommodation, travel-friendly toys are a must-have for any trip. Compact, engaging, and easy to pack, they help beat boredom, encourage creativity, and can even bring the whole family together. We’ve rounded up some fabulous travel toy recommendations that are perfect for every age, helping to make your next adventure as fun as the destination itself.

AlphaBee

The AlphaBee is a really popular travel toy from Learning Resources who specialise in educational fun. The AlphaBee is aimed at children aged 2 and over and consists of a bee shaped carry case that contains 40 letters, numbers and shapes as well as 3 double sided activity cards. The handle makes it easy for the child to carry with them too.

The children can practise matching up the pieces to the cards and then, once they get more familiar with their letters and numbers they can start creating their own words, patterns or number lines. The great thing about the AplhaBee is that is comes in this lovely carry case that is easy and light enough for the child to carry themselves, meaning it is the perfect game for on the go. It is ideal for traveling, nights away or even to taking to restaurants or other events where you need to entertain the child but don’t want to rely on technology. The AlphaBee retails at £18.50 and is a great educational toy that can grown with your child as they learn from ages 2 to 5.

Unicorn Affirmations Colouring Book

Colouring books are great when travelling as they can be used during the travel time itself, in the accommodation and even when out and about on the holiday like in restaurants. There are loads of colouring books to choose from but this Unicorn Affirmations Colouring Book for kids by Snugshine is simply adorable it’s designed to encourage positivity in children; helping them to identify it and celebrate the small acts of joy and magic in everyday life. It has nice large clear images making it easy enough for children from age 3 to enjoy and each page also contains a beautiful affirmation such as

I choose kindness today
I end my day wth a little sparkle
Tiny joys make my heart glow
I am happy
I am strong
I am brave

Dantoy BBQ

The Dantoy BBQ is the perfect summer travel toy. It gives your child the opportunity to role play being head chef at their very own BBQ and as all the accessories fit nicely with the BBQ that doubles as a carry case they set up anywhere they like. The set includes 6 hot coals, a burger, bun, lettuce, tomato, cheese slice hot dog, hot dog bun, tomato sauce, spatula and tongs. It is aimed at children aged 2 and over.

Sand and Water Fine Motor Tools

These are brilliant if your little one has a sand and water table. The sand and water fine motor tools are bright and colourful and help your child explore how to make different patterns, move sand and transfer liquids using different methods. They are small and light weight to make a great travel toy for beach days or even when going a way for the night for bath time play.

As they say in the name they are good for helping improve the fine motor skills of children whilst also sparking an interest in STEM play. Using these tools will also help your child strengthen the muscles needed for writing so have long term benefits as well as being short term boredom busters.

Sand Baking Kit

Whether it is fun in the sand pit at home or a beach day you are packing for, your child will love this Sunny Patch 7 piece Sand Baking Kit by Melissa & Doug.

It contains

3 different sized shell-shaped measuring cups,
an octopus whisk,
a crab mixing spoon,
the mixing bowl that doubles as the container and
the turtle lid that doubles as a sifter!

Your little one will have so much fun sifting, mixing, pouring and “baking” sand pies and once finished storage is really easy at it all fits neatly back inside the mixing bowl ready for your next beach adventure. The Sand Baking Kit retails for £14.50 and is suitable for children aged 3 and over. If you don’t have a sand pit however, this still works really well as a water toy.

Kidnoculars

For those children that are a little bit older (5 plus) we have found these really impressive award winning kidnoculars extreme from Learning Resources. They are focus free binoculars with dual eyepiece for easy viewing. They have 3 times magnification with built in kid safe headphones meaning they can not only watch the birds from afar but also hear them too.

These are perfect travel toys for exploring the parks and the countryside as well as being used whilst traveling to look out of the window. The kidnoculars are sure to offer hours of fun but will also encourage STEM learning and promote an interest in nature and the world around them.

Pop up Playtown

These pop up playtown role play play curtains are brilliant. They can turn any door into a shop front, theatre or market place in an instant. They are designed to fit all UK doorways with an adjustable tension rod that extends up to 1 metre for quick and easy setup and are likely to fit most door frames when travelling abroad too. They are super lightweight and compact enough to fit in a suitcase so perfect for staycations or further travel.

Yoto Mini

The Yoto Mini is an award-winning screen-free audio player which is fantastic to take with you on your travels. It can play music and read stories, keeping the children entertained wherever you are. They have a whole range of Yoto cards to choose from including their newest additions Disney’s 5 Minute Moana Stories, a collection of bite-sized tales set on the shores of Motunui and PAW Patrol™: Let’s Dino Do This!

Travel toys and games for older kids and adults

Mini Speaker

Music on the go can make traveling and being away from home so much more fun, singing, dancing and simply the familiarity of their favourite songs can help lift spirits, distract bored teens and even help with homesickness. This mini speaker from Canal Toys is a great choice for both girls and boys, it is available in 6 different colours, and each one comes with a clear panel that allows your child to draw on the screen and then light it up with the LED lights for individuality and creativity. It comes on a keychain making t super easy to transport on luggage or just hold in their hands and it’s wireless with a rechargeable battery making music on the go as easy as can be.

Kanoodle Duplexity

For those that are older still, (8 plus), but who are maybe less energetic and prefer puzzles then this handy travel game is great for indoor or outdoor fun.

Kanoodle Duplexity comes in a handy travel case and contains 100 double sided challenge cards and 28 magnetic puzzle pieces. The aim of the game is to recreate the pattern on the challenge card using the magnetic strips but as both ends of the strip must match the card it is harder that it sounds.

Sosig

Sosig is a mini card game that comes in a very compact box that is perfect for taking on any journey. It’s aimed at those aged 10 and over, required 2-4 players and usually lasts around 15 minutes per game. Sosig is a strategy-focused game where players use 80 delightful head and body cards to create the most impressive Sosig. This game combines elements of your favourite funny games with fresh and clever sizzling tactics, making it perfect for holiday games night.

Hoddog

Hoddog is another great miniature card game that is perfect for travelling. It is aimed that those aged 10 and over, requires 2-5 players and can last from 5-15 minutes depending on how lucky you all are! The aim of the game is to place the same-numbered matched sets to build the longest and most delicious hot dog – but be careful pushing your luck, the timer might run out!