Children's travel games: compact games for on the go

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Travel games for kids: compact games for on the go

Holiday time is travel time. And Vacation time is travel-game time. Because whether families travel by car, train or plane – there's always waiting time that needs to be bridged. Travel games are simply ideal for this so that the fun on the go doesn't fall short. And even at the holiday destination there are plenty of opportunities to play, e.g. at the pool, on the beach or when bad weather foils outing plans. With HABA's travel games, boredom is guaranteed never to set in!

Why are travel games for children a must on vacation?

Games for the holiday have a small, practical format. They fit perfectly into hand luggage on train or plane journeys or into the car seat organizer.
Simple rules and a special game mechanic provide quick fun: unpacked and ready to play! This prevents boredom and whining from arising, and keeps the children well occupied.
Magnetic game materials are often used in travel games, because the pieces stick in the game box and don't get lost.

Large selection of children's travel games – something suitable for everyone

When searching for the right travel games for the family holiday the age of the children plays a big role. The older they are, the greater the desire for a new gaming challenge. With HABA travel games there is guaranteed to be something for everyone: travel games with simple rules delight the smallest game fans from 2 years old. And games for children aged 6, 7 or 8 bring the whole family together to play – and sometimes even make them break a sweat, for example when everyone plays at the same time.

Travel games for toddlers from 2 years

The perfect introduction to board game playing is offered by the beloved My First Games from HABA, from which toddler games are now also available in the practical Games-to-go version are available. Simple rules ensure quick fun and entertaining game rounds!

My First Games to go – Mine or yours? - In this cooperative matching fun, the children help the cuddly animals get dressed and feed them a cookie. If all color-matching items are put on before all spots are revealed, they win together.
My First Games to go – Leo Party Lion - A first memory game for on the go: Leo Party Lion loves to celebrate and always needs different things. The lion cards show what is being looked for. Who remembers best where the six items are and collects five lion cards first?
My First Games to go – Piet Ahoy - In this first memory game the children show penguin Piet the correct way to the pool by remembering the symbols of the face-down tiles. If Piet reaches the pool before it rains, everyone wins together.

Travel games for children from 3 years

For this age, first rule-based games such as Rainbow Caterpillar or Orchard – The Memory Game, a great variation of the HABA game classic Orchard, ideal. Here memory and concentration skills as well as color recognition and matching are promoted. And with Number Dino, a dino-powered numbers and memory game, playfully trains number range 1-10.

Travel games for children from 4-8 years

With the popular Logic! CASE series the entry into the world of puzzles is achieved playfully. The starter and expansion sets each provide 40 puzzle cards with 77 puzzles for plenty of brain-teasing fun. Thanks to a clever self-check mechanism, children can check their answers for correctness right away. The Logic! CASE games promote logical thinking and concentration and are, due to their compact format the ideal travel companions.

With Bella Bee (from 4 years) and Wow Woof (from 5 years) make two dice-cup games from the HABA game range provide quick fun through their simple rules. Also a whole range of further children's games in a practical small format provide fun for young and old: Whether a round of Sock Betting or Charades (bothfrom 4 years) or a game of Snack Jack (from 6 years), Poke & Pop (from 7 years) or Dragonella (from 8 years) – fun for the whole family is guaranteed.

Which take-along games are suitable for children in the car?

Especially when no table or little space to play is available, magnetic travel games are the first choice for long car journeys. In our magnet game boxes, children can attach and puzzle the magnetic pieces again and again. This promotes creativity, is fun, and because the metal box serves as both playing field and storage space, no pieces are lost. Practical travel games for children in the car are also magnetic sliding games. Here, children from 2 years move small colored beads behind an acrylic glass pane through a maze using a magnetic wand. In doing so, the fine motor skills and the hand-eye coordination are promoted – and the travel time to the holiday destination flies by in no time. And that also applies to fun guessing games like 'I spy' or 'guessing foreign license plates', which parents still remember from their childhood. More more fun car games for kids that put an end to boredom in the car, we have compiled in our magazine section.

And if you want to know how to make long car journeys with children generally less stressful, be sure to check out our Tips & Tricks for relaxed car journeys with children!

