If you’re cruising with a toddler, it’s worth making sure you have a few bits to keep them entertained. Along with some essentials for a smooth sailing.
Here’s our favourite toys to take when travelling with our toddler.
Water doodle magic mat
We love these as they fold down small and are mess free as you fill the pens with water. Allows children to draw and doodle, then once dry can be reused as much as you like. We love having one of the larger size mats, as it gives plenty of space for drawing.
The mat is different colours, so as children draw, there pictures are magically brought to life.
Magnetic building blocks
A recent addition to our cruise packing. Not only are these great for use at home, but as cruise cabins walls are made of metal, these stick to the walls and allow children to create pictures on the walls.
Honestly endless hours of entertainment and possibilities. Definitely one to keep toddlers engaged.
Yoto Mini – Screen-free speaker plus books
Definitely not the cheapest buy, but this gets used most days at home and whilst away. We love the Yoto mini as it’s small enough for travelling.
There are so many books you can buy to use with this, however we also love the create your own card from Yoto, which allows you to store hours of your child’s favourite music on each card. Honestly can’t recommend these enough for podcasts, stories, music or even as an alarm clock (if you’re fortunate to get a good sleeper). We love the Julia Donaldson collection they have, absolute classics.
We also have the wireless Yoto headset which is great to use with his Amazon fire tablet or the Yoto device.
LCD Writing tablet
Great for doodling and writing on the go, children can draw and erase with ease. They are super slimline so perfect for travelling.
Warren loves his and keeps him entertained for hours.
Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids Tablet
When travelling with children, sometimes children just want some screen time. We find our tablet super helpful if service is running a bit slow, when there’s queues boarding the ship and also when we need a bit of a break aswell.
We have loved the Amazon fire tablet and are due an upgrade, we have the older version of this but will definitely be sticking with Amazon. We have found it super durable and you also get a 2 year worry free guarantee with the kid-friendly case. So if there are any accidents, Amazon will replace free of charge.
We love Lucas and friends for great free educational apps, plus it’s always handy to be able to download some of Warren’s favourite programmes to keep him entertained.
Pop up laundry basket / toy basket
Ok, this one isn’t a toy! However cruise ships have limited space and we like to at least try and keep all Warrens toys together
We always take one with us to help keep the cabin tidy, they fold down small but have been super useful for storing things.
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