Car / Travel Tables

In anticipation for our trip to New York, I am looking for ideas and products that may assist us while traveling.  One thing I just know we need to get is a car seat table to make playing and snacking easier on our little tyke. 

 

I found a great travel blog post about travel tables and love it so much I wanted to share it with y’all.  There is a laptop table, but since it hooks to the back of the front seat and our son is in the middle, I don’t think he’d be able to see the screen too well at that angle, so we probably won’t go for that option. 

 

I think this may be the car seat table we will get:

 

 

This is what All Traveling Kids Family Vacations.com says about this one:

 

Star Kids Snack & Play Travel Tray:

 

(Approx. $19)

The Star Kids Snack and Play Travel Tray received great reviews from other parents who used this item. From the image online it also looks like it has a very sturdy tray / table. I also like that there seems to be a LOT of storage to hold the child’s toys, art supplies, books, and drinks. I also loved that this tray has a 2 inch ridge around the tray so that items didn’t fall of the tray continuously, which was a problem with the Alex valet tray case that I got for my kids last time. You can even give your child grapes and they won’t roll off the tray. This car seat tray provides flat, safe area to eat and play for kids in booster seats / car seats as it buckles around children that are in a car seat. The great part about that strap around is that it also works for kids who are in a stroller. How cool is that? It is a 100% nylon; soft foam, durable reinforcement tray that folds on impact and it is very easy to clean because of the nylon that it is made from. This is a highly recommended travel tray organizer for kids that live in families that are always on the go or vacationing. Every parent knows that when children can’t reach items, they become upset. You have to stop the car or reach behind to get the items your child wants. Fitting most booster seats, the Travel Tray goes wherever your car seat does, even on airplanes. Some drawbacks that parents spoke of online are that it is hard to get unclipped from the side furthest from you, that it is awkward to store it or set it aside when the pockets are filled with things as they tend to fall out, and it is hard for children in booster seats to reach their drink/snack holder, there is a slight slope so crayons and pencils tend to roll towards the child (however this doesn’t seem to be much of a problem since there is a 2 inch ridge at the bottom of the tray), and one parent complained that there was a gap of about 8 or 10 inches from her child’s tummy to the beginning of the tray, which made it very difficult for her child to play with anything on it because items would drop in the space.

 

Other items they mentioned:

 

Alex Car Valet (Approx $24)

 

High Road Kids Car Organizer XL (Approx $34)

 

Taby Tray Activity Desk (Approx $19)

 

Amuse-N-Me Back Seat Entertainment Desk (Approx $15)

 

Alex Desk to Go (Approx $12)

 

Crayola Travel Turtle (Approx $21)

 

Fisher-Price Rainforest Travel Tray (Approx $16)

 

Case Logic Kids Activity Tray (Approx $19)

 

Laptop Auto Table Tray (Approx $18)

 

Travel Tikes Car Activity Center (Approx $19)

 

Transportation Magnetic Travel Art Set Lap Desk by Pecoware (Approx $20)

 

Butterfly Dragonfly Garden LAP DESK portable travel personal bed student girl’s children’s purple blue Bedroom Home Decor (Approx $19)

 

Dream Desk Portable Lap Desk For Kids (Approx $17)

 

Children’s Creativity Kit & Lap Desk (Approx $14)

 

Alex LAP DOODLE BOARD (Approx $49)

 

Laptop Art Desk: Orange by Mega Brands (Approx $6)

 

Laptop Art Desk: Purple by Mega Brands (Approx $4.50)