I'm a bit late to this, but a couple of things we did when the kiddos were younger:
- Favorite blanket, pillow, and stuffy
- A sunshade for their seat
- Ask at EVERY rest stop, "Who needs to pee?" and then stop at every single one if needed...(and then everyone gets out to stretch even if they don't need to pee)
- Love the ideas mentioned above about small toys wrapped up. We did variations on this.
- They each get to pack their own shoebox (e.g., 6 qt Sterilite Storage Container ) with anything they want.
- Play the license plate game.
- Headphones for any electronics that are coming AND the car charger or inverter for said electronic
- Hotspot or one of our phones in hotspot mode