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Road Trip Gift Basket

By Sharla Kostelyk

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This past Christmas, my brother and sister-in-law gave us a unique and wonderful gift. They knew that we were planning a family road trip so they made us a road trip gift basket. It was full of everything we could need for the long drive and even had some funny items added such as earplugs to drown out the kids fighting!

Family Road Trip Gift Basket

They packaged everything in a sturdy box which was the perfect size for setting on the floor behind the front console, within easy reach of the passenger front seat.

Included in our gift basket:

  • bottled water
  • soda pop
  • wet naps
  • hand sanitizer
  • headache medicine
  • sunscreen
  • hand lotion
  • lip chap
  • mints
  • candy
  • chewing gum
  • Munchies
  • band aids
  • kleenex packets
  • car air freshener
  • ear plugs
  • huge pack of chocolate bars
  • McDonald’s gift card
  • gas gift card
  • Travel Bingo
  • Barnyard Squiggle On the Go
  • pens

road trip gift basket ideas

This type of gift basket would be a welcome gift for any family planning a trip. I know that when we are on the road, we are going to be appreciating the care that went into putting together our basket! With so many kids, we may appreciate the ear plugs most of all!

Road Trip Gift Basket squareHere are some other ideas that you could include in a road trip basket:

  • Magic Ink books
  • DVDs if the family has a portable DVD player
  • CDs
  • sticker books
  • magnetic puzzles
  • travel scavenger hunt
  • Spot It! On the Road
  • Mad Libs On the Road
  • Travel Memory Game (we have this and have gotten a lot of use out of it)
  • Etch-a-Sketch (this is hands-down our favourite travel companion!)
  • baby wipes
  • sticker puzzles
  • magnetic travel games
  • batteries
  • mouthwash
  • deodorant
  • toothbrushes and/or floss sticks

Road Trip Gift Basket

You could even make your own binder full of games, puzzles, mazes, and activities using printable pages and plastic sleeves and add some dry erase markers. I gave each of my kids a clipboard for the printable sheets that I gave them on the trip. Each time we crossed a border into a new province or State, I gave them new printable sheets pertaining to that State or province. It was a fun way to mark those border crossings.

These are some free printable pages that you can use to create your own road trip activities:

Road Trip Drawing Prompts from Picklebums

Road Trip Drawing Prompts

Road Trip Bingo from Housing a Forest

Road Trip BingoRoad Trip Activity Pack from Playdough to Plato

Road-Trip-Activity-Pack

Car Games from 123Homeschool4Me

The License Plate Game (Canada and the U.S.) from Makeovers and Motherhood

Road Trip Journal Pages from Peace But Not Quiet

In the coming weeks, we will be traveling through British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Utah, and Montana.

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  1. katepickle says

    February 10, 2015 at 5:49 pm

    What a clever idea!!! Pinning this so I remember for future gifts!!

  2. Kalista says

    February 11, 2015 at 7:56 pm

    What a great idea! My husband is likely going to be posted in another province soon and we will be taking a road trip. Our van doesn’t have a working radio and we don’t have a car dvd player so it could get interesting… haha I will definitely be coming back to this post!

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