Star Kids Snack & Play Travel Tray

It's simple, light weight and it helped entertain my 2yr old on a 10 hour roadtrip! Very easy to use!

The tray is a bit soft for writing but that is easily remedied by using a writing pad or putting a book under the paper. It is a minor trade off for a tray that is safer in the event of an accident. My kids used it for drawing, playing w/ toy cars, and eating. The pockets on the sides are great for markers, etc. The tray doesn't fit close to the body on either of my kids' car seats but it didn't seem to bother them too much. I put a folded towel under one of them to help keep it level. It isn't perfect but it works well considering it is a safer option than a rigid tray.

I purchased two of these trays for my daughters, ages 3 and 18 months. We went on a road trip and I thought it would be a good way for them to be able to color or prop up their books. The sides worked great to keep the markers from rolling off the tray; however, because of how they buckle around the child, this caused the tray to tilt, so the markers easily fell down around their waist and into their carseats. My 3 year old didn't care and enjoyed using the tray; my 18 month old got frustrated with it, which is understandable given her age. I think they'll function better as the girls get older and transition to booster seats.

This is a great product. My two year loves using this to color and do other activities while we travel. We use it in the car and on airplanes. It could be a little sturdier, but it hasn't bothered him at all. Sometimes it bends in the middle when he is putting pressure on it. It does fold quite well. It is still a bit bulky, but I am able to get it into the diaper bag.

We got this product for our 1 year old becasue we take alot of long car trips, i went back and forth between this and the hard plastic version and chose this for the saftey rated crash test...it is soft and would just crumble down, where as the hard plastic trays would cause injury. The mesh pockets are nice on the sides and the try is pretty good over all, but it does not sit flat and the items slid back toward the child and fall down through the cracks if they are small...

The Star Kids Snack and Play Travel Tray is a very useful product. We traveled 2000 miles roundtrip on our recent vacation and our 4 year old really benefitted from the tray. It is more flexible than I expected, but that makes sense for crash safety. The pockets are deep and hold lots of toys. There are no sides or legs on the tray, it drapes across your childs lap/car seat and the pockets hang over the sides. It can be relatively easily folded and tucked away when not in use. The tray will sit differently on various booster and car seats, some may be too wide for an ideal fit. Our Graco Turbo Booster was perfect and Our Graco convertable infant/toddler seat was okay, but tray was on a bit of an angle.

I purchased this for a plane trip in which my 18-month old son was going to be in his carseat in an extra seat on the plane. I knew he wouldn't be able to use the tray table in the plane, and this travel tray worked well as a substitute. It is very lightweight so it travels easily, and the high rim around the edge prevented my sons toys, snacks, and cups from falling on the floor. He really enjoyed having his own table to use and it made snacktime much less messy than it would have been without the tray.

The only problem I had with it was that it doesn't have any way of remaining horizontal since it just rests on your child's legs, so it slopes down towards their feet. The tall rim still prevents things from falling off though, so it worked out ok. It's not perfect but it's the best option I found for our trip.

This tray is a must for traveling. They can use it to color, read books, play with small toys or eat!

I wish I'd found this sooner! I have Britax Roundabout and I put the strap around the whole careseat versus just my 1 1/2 yr. old son. He has breakfast on the way to work and snacks throughout the day. He's also able to color and just have things to do instead of just sitting there. The only negitive I have about the tray is it lays directly on his lap the fact that I have it around the entire carseat helps that problem. But YES you should totally buy this!!

I have had a toddler travel tray before that I really disliked because it had no edges (so toys and food slid off when you turned) and it was hard (and therefore dangerous in a car accident). This one is soft and collapsible in case of collision, and has a generous lip so that nothing can slide off. It is easy to attach--you slip the strap behind the car seat. The tray attaches on both sides to the strap, so you can detach one side and leave it hanging to the side, or detach both sides to remove the tray completely, while leaving the strap in place so it's easy to reattach. My only complaint is that it is too soft for doing anything that requires a flat, firm surface (such as coloring). Works great for most toys and for most snacks.

My son loves this table to play with his trains, have a snack, or read a book.

I was a little wary about purchasing this based on some of the negative reviews, but went ahead and ordered it anyway. I am so glad I did! My daughter loves having the tray, and it fits perfectly on her car seat (we have a Britax Boulevard). I bought it with the intention of using it when we travel for vacations, but I think I may just leave it on all the time, as she enjoyed pulling books and toys out of the side pockets, and keeping her cheerios on top of the tray. Great invention!

We just got back from a two week trip cross country. These trays helped make our trip a little more enjoyable for my sons, 1 and 3. They could color, eat snacks and stash their treasures. It was easy to put on and easy to take off and kept everything pretty well contained. I would, and have, recomend this product to any young traveler.

