Customer Reviews

Travel 'N Doodle Mat

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This is a neat travel toy for my son. He is only 16 months, but can still hold and draw on it pretty well! If only they would have attached the pen! Probably not a problem for an older child, but you know the little ones, when they are done with something it just gets dropped. Plus, for anyone using it, the pen holder, which is in middle of the fold, is too loose. Every time we put it away in his backpack it would fall through. We lost it lots of times during the course of our trip.

My 20 month old looooves this! It's encouraging him to draw more, and since it "writes" with just water, I don't worry about him drawing on the wall or putting it in his mouth. It also kept him very happy and occupied on our road trip. I am definitely bringing this on our next plane trip. Just remember to put the pen in your 4oz or less zip top baggy when you go through security...

Ours came with a skinny pen, and when ours got lost (on just the 2nd day - you know how kids are!) I could only find fatter replacement pens online from Aquadoodle (almost marker-sized). These fatter pens fit a little too snugly into the elastic pen holder, but they also don't get lost as easily, and hold more water. I haven't had problems with either pen drying out.

Unlike some of the other reviewers, I like the fact that what you draw fades quickly. Maybe it's because my kid is younger, so he doesn't need to see his drawings last for more than a few seconds. And since we started using the fatter replacement pen, our drawings need a little more time to dry since the pen "bleeds" more water onto the drawing pad - so some users may like this.

One downside is on the 2nd day, my drawing pad already showed some permanent dark blue marks that won't fade anymore. It's like the look of an old speckled chalkboard. The marks are small, so the drawing pad is still very usable.

I just wished I shopped around at Tar-jet and bought this for cheaper. $23 is a bit steep, but still worth it.

We bought this for my little guy to use on a road trip that we'll be taking soon. He'll be 18 months old when we go, and we wanted some new toys to keep him busy in the car. I'm glad we got it, as he already had fun with it when I opened the package to test it.

It's very slim & portable, which makes it perfect for travel. I can see how the pen could slide out of the loop as the elastic loosens a bit over time. I can also understand why people talk about the pen drying out quickly. We'll have water bottles in the car, but it will take some careful pouring to refill in the car without making a mess. It might be worth it to have an extra pen in case one is empty or lost.

The pictures don't last very long, but it's long enough to keep a little one occupied. Even I had fun with it for about 10 minutes, and I'm 32 years old! ;)

Provided it holds up well, this is a toy that we'll reserve for car travel for years to come. No melting crayons or dried-up markers, no mess, and no scrambling to find more sheets of paper.

By the way, I bought it at a local store for $14, so do a little price-hunting before you buy.

My daughter loves her Travel 'N Doodle. We use it when we are on the road and it keeps her occupied. Of course, she is an artist at heart and anything involving coloring and drawing will capture her attention. This is nice because it does not cause a mess and she can keep using it over and over. I like the fold up design so she can draw on two halves and it makes the whole thing quite portable.

My only qualm is the pen, which dries out between uses. Wish where was a cap or maybe make it retractable. It's never ready when I need it. I need to find a source of water, which is not always available to me. Fortunately, we do have water for our long road trips. Just be ready to keep refilling it.

We got this for my 18 month daughter for our vacation road trip. It was a absolute hit. Gotta like the no mess factor.

Only caveat, be careful of the twist off top to the pen. Our daughter figured out the tip twisted off and we were periodically having to refill it.

I bought this for my 3 year old before a long road trip. She loved it! The pen stays in the little pocket for it just fine. I love that it has instructions for how to draw a few different things around the edge of the mat. My daughter just loves to doodle on this toy!