Tips for long car rides with children

With which travel games can I keep children occupied on the plane?

Perfectly suited for game rounds on the plane are small games for on the go in practical hand luggage format. Particularly popular are Mini travel games - compact, light and ideal for tight seating rows. Card games are best suited, as they are quickly at hand and stowed again, or also handy puzzle games like our Logic! CASE series. For the entertainment of babies on the plane, play gloves or buggy and cloth books ideal.

Toys and accessories as useful travel companions

Not only do travel games make the family holiday and especially the journey more entertaining, relaxed and enjoyable, but also useful travel companions:

Kids' wardrobe trolley	A wheeled suitcase that brings all the advantages of a wardrobe and doesn't need to be unpacked while traveling, because everything is neatly arranged and quickly found. And the best part: children can even pack and pull it themselves!
Children's tableware like lunchboxes & drinking bottles	Ideal for refreshment breaks and snacks on the go. The drink bottles with practical caps keep the favorite drink always with you, and the lunchboxes have room for vegetable sticks, sliced fruit or a tasty sandwich.
Cloth dolls & cuddly dolls	These cuddly companions must not be missing on any trip, because they are not only great playmates, but they also help with napping in the car, train or on the plane.
Sand toys	A must for every beach holiday: With HABA's high-quality shovels, buckets and molds, digging is done to your heart's content.
Terra Kids	Whether movement toys like the frisbee or binoculars and observation magnifier for explorer and discovery adventures – with Terra Kids it's simply better outdoors!
Balls	Playing ball is great fun even for the little ones. Our high-quality plastic balls with a smooth and shiny surface are perfect for indoor and outdoor activities.
HABA Cars	Small cars, big fun: The fast and robust HABA Cars with wind-up motor without batteries are not only a great addition to all HABA play tracks, but also perfect for playing on the go.

Travel games as bring-along games for visits to grandma, grandpa & co.

Travel games are not only a good children's entertainment for on the go in the car, train or airplane, but are also ideal as bring-along games for visits with family and friends. They are quickly packed into the backpack or trolley and provide lots of fun for young and old. With Robbi Gelato for example, not only children from 6 years train their dexterity, but also grandma and grandpa. In this compact bring-along game Robbi Gelato skillfully balances a tray with ice cream on his snout. The players must place the ice cream so that it doesn't slide off the tray when Robbi moves. Whoever has no ice left at the end wins.

Besides games for travel, more must come along on the family holiday

On the Traveling with children there seem to be a thousand things to consider and pack. So that nothing essential is forgotten between sunscreen and cuddly toy, we have compiled a checklist for holidays with children.

To the vacation checklist

Frequently asked questions about travel games for children:

Which travel games promote concentration and motor skills?

Magnetic travel games such as sliding games with a practical acrylic-glass surface promote fine motor skills and train concentration in a playful way. The aim is to skillfully move colored balls through a labyrinth of passages without losing contact with the magnetic stylus. For babies, little fingers are especially kept busy by buggy books, play gloves, discovery spirals, or hanging toys.

Are there travel games for children that can be played alone?

Especially on car journeys, travel games are helpful, with which children can also occupy themselves for a certain amount of time on their own can. For this too, magnetic puzzle games or sliding puzzles like magnetic games and magnetic game boxes are particularly well suited. When creative entertainment is needed on the go, the JAKO-O Take-Along Creative Bag comes into play. It offers plenty of space for sheets and craft paper up to DIN A4, is sturdy and dirt-resistant, and can be taken anywhere thanks to practical carrying handles.

Which travel games are suitable for the pool and beach?

For an outing to the water, sturdy sand toys such as dump truck or front loader are well suited. They dry off easily thanks to a drainage hole in the screw-off base. In addition, Buckets, molds, sieve and shovel in the basic sand-and-beach equipment should not be missing. For creative role-play, our creative sand toys like ice cream scoops and cones, with which children can quickly make and sell delicious sand ice cream. And whoever wants can, with the ingenious flower and butterfly molds from the sand play creative set create a great sand flower meadow. Imagination and creativity in sand play are limitless!