We’re in the heart of summer travel season, and perhaps you’re looking for ways to keep the kids entertained in the car, on a plane, or riding the rails. Whether driving to the beach or flying across the country, traveling kids can have fun with a “busy bag” filled with ready-to-go activities and toys that they can pull out at the drop of a hat. Think Crayola crayons are just for little kids? Think again. My teenage daughters whiled away the hours on our recent drives to the Finger Lakes and Pocono Mountains doodling on the car windows with their Crayola washable window crayons. Continue reading for all the products Crayola has that make traveling with children easier, and enter to win your own Crayola Road Trip Busy Bag.
Prizing and samples courtesy of Crayola
Crayola offers a variety of products that make traveling with children a whole lot easier, and more creative, including:
- Crayola Color Wonder – Minions Coloring Pages: Crayola Color Wonder products offer the magic of color without the mess, as Color Wonder markers only work on special paper and will not color on skin, furniture or fabric. The new Minions product offers 18 mess-free coloring pages of fun Minions art and 5 markers, for mess-free fun virtually anywhere. The Color Wonder line also offers characters including Avengers, Disney Princesses, Hello Kitty, and Spiderman.
- Crayola Washable Window Markers: Kids can stay entertained for hours by drawing fun and colorful designs on windows. Window Markers work well on glass surfaces, and serve as great way to get creative and pass the time in a train, plain or car.
- Crayola Super-Tips Washable Markers: Washable Super-Tips Markers feature a versatile tip that draws both thick and thin lines. Crayola’s washable ink is specially formulated to easily wash from skin and most children’s clothing, so it’s perfect for travel.
- Crayola Twistables Colored Pencils: No sharpener? No problem. Twistables require no sharpening and are available in 30 vibrant and bold Crayola colors. When the tips get worn down – just twist them up for continuous coloring.
- Fold & Go Dry Erase Travel Pack: This trifold dry-erase travel pack lets kids get creative while on-the-go. The pack includes five washable dry erase skinny markers and comes with nine repositionable clings, an erase cloth and fold & go dry erase travel board.
Again, if you think only little kids enjoy Crayola products, think again. When my 14 year old daughter opened the package, I received multiple texts in all caps exclaiming:
Oh my gosh!!!!!!!!!!!! SO MUCH COOL STUFFF… I didn’t even know they made window crayons!!!!!
Plus, once you get to your destination, the twistable colored pencils and crayons make great rainy day activities, and the sidewalk chalk is perfect for games in the driveway. We’ve had a mean game of kickball going on this summer with a playing field and scoreboard drawn on the ground.
Thanks to Crayola for entertaining our kids on the way to and during our summer road trip. Enter to win your own Crayola Road Trip Busy Bag using the rafflecopter widget above, and let us know what your favorite activities are to keep the kids entertained while traveling.
DISCLOSURE: Adventures by Daddy received a Crayola activity pack for our recent road trip. However, no additional compensation was received, and all opinions expressed are our own. For more family travel news, reviews, and trip reports, be sure to follow Adventures by Daddy on Twitter and “like” our Facebook page, too.
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Handheld video games.
We still do the good old sight oriented games like “I Spy”, “Punch Buggy”, etc
Travel size games, coloring books, leappad, and books are our go-to’s.
We take the cards from ‘The Worst Case Scenario” game (which in truth we have long ago lost the board and pieces to) and make funny guesses about what to do in the event of various disasters. Then we read what you are actually supposed to do.
the ipad is always an easy one, sometimes we back books and reusable stickers…. aw and spiderman and barbie (she calls it gwen stacy).
We would play and sing our favorite songs, playing travel Connect Four, and the kids enjoy coloring too.
we play I spy. i bought this bingo i spy type board game from target. everytime we see a object on the game board we cover it up just like playing bingo
books, comic books anything they can read.
We like to have fun music sing alongs to keep the kids entertained.
Music cds with kids songs are great!
The ABC game, we try to spot as many signs/attractions going down the alphabet.
We like singing along with music! Thank you!
Singing songs, especially musicals, and looking at books
They listen to their music and play games on their iPad
My daughter plays with her LeapPad. I would love for her to have this.
My kids love to play I Spy
Video games, DVDs, and music.
we love to play alphabet i-spy — the kids really focus on trying to find the next letter whether from signs or license plates. it also gets them to appreciate the scenery 🙂
Music and books!
We still have a portable DVD player that we take with us.
I bring tablets, dvd players, books, ereaders, coloring books
We play the sign alphabet game. Starting at A we find each letter in the alphabet on road signs in order to Z.
We like to play I spy and the alphabet game.
We like to make art on the windows, place guess the clouds and sing songs together. Those things keep us entertained.
books, books, and for my 5 yr old – audio books! she is a huge fan of colouring books, and is now getting into drawing people, so this would be awesome! we don’t have a car, so when we do rent one, they get a little squirrely after the first 40 minutes or so.
Coloring Books, Puzzles, Music, Dvd’s
We play Car Bingo and have sing-a-longs
He loves to watch movies in the car or we play the color game where you have to find something a certain color.
We bring along books on CD, sing along with our favorite songs on the radio, play “I Spy” and guessing games.
Coloring is always a big hit in the car.
My kids usually use their tablets, but I’d love for them to use the window crayons!
My kids are still small, but my oldest likes playing her own version of “I Spy” – she chooses a color and tells us everything she sees of that color.
games, puzzles, books, and coloring books.
books, handheld games, music, etc
We love bringing the portable dvd player to keep them happy
We play the mini game, the first one to see a mini cooper shouts out mini and gets a point, if you say mini and its not one you lose a point. It can get quite competitive lol!
My kids like to read or draw/color when we travel.
I like to use dry erase boards.
My kids take comic books and iPods for long trips in the car.
We try to name as many state license plates as we can, or I spy. Electronics are a pleaser, too.
We play I spy
We like to look for out of state license plates.
I don’t know yet! I am just getting ready to have my first but I know art will be part of our everyday as soon as he is ready 🙂
I like to bring crayons and coloring books, along with whatever little toy they are into at the moment. We also bring lots of CDs if we will be in the car awhile!
one of our favorites is playing I spy
My favourite thing to do on road trips is singing songs.
We just took a road trip this summer and I made each girl their own box with different coloring items, snacks , travel games and etch a sketch!
we play I spy and try to find different license’s from different states
we take different things on a road trip to keep us buzy, puzzles, books,etc
My kids like to listen to music and play with handheld video game consoles.
My kids like to sing while we drive so I bring music they like.. and lots of snacks…
This year we had dramatic readings that we listened to and also bought a travel i spy kind of bingo game that the kids (and Dad) liked too.
I like to buy cheap coloring books from the dollar store to keep my grandsons busy on a road trip.