Babytravelbox- these are magical travel boxes. Why magical? Because when traveling with children, they will help you pass the time cheerfully on the road and on vacation, give you precious moments of peace, and your kids - good mood and new knowledge. What toys to take with you on the road? Don’t forget pencils and coloring books, a typewriter, and something else to read... We tried to analyze the hobbies of our children and the children of friends and put together the optimal set in which every child will find a lot of interesting things. And you won’t need to run around the shops and then stuff it all into your suitcases)
Our sets differ in content for kids different ages, as well as for girls and boys. In each set you will find instructions for filling the set; we placed each set in a convenient backpack that the baby can carry himself.
This summer we went by car to a family camp in Greece. Before leaving, I thoroughly prepared, picked up a collection of word games, and also put together a travel chest full of interesting activities for the child.
I’ll tell you what I packed and how much it was used on the road. I’ll say right away that we don’t get seasick at all. Maybe the dynamic gymnastics practiced with the child in infancy had an effect. Therefore, I boldly took with me a lot of different things that can be done with my hands. What can you take with you to entertain your child? It depends on his age, and you yourself know better than anyone else what can please him and captivate him for a long time. I give a list for a 6 year old boy.
What to take with you in the car on a long journey
- New books. I took books with large print and interesting pictures to look at. I read and leafed through. I decided when. I sometimes gave wise advice, like “read Pushkin’s poems.” In general, I spent no more than 2-3 times a day with books for 15 minutes.
- Books with tasks - creative, logical, mathematical. I took Zhenya Katz’s notebooks, the set “We’re going - we don’t get bored” from Labyrinth, finds, Tatiana Zadorozhnaya’s book “How to draw any story.” I didn’t open much of Zhenya and Nakhodilka. I tried to draw along Zadorozhnaya only once (it turned out great!). The most popular set was from Labyrinth.
- Drawing. I put a clipboard and a lot of A4 sheets. I made a wonderful set of stationery in a box from Ikea (felt-tip pens, bright pens, compasses, pencils and sharpener, erasers, plain and curly scissors, decorative tape, glue, eyes). I included a new album with good paper and “Cars”. I didn’t draw much pictures. But he actively used paper: he rolled up airplanes, ships and hares, made and decorated pizza. I came up with a game of sending a parcel and going to a restaurant. He prepared (drew) different dishes for us, cut them out and sent them in a parcel (cardboard box) to the front seat. In general, the sheets and stationery set were actively used. You can put unsharpened pencils in a set with a good sharpener, let him work on the go.
- Notebook for travel notes. The dream of raising Paganel does not go away in me, although the artist is actively growing. I didn’t go: in three days, one inscription appeared in the notebook: “I liked to start the book”... Vanya has been reading since he was 4 years old, and started writing at the age of 4.5. Moreover, I didn’t really teach him either one or the other. I taught myself. I am writing about how this happens to children in the camp here.
- Plasticine. Created all the conditions: new box, a set of cool stacks, a modeling board. So far it hasn't worked at all. It probably should have been given out as a surprise at some point.
- Map to mark the route. I bought an erasable world map on a tip, but in fact it wasn’t very convenient to erase it on the road. The route was finalized upon arrival.
- Origami sheets. That was actually the Bomb! On the third day, as a surprise, I gave Vanya a book with diagrams of folding airplanes and beautiful sheets. And after that 5 hour journey, all he did was design. The planes littered the entire cabin; at rest stops we tested them, some flew out of the windows. In general, origami really captivated the child and brightened up more than one day of his journey! Now he is asking for new folding schemes.
- Compact games (magnetic and logic). They, like the audio tales, also performed very well. I’ll tell you about them in a separate article.
- Flashlight or glow sticks- it’s good to give it out when it gets dark if the child is not yet sleeping.
- Binoculars- look around.
- Set of new yarn(to weave scarves and ropes) or rubber bands for weaving.
- Lego
How to give out surprises so that they last 3 thousand kilometers?
For the surprise box to work, there are several rules:
- The most important thing is not to dump it all en masse into some kind of “baby bag” that is available to him all the time. In this case, the value of gifts disappears. He won’t be diligently poking around and choosing something he hasn’t played with yet. Verified. Initially, some of the books, games and creative kits were in his special box for free access. It was a mistake. Because he watched it all in half an hour and lost interest.
- Each surprise should be wrapped as a gift before the trip. Many layers of paper. Or newspapers. A significant part of the journey will be spent simply unfolding. And, of course, in this form the surprise has much greater value.
- Give out surprises one at a time, several times a day. So that the child has time to fully enjoy them, play with them, and feel them.
