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Long journeys go better with a plan for the quiet stretches. A printed travel activity pack needs no charging, no Wi-Fi and no pieces that roll under the seat. This guide covers how to use puzzles on the road and in the air, and the travel pack we make.
By the Buy Activity Books team · Updated · 3 min read
The best travel activity book for kids is light, has one puzzle per page and needs nothing but a pencil. Ours has 24 travel-themed puzzles for ages 6 to 9: word searches about airports, road signs, packing and hotels, and mazes that grow page by page. Print it before you leave.
Twenty-four screen-free puzzles for car rides, flights and train journeys: word searches about airports, road signs, packing, snacks and hotels, mixed with mazes that grow as the miles go by.
| Road Trip and Travel | |
|---|---|
| Best for | 6 to 9 |
| Puzzles | 24 |
| Grid | 10 by 10 word search, mazes 6 to 12 |
| Difficulty | Car, plane, train and hotel themes |
| Pages (A4) | 32 |
| Answer key | Yes |
| Paper sizes | A4 and US Letter |
| Price | $4.99 |
Sixteen word searches with travel themes: on the road, at the airport, on the plane, packing list, all aboard, road signs, car games, snack time, the seaside, mountains, a city trip, the countryside, map words, a hotel stay, nature spotting and are we there yet. Eight mazes sit between them and grow from 6 by 6 to 12 by 12.
Tray tables are the perfect desk. A maze or word search fills the gap between take-off and the drinks trolley, and during the descent, when screens often have to be put away. Pack pencils rather than pens, which can leak with changes in cabin pressure.
Some children feel unwell looking down at a page in a moving car. If that is your child, save the puzzles for stops, trains, flights or the hotel, and play spoken games like I spy on the road.
For personal and classroom use: print as many copies as your household or class needs. Print one set per child so nobody has to share, and print a second set of a favourite maze when someone wants a rematch.
Every puzzle in our packs is generated and then checked by computer before it is allowed into a pack. Anything that fails a check is thrown away and replaced.
One route per maze
Every maze is a perfect maze, so there is exactly one way through.
One solution per sudoku
Each sudoku is solved by computer and kept only if it has one answer.
Every word once
Each word-search word is checked to appear exactly once in its grid.
Answers included
Every pack ends with a full answer key, in A4 and US Letter.
Ages 6 to 9. Younger children can do the mazes, which need no reading.
Yes. The PDF opens on any tablet, and a drawing app lets your child solve with a finger or stylus. Paper is simpler on the move: no battery to run out.
Straight away. The download page opens as soon as payment goes through, and a link is emailed to you as well, so there is no shipping and no wait.
Yes. Every pack ends with a full answer key, so a parent, teacher or the solver can check the work.
After checkout you download a PDF in both A4 and US Letter. Print it on any home, office or school printer, single or double sided. Ordinary printer paper works well for pencil.
