Travel Tips: Toddler Travel Backpack Essentials 

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Here we share our go-to travel backpack items for our 1 and 3 year olds. Not pictured here would be snacks (IYKYK) and water bottles. The keys to great travel items for toddlers are quiet, contained, and relatively easy to clean up.

Swaddle blanket and stuffed animal/doll.

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Teether/gummy toothbrush for the one-year-old.

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Magic Tissue Box for the one-year-old.

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Stacking cups for the one-year-old.

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Board book and indestructible book for the one-year-old.

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Blank notebook and drawing materials for the three-year-old.

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Lacing activities for the three-year-old.

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Dry erase activity book for the three-year-old.

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Play dough for the three-year-old.

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Sticker books for both!

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