- Make the surprise box itself inaccessible to the child, so that he does not peep in advance what is there. We didn’t have room for her in the trunk, so she rode next to Vanya the whole way. But he knew for sure that he couldn’t look into it, or all the surprises would go to gifts for others. I didn’t try to break the rule, I stuck to it.
That's all the rules. We easily got to Greece with this box, without once resorting to the life-saving help of a tablet.
I also wrote about such a mega-important component of travel as
What is Activity Kit and how is it useful?
Activity Kit is a compact travel set of various games and tasks for children. Most importantly, it should be convenient for use when traveling with a child, which means:
- Easily fits in a bag, backpack, suitcase
- items must be safe and not dirty
- parts should be light in weight
Things to consider when creating a kit:
1. Age of the child
Figure out exactly how you will use certain items. Will the entertainment and developmental activities you have planned be appropriate for the child’s age?
2. Interests and hobbies
Children have favorite characters or activities. So, for a nature lover, a set of young naturalist with a magnifying glass is suitable, for a traveler - binoculars, a map and a compass, and for an artist - a set of pencils and an album for drawing in nature. And of course, waiting for a flight at the airport becomes much more interesting in the company of robots, cars, fairies, paw patrol or The Smurfs.
3. Travel method
The size and scope of your kit depends on how you plan to travel with your baby - by car, on a train, on a plane or traveling to hiking trip. For some, a mini-set of a sensory box in a container or cards in a photo album that can easily fit in a backpack is suitable. And someone will collect a whole box of all sorts of items, which they will place in a car or in the side compartment of a suitcase.
4. Destination
Sea, mountains, forests, different countries, road trip - for each voyage you can select thematic tasks. For example, cards with city attractions or road, forest and sea “finds”.
How to make an Activity Kit
If you look closely, most of the things you need to create an Activity Kit can be found at home. For example, there is a useful use for small Kinder toys, forgotten stickers, extra markers and other trinkets. 
For the set you will need:
- stationery folder with a zipper or a button - for storing the entire set of tasks;
- thin photo album size 10x15 - for cards, paper assignments;
- stationery zip envelopes - for games, books and cards;
- small plastic containers - for packaging toys, healthy snacks, stationery.
This cheerful yellow A4 folder can hold the following games and tasks for little travelers:
- drawing set
- set with plasticine
- mini sensory box (as recommended by Maria Montessori)
- a set of word games for the road (instructions for parents)
- healthy snack set
- educational tasks and cards
- road find
- bag for travel “treasures”
- outdoor play set.
Activity Kit. Examples of educational games in transport
DRAWING SET
Drawing while traveling is twice as interesting! You can find so many unusual things - new cities, houses, monuments, beautiful landscapes, sights. To bring home a collection of “travel” masterpieces by a little artist, you need to prepare a convenient drawing set in advance.
You will need:
- mini-kits for drawing - compact pencils, felt-tip pens, wax crayons;
- a small notebook with white sheets - preferably with a thick cover, to make it easier to draw on your lap.
To pack this set, you can choose to use: a pocket plastic container, a stationery zip bag, or tie the pencils with strings to a notebook so they don’t get lost in transport. 
SET WITH PLASTICINE
Three lessons at once:
- constructor
- simple modeling for kids
- plasticineography
You will need:
- mini container
- plasticine stack
- pieces of plasticine (you can first cut the plasticine into cubes or roll it into balls)
- toothpicks (can be secured to the lid of the container with tape so as not to lose).
Plasticine construction set
To make a simple road construction set from plasticine, you just need to connect toothpicks with plasticine cubes. Can be collected and studied at the same time various figures: rhombus, square, rectangle, triangle. Or design three-dimensional figures - houses, fences, cubes. 
Simple modeling for kids
From the same small squares of plasticine you can sculpt the simplest figures with your child.
1. Butterfly 
2. Ladybug 
3. Rainbow caterpillar 
4. Bee 
Plasticineography, or drawing with plasticine
Some simple options this creativity for children:
- You can glue plasticine onto paper templates to create a whole picture (chicken, flower, cloud, sun, etc.);
- smear pieces of plasticine over the drawing with your fingers;
- twist the spirals and flagella and glue them to the picture.
When planning a trip, put in your photo album in advance printed templates for plasticine printing or coloring books with contours on which the child can stick plasticine. 
MINI TOUCH BOX
Mini-worlds in boxes are a win-win games for almost all occasions. For example, this is not the first time that the camping “world of dinosaurs” has traveled with us. You can create such a box on any theme - fairies, knights, princesses, pirates, Indians, butterflies, gnomes, cars, animals - depending on what your child is interested in and what toys you have in your arsenal. 
