Travel & On-the-Go

15 Travel Drawing Activities for Kids

Fifteen compact drawing activities for road trips, flights, hotels, restaurants, and family waiting time.

Ages 4–85–20 minutes eachSetup: PortableMess: Low
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Fifteen drawing ideas for the journey

  • Draw the funniest vehicle you can imagine.
  • Create a postcard from the place you are visiting.
  • Turn three road signs into characters.
  • Draw an animal looking out the window.
  • Design a suitcase for a tiny creature.
  • Make a three-box travel comic.
  • Draw five shapes you notice during the trip.
  • Invent a snack for a traveling penguin.
  • Create a map of an imaginary island.
  • Draw a hotel room for a bunny.
  • Finish a grown-up’s squiggle.
  • Design a new airplane, train, or bus seat.
  • Draw something you hope to see.
  • Make a pattern inspired by the journey.
  • Redraw a DooLuma animal wearing travel gear.

How to use this activity

  1. Choose two activities before the journey begins.
  2. Keep the pouch with the adult until the drawing surface is ready.
  3. Offer one page and a limited set of tools.
  4. Count every item back into the pouch before moving on.

Easy variations

  • Use only pencil where dropped caps or stains would be difficult.
  • For a shared activity, alternate adding one detail at a time.
  • At the destination, add one real detail to an earlier imaginary picture.

Optional supplies for grown-ups

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Optional supply pickBest for Lowest-mess travel coloring

Crayola Color Wonder Mess Free Activity Set, 30+ Pieces

The special-paper format may suit trips where ordinary marker marks are a concern, but it is less flexible than a normal sketchbook.

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Why it stands out

  • Color appears on compatible Color Wonder paper
  • Portable case and more than thirty pieces
Before buying: It depends on special paper, so it is less flexible for open-ended drawing on ordinary sketch paper.
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