Looks like this will serve our purpose well. Works on the booster seat and the car seat. I tried it in the car with the kids and it fits right up to them and will give them and nice lap table with edges. I like that it is soft, but still firm enough for them to color. The edges will be great at keeping roll away objects within reach and off the floor while we are on a long road trip. It's easy to put around them and adjusts to fit all different sizes of children.

Just a great product for toddlers, my grandsons' love them, keeps their toys and snacks in reach. I highly recommend this product if you have kids and grandkids.

Excellent product! We ordered 2 for our two children. I was a bit skeptical when ordering, due to a few of the "not so happy reviews" but I am glad I got these trays. They are soft (and therefore safe) but sturdy enough for those little arts & crafts while on the road. I would recommend to everyone. We have Britax Marathon car seats and these trays fit perfect.

We purchased the travel tray for our 12 hour trip to Destin FL. We knew it would be a long trip for our 2 yr. old so we wanted to take lots of things to entertain him (coloring books, toys, etc.) He enjoyed having the travel tray, it gave him a good surface to color on, but it also gave him a place to drive his trucks. The surface is large enough to open a coloring book and still have a place for crayons. The pockets on the side allowed him to have his trucks close by and his cup all while coloring. I would highly recommend this for any trip with a toddler.

Great concept to have a travel tray for all of the toys, gadgets, and snacks that my 2 year old daughter likes to have with her on longer car rides. We do frequent 1.5 hour trips to my parent's house- so I thought this would be a great product for us.

First, my daughter didn't like it. She didn't like having something rest on her legs. She kept trying to push it off. I insisted she try it for at least a little while. She colored for about 2 minutes, and then wanted the thing off. Because I had buckled it around her seat, I was not able to help her take it off until I pulled over to get into the back.

So, then we tried the tray without securing it around her seat. It was a little better, but the tray was just not hard enought to really support toys and coloring. Crayons kept rolling onto her lap.

It did fit our carseat (AlphaSport). I love the side net bags- I wish her carseat had them. It would be very safe in an accident. It stored well in our car. I could see this working well on an airplane as well- so your son/daughter had a larger surface than the tiny airplane trays.

In the end, after months of trying periodically, we retired it to the goodwill pile. I could see this as a great product, it unfortuantely did not work well for us.

This is a decent travel tray. I was hoping the flat part would be a little more sturdy and firm than it is. It also didn't fit well over my son's Sunshine Kids car seat. I think it would work better on a wider car seat.

I read all the reviews before I purchased this item as I was looking for a snack tray for my son to use while in the car as he usually eats a light breakfast in the car on the way to school. After the first time using it, I knew it wouldn't work. It is in fact very flimsy and will always slant in some direction. Being flimsy, however, does keep it safe in case one gets in an accident...but nevertheless, this item did not do the job for me. I returned it to amazon.com and received a refund (less restocking fee depending on the vendor). My son really couldn't use it as a tray to eat on as the food would always slide down and the tray is not hard enough (very fast) to use for drawing. I ended up not using a snack tray and instead have trained my son to hold/balance a plastic tupperware to hold snacks/food. It worked better for me, and when he was done eating, he could just give me the tupperware and he would be free from the "tray". You can't really take the tray out unless you stop driving, park and unsnap the tray. It didn't work for us, but that's not to say it wouldn't work for others.

This is a fab idea but it's not very sturdy. We'll keep trying but my daughter loses interest pretty quickly with this thing.

This was terrific for our 12 hour trip. Great for the 1 year old who liked playing with toys that had wheels and it was an excellent eating surface. I'm glad we had it.

This is a terrific product - we did a 22-hour road trip with a 4 year old and 19 month old and loved this product.

I was pretty excited to find a try for my daughter's booster for an up and coming summer road trip. When my tray arrived in the mail, I quickly realized that it would never hold up to the long hike. The tray is made entirely of foam, which might make it safer but in turn makes it useless. Since there is no hard surface on the tray top, a child can not write or draw on the flat surface as pictured on the item descriptions. And since the tray did not fit our booster seat as promised, it couldn't be used to play either as it kept slipping off the arms or caving down onto my child's seat. This was such a waste of time and money - I would suggest the Babu Go-Anywhere Tray set. It turned out to be much sturdier and held up for our long trip.

I've decided that if I never use this item again it was well worth the money. My boys are a little older I think than the average user at 4 & 6 almost 5& 7 and they loved having everything at their fingertips. Both Boys being into cars it made a very good highway and racetrack. Coloring was great , crayons stayed in the tray and easy to get when in one of the four pockets. We did not have the number of dropped, crayons, cars, foods as we did in previous trips which makes it that much more enjoyable for mom. It is very easy to adjust and install . Just put strap around the back of a child strapped into their car-seat. They are soft and flexible so they had no problems falling asleep with this on their laps in fact it was great at holding the additional stuffed animals they just had to have. In all was well worth the money, for snack or play it definitely met all of my expectations.