In this case, to create the box we used:
- Mojo Dinosaur Mini Figures;
- kinetic sand (can be replaced with modeling dough or homemade plasticine);
- pompoms and mini Christmas tree
- decorative stones
- background (I cut out a picture of the sky from a children's magazine and glued it to the lid of the container with double-sided tape);
- pocket plastic container.
Toys from Kinder surprises, Lego figures and other children's construction sets, or figurines of animals, birds, insects, and sea inhabitants are suitable for a sensory box.
BAG FOR “TRAVEL” TREASURES
As usually happens after a trip: “Maaam, where is my car-shaped stone that I found on the shore.” Or it could be a souvenir from an excursion, a candy wrapper with some “special picture” and other children’s “treasures” that accumulate during the trip and then magically disappear somewhere. To keep all this stuff, take a small bag with you. 
At the same time, on the way back you can play with the whole family "Guessing Game"- each participant puts his hand in the bag and tries to determine by touch what kind of object he got!
Developmental tasks and cards 
SET OF WORD GAMES FOR THE ROAD
Many developmental benefits for a child are hidden in the good old “verbal” games, which did not let our parents get bored on the road even when there were no tablets and gadgets.
What are the advantages of such games for children:
- memory training
- vocabulary replenishment
- development of logic, observation and imagination
- the good mood that appears in a child when he plays with his parents
- and most importantly, they don’t take up much space
To make this cheat sheet for parents easy to store on the go, you need to make holes with a hole punch, seal the top with wide transparent tape to prevent it from getting dirty, and attach it to a keychain ring. 
ROAD MAZE
The playing field “Road Maze” is a very convenient and compact game for traveling. You can draw it by hand or cut out a suitable picture from a children's magazine with a road and houses. 
PUZZLES
It's very easy to make a puzzle for the road. It is enough to cut sheets of colored cardboard into different parts, as in the photo above. You can pack it together with other “occupations” in a photo album. 
ROAD "FINDER"
“Nakhodilka” is a form with “travel” pictures that you need to look for with your child on the road. And then mark your observations in the boxes. Thanks to this task, the child:
- trains observation and memory
- develops a craving for research activities and logical thinking
- broadens the mind
- replenishes vocabulary
TIC-TIC-TOE GAME
A childhood favorite and a simple game to entertain your child on the go. I think everyone knows the rules perfectly well! You can draw the playing field by hand or print our ready-made template and take it with you on your trip.
Activity Kit. Examples of outdoor games
In addition to accessories for educational activities, the Activity Kit can hide several items that will not take up much space, but will be useful for entertaining in an open space:
- children's watch
- children's camera: kids can take a toy camera, older children can take a real one. For example, a shockproof model or an inexpensive point-and-shoot camera that will teach a child to take photographs and notice interesting things around him. Then from these photos you can create a Travel Book about your trip
- compass
- small flashlight: allows you to come up with a lot of games for your child. For example, arrange a shadow theater on the wall
- binoculars or telescope
- bubble
- air balloons.
Mini-books and ready-made children's kits for travelers
Hello everyone who stopped by!
After two years, getting a child to sit in one place for more than a minute is almost impossible; games and some kind of entertainment are required all the time, I don’t know about everyone else, but my daughter is like that. What can we say about traveling... It’s boring in a car seat, looking out the window too, soft toy no longer helps. Then I started thinking about what to give her so that she would behave calmly and not distract her mother. That’s how I came across the Babytravelbox service. ru, which produces travel backpacks for children of different age categories. What’s also great here is that there is a division by age and gender. And most importantly, there is no need to run around shopping and think about what to buy for your child for entertainment on the road or on vacation, here everything has already been done for us, parents
To place an order, you need to select the child’s gender and age; you can pay either in cash to the courier or to a Sberbank card.
The box was delivered to me very quickly, brought by a courier. It turned out to be heavy) looks like this.
You can order both a large backpack and a mini version for 1,700 rubles.
We settled on a large one, I suggest you see what was inside (I ordered it for a girl aged 2-4 years). On the babytravelbox website you can see the contents in the picture; in general terms, it describes what will be expected in a particular backpack, depending on the age and gender of the child.
Placing an order is very simple, fill out the fields and click order.
I honestly didn’t expect so many things!
It’s like a surprise box, only there are sweets, and here are children’s joys) and, of course, the variety of items that will definitely not leave any child indifferent during travel, transfers, flights, etc. is amazing. Recently we took this backpack with us on vacation, we can say that thanks to him it was a success, since the baby was busy playing most of the time. I put different things in there every day so she wouldn't get bored of the same thing.
All the contents were compactly folded into a cute red backpack. It turned out to be a little too big for my daughter, but the idea and execution are interesting.
