A padded case allows you to strap your iPad to the back of the driver’s seat. Whether you cue up cartoons or kid-friendly apps (we’re partial to these), you put hours of entertainment at your child’s fingertips.

Available at amazon.com, $22.

Wheel clothes, blankies, and favorite plushies around in colorful carriers sized for kids. Stash snacks and books in the front zip pocket with mesh divider. The only hard thing is choosing between the dog, monkey, owl, bumblebee, and ladybug styles.

Available at skiphop.com, $38.

Grandma wants to see vacation pics but isn’t on Facebook. Solve the problem with a website that lets you mail actual postcards from your phone or computer. You upload a photo and type your message. Postcardly translates it to good old-fashioned paper and ink, then snail mails it off.

Available at postcardly.com, $5-$20.

Doodle. Smile. Erase. Repeat. French-imported erasable slates, each with its own little scribble stick, provide hours of fun during long car rides or airport delays. Designs include forest, circus, underwater, or Parisian scenes.

Available at rompstore.com, $6.

At just eleven pounds, the portable crib is a cinch to carry. With one fluid movement, it opens into a cozy padded nest that fits tykes up to age 3. Hello, sleep-filled hotel nights.

Available at rightstart.com, $300.

Dirty onesies happen. Clean them in a snap with the genius travel-size version of Dapple’s baby laundry detergent. Fill a sink with water, dump the mixture in, soak, and watch stains disappear.

Available at toysrus.com, $2.

Food travels neatly in the modern snap-top carrier, which compartmentalizes veggies, fruit, and other munchies. Your little picnicker has an easy grip on the kid-size handle; you seize the fact that it’s dishwasher safe.

Available at amazon.com, $18.

There’s big fun in the pouch containing fifteen tiny trinkets (everything from milk bottles to gemstones to pipe wrenches). Toy around with them to create stories and play memory games. Each bag comes with a booklet detailing ten ways to play.

Available at rompstore.com, $12.

Now you can have a bouncing baby wherever you go. Bloom’s new lounger folds completely flat and comes with a carry bag. You choose the way baby chills; there’s full back tilt, semirecline, and fixed upright bounce mode.

Available in gray at giggle.com, $200. To preorder other colors, go to bloombaby.com.

You’d hate for your little jet-setter’s bag to go AWOL, so rein it in with a clear vinyl identifier. Choose from aliens, owls, zoo animals, and robots. Don’t forget to put one on the diaper bag.

Available at etsy.com, $8 for two.

When traveling with the fam, one thing is certain: You will be stuck — in traffic, at the airport, with bored kids. Which is why we’re so attracted to the latest magnetic building set from Tegu. The six-block collection is made up of triangles and parallelograms that turn into everything from a dog to a rocket ship.

Available at tegu.com, $30.

Have milk, will travel. Heat it up quickly with a gadget that plugs into a car adapter outlet. Set the timer, put the bottle in your cup holder, and within minutes, you’re all warmed up.

Available at toysrus.com, $20.

Consider it the kidlet version of the carry-on. Pack all her precious cargo, from lovies to travel toys, in the sturdy sack. A tot-friendly magnetic closure keeps everything in place.

Available at blablakids.com, $40.

Skip the backseat whiner routine and get his hands on the irresistible puppets. Before the trip, fold and glue the prescored colored paper for miles of imaginative back-and-forth banter.

Available at mysweetmuffin.com, $7.

What’s your sign, baby? The graphic picture book teaches the alphabet through images of common road signs spied through the backseat window. She’ll be pointing out “airport” and “bike route” in no time.

Available at chroniclebooks.com, $15.