This tray is great for long flights or car trips. The edge prevents toys from falling off (no more "uh-ohs" from the backseat) and it is easy to fold up and store in your carry-on. There is one simple belt that fastens around your child's body, so it is easy to take the tray on/off as needed. There is no raised edge on the front side of the tray (near child's stomach), so toys can and do still fall onto the child's lap, but that wasn't too much of a problem for us. The area of the tray is generous. Our two year old couldn't even reach the far edge, but soon learned she could lift her feet and tilt the tray towards herself to retrieve a toy that had rolled out of her reach. We originally purchased the tray for a long flight, but now keep it in the car for use on roadtrips. We LOVE this tray!

This is a great travel tray for my 3 year old son. We have a Britax carseat and this fits perfectly. It is just sturdy enough that he is able to eat snacks, color, and play with his cars and other small toys. It also keeps everything from constantly falling on the floor. The mesh pockets on the side are also a great feature.

This tray was helpful on a long road trip, but it was a little flimsy for heavier items.

This tray was hard to use, it has to be strapped around the child while sitting in the seat. My son didn't like the belt around him and the tray never really went flat.

I purchased this for my 18 month old for an 8 hour road trip... it worked well he loved it and was comfotrable with it attached the entire time. He colored on it, ate on it...just about everything. The only thing I would mention is that the surface area could be little easier to wipe (hard to scrub things off of it while on the road)

I bought two of these for my almost three year old daughter and my five year old son. While these trays are flexible, they still made great surfaces for Legos, coloring books, and Littlest Pet Shop sets. The flexibility actually makes it easier to store the trays.

What a great idea, keeps the toys and snacks on the tray and not on the floor.

I have twin boys age 3. We're going on a long road trip and I stumbled across this product in a web search for a road trip checklist for travelers w/ small children.

Comments: it does provide a flat surface that nicely accommodates coloring, cards, play dough, sml cars and games. It is light weight & has a nice rim that surrounds 3 sides out of 4. With caution, it can accommodate a meal/snack on the go such as a sandwich and apple slices/crackers but would highly advise against liquid based foods such as soups and sauces. Warning: should a spill happen, it will end up in your child's lap (this of course is due to the 4th side with no rim around the edge. And lastly for someone considering buying this product and wondering the sturdiness of it....the entire tray could be squished up into a ball with your hands; however, it is still firm enough to accomplish the above mentioned activities. Also the sides you see hanging are merely mesh storage bags, they provide no support. And although it has a strap to go around your car seat to provide additional stability the tray does rest just above and basically on your child's lap. So the balance act is really going to be based on your child's ability to manage his leg movement. Now with my two they have not dumped anything with normal fidgeting movement but if you have an above active child, I could see this being a problem.

All and all for what's out there, it seems like a decent option for now. In my opinion, it's overpriced but that's supply & demand for ya. There's definite room for some improvement. Some have found luck with just basic breakfast-in-bed type trays that fit right in their child's car seats. Some are very inexpensive too such as the aluminum ones that have the legs that fold out. Hope this helps.

Bought this to use on a roadtrip for my 3 yo. He enjoyed being able to have a place to play with his trains and color. And when he didn't want it on his lap anymore, I could easily unclip it while in the driver's seat.

We purchased this for a 12 hour drive with our 3yo son. It came yesterday and I had errands to run so we tried it out and he LOVED it! I put the strap throught the back part of our booster seat where the seatbelt goes. Then I just unclip one side to get him in and out and it's perfect. It fit's inside the armrests of his chair so if things do fall back into his chair, he can reach them. He loved it so much tha the made us take it in the house and he sat on the couch and laid it on his lap to play with cars!! Very sturdy considering the materials. Lightweight and easy to maneuver. Overall a really great product. It's not as large as I thought it'd be but it really can't be either. Over all, super super happy and very confident that this will help make our drive a little easier!

This is a great product that my little one was very happy with! The bumpers on the sides do not allow toys or food to fall easily. The only improvement suggestion would be to make the table more sturdy it's a plastic foam and buckels making it difficult to color on.

I bought this for a 12 hour road trip with my 19 month old son. I think he may be too young for it, but it rests on his knees & seems to really bug him.

I really like the raised sides, it keeps his playthings and cheerios from sliding off of the tray. This keeps us from having to twist around from the front & try to retrieve the "lost" items. :)

It's very large, so plenty of room for his books. He likes to "read" in the car, but his little hands often have trouble holding on to the books, so this solves that problem.

I also like the netted holders on the side for when he is older and has the dexterity to reach in and pull things out.

I don't like how it rests on his legs. It's vinyl and therefore is uncomfortable on his skin and is hot (we live in Florida). But it is very easy to wipe off.