When my daughter saw it, she enthusiastically began to open and examine everything. I myself, like a child, became fascinated by this process with her. So, let me show you what we got!
I won’t describe in detail what’s what, since there’s a lot of stuff here, but I’ll briefly tell you what particularly interested the child.
Of course, a yellow glowing hedgehog! Probably, any kid would be delighted with it, it is soft, which allows it to be used not only in games, but also as an anti-stress watermelon was also interesting.
Wooden constructor. A very fascinating thing, although we haven’t gotten around to coloring it yet.
Puzzle mosaic of 12 elements based on the cartoon Pinocchio. My daughter completed the task quite quickly.
Modeling clay 2 colors. We already have a similar one, this one was left untouched for later.
Kaleidoscope camera. This little thing has become one of my favorites, now my daughter never leaves it for a minute, it comes in handy on the road)
Sorter cube and pyramid cups.
Thanks to such things, a child can get acquainted with both shapes and colors, in a word, a must-have for kids.
A board with figures is also good both for studying colors and for becoming familiar with these same figures.
Fingertips in the shape of a bear and a parrot. For role playing games- that's it!
Rainbow spring. When I was a child, I also had one like this somewhere, I even remember it, I loved playing it, my daughter liked it too, although she got the springs mixed up with each other a couple of times.
Groovy lion cub. We already have almost the same one, it won’t be superfluous)
Lacing in the form of a sneaker is good for development fine motor skills. Wallet with coins inside. I was glad about this, because he always tries to steal mine)..
Hygiene kit, which includes wet wipes, sanitizer, earplugs and... a sleep mask. I took the mask for myself with everything I needed and useful on the road.
Inertial machine. We just recently had a similar one break down, and we got this one just in time.
Stickers with butterflies, as many as 2 packs. Well, my daughter loves stickers. Moreover, both sticking and peeling off later. And if they have butterflies, then it’s doubly delightful. Half of it has already been pasted everywhere)
Glue pencil and scissors are useful for crafts with colored paper, paper clips, colored sticks, sticky notes and others small toys I put it away for now so as not to lose it. In the future they will also come into play
Well, and most importantly, a safety bracelet.
The beads contain numbers from which you need to add up the parent's phone number, then collect them on a string and tie them on the baby's wrist.
The content is excellent, I think there is a use for everything, most of the items have already been actively used. Time passes unnoticed during such hobbies, the child is happy and parents are given free moments of peace, so necessary on vacation. The backpack is also suitable for everyday activities; you can put a change of clothes or shoes, water, and much more there! Fortunately, the capacity allows.
Here you will find everything and even more for babies under one year old, older children, and schoolchildren.
Cost: 3000 rub.
Thank you for your attention 💛
A newborn requires from its parents special living conditions in which it will be comfortable and cozy. Immediately after the baby is born, you can buy a sling for him in the MyMal online store. It will allow the baby to remain in close contact with mom even when she has a lot to do. As soon as the little one learns to sit, you can buy him a kangaroo backpack. Thanks to him, mothers and fathers will be able to live in the usual rhythm of life, and their child will discover a new world together with their parents.
A car bottle warmer will allow parents to feed their baby milk from a bottle or formula even while traveling. It is very convenient, does not require filling the container with water and connects to the cigarette lighter socket. As soon as complementary feeding starts, you can take a baby thermos with you for food on the road. Thanks to it, your baby will always be satisfied with healthy and carefully prepared food at the optimal temperature.
So that you can always conveniently take your baby with you on a visit, a clinic or pharmacy must buy a cradle and baby carrier. It has a hard bottom and strong sides and is therefore perfect for a baby's fragile back.
Traveling with a one year old or older
If you decide to take your baby with you on a bike ride through parks and squares, nothing could be easier; children’s bike seats will provide the necessary level of comfort and safety for your child. They have a high back and protective sides and footrests.
If your whole family and your baby are going on an overnight camping trip or just spending the whole day in the park, don’t forget to buy a children’s tent. Together with a children's sleeping bag for sleeping, it will provide the little one with strong and light dreams in the fresh air. Thanks to the dense fabric and mosquito net, insects will not be able to disturb your child's sleep.
And in order not to forget anything and to develop independence and responsibility in the baby, he should definitely buy a children's backpack. You can put everything you need for travel and schoolwork in it.
Traveling with a child by car
To ensure that all the necessary items for caring for your little one are always at hand while driving, you should buy a children's organizer for the car. And the more pockets and compartments there are, the better, each item will have its own place. So that the question of finding a toilet does not take parents by surprise, children's travel potties with special replacement bags were invented.
