Wait, so taking a road trip with 3 kids 4 and under plus ten hours of driving doesn’t sound fun to you? Actually, LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE!

With little ones, a road trip is not a cake walk! But it can still be fun and doable. Here are our top tips for having a good road trip with toddlers:

1. Bring lots of not messy snacks

Some of favorites are baby carrots, apple slices, licorice, fruit snacks, string cheese, lettuce, and suckers. One of the WORST snacks we had on a road trip was cereal (I was cleaning up smashed bits of cereal for weeks!). I very much do not recommend that.

2. Use drive time for eating

3. Let the little one(s) play and run on rest stops

4. Bring a little potty

5. Get some hours in after the kids are asleep (but before you get sleepy too!)

6. Get free audio books from your local library

7. Bring activities to do in the car

8. Take turns picking music

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