We have a Britax Boulevard and the sides slope too steeply is the reason why it rests on his knees.

He'll use it for about 10 minutes, then he wants it off. Maybe when he's older, it won't bother him as much.

This product once installed worked great for toys and books the strap is a little difficult to get through the car seat, but what isn't. My son likes it for short trips,but any log trips he wants it off. Taking my child out was fairly easy I just unhook the belt then his car seat belt and go it does become a little cumbersome when left this way,but not a big deal.
I would not recommend this for drinks or food remember this is a tray in there lap so what you put in it will most likely be in there lap or in the car it is sturdy once attached and on lap it it when you take it off it is not.

This is the 3rd type of travel tray I have bought and I finally found a winner. It is easy to strap to carseat and has edges so items don't roll off. My daughter used it for eating lunch, playing with her toys and using her sticker books. It was especially great on our vacation.

I purchased this for my 3 year old daughter for our travels. This was a great purchase becuase it kept all of her toys that she would be playing with at the time in the same area and when she had a snack she was able to keep the food in front of her instead of spilling it all over the car.

We bought this tray for our daughter and used it for the first time on a long driving trip. It helped keep her entertained since she could do her activities in her car seat. And, it was also light and flexible so she did not feel constricted and could not hurt herself. We will be getting another one for her brother when we turn his car seat to face forward.

I just recently received this item in the mail. My son has not used it yet in the car, but the packaging for the item was really annoying. It comes folded in half in the package which leaves a big crease down the center and makes it so that the edges fold down. Hopefully I will be able to get it to stand up again before our long car trip this summer.

We recently used this lap tray on a trip and we were pleased with the results. It is soft so it does not create the "flat" surface that is ideal for coloring and balancing toys. It is nice to use for snacks in the car but if not installed level the food does tend to roll into her lap. However, with safety in mind this is the best solution when compared with the hard surface lap travel trays. :)

We purchased this tray for our daughter to use for her 1st long car trip/vacation. Overall she loved it and used it to color, eat snacks and even play with a little playdough in the car. It can be a pain to take on and off while driving but we just undid one side and let it hang by the door until she wanted to use it again. Overall I think it's great, soft yet sturdy.

For the longest time we have been looking for some kind of device for use by my 2 year old daughter while in the car to help keep her toys/pencils etc from hitting the floor while driving. After reading such great reviews about this product, at last we thought we found it and the search was over! I wouldn't say the tray isn't a good product, but I suppose I let my anticipation get the better of me...
As we took the tray out of the box, it did seem to be a little on the flimsy side and I had initial doubts about it, but that wasn't really the problem I ended up having with it. Like I mentioned before, the main reason we bought the tray was to help keep her things from hitting the floor while we drove, and even though the tray does have sides to the front of the device and on the sides, it does NOT have any that surround the back side of it and invariably the first set of pens my daughter layed on the tray rolled right off and onto the floor! UGH! The search continues! I do have to mention that overall my daughter seemed to like it and the "softness" to it seemed to work in her favor as she was able not to feel like she was held down in a device. It was easy to attach also. I think if they could put a "lip" on the back part of the tray that it would be an "outstanding" product for what we were looking for!

We have used the hard plastic versions of this tray and have been very satified with the product. However, I feel the hard one is not safe so I opted to buy this product. Of course, it's not as sturdy but I does it's job. I think it's a little over priced for what you get but I'm glad I have it and my son enjoys using this on long trips.

I purchased 2 of these for my 2 yr old twin boys. We haven't used them yet, but the description says "washable" and the actual tags says to wipe off. I was thinking machine washable, but it is still a great product/idea. I intend on using ours on our next outing, tomorrow. I just wanted everyone to know you can only wipe it off. Also it is made in China *ugh*, but certified "lead free" according to the label.

I was very exited to get this product for my daughter. However when we started using it we found it is difficult for her to keep it in her lap. It's not as sturdy as I would have imagined it would be. It's difficult to get the strap around her tight enough to hold the tray upright. Its also time consuming getting everything on and off of it to move it to get her in or out of the carseat.

USed on long trips with the two little ones. Great for keeping them entertained with their toys close at hand. Was also very useful for meals on the go.

I bought this item a few weeks ago for my 20 month old son. We will be doing a lot of long distance traveling and I wanted him to be able to play. He immediately loved it and always wants the tray on when he gets in his car seat.
It is soft (which I really like for safety reasons) and doesn't stay totally flat. It slopes a bit but it's not a problem at all.
If the car seat the your child rides in has a back the has a strong slope to the arm rests, this tray will end up being a few inches away from their body. We have a Britax Boulevard so it's NOT problem for us but a friend of mine did have a problem with it.
Definitely a good purchase, well worth the money!