This DIY tablet holder for a car headrest is sponsored by RYOBI for their June “On the Road” theme! All project ideas and opinions belong to Thrift Diving. 🙂
If you’ve got kids or grandkids, you know the scenario during a road trip: “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Arrrreeee weeeeee theeeerrreee yeeeeetttt??!”
The only way to really soothe them is with electronics, right? Something that’s going to stimulate their little minds long enough to give you a reprieve from the incessant questions.
The other thing that keeps them occupied are food and snacks.
But electronics and food don’t mix!
Little greasy fingers smearing the screen, with the catastrophic threat of a spilled drink on the display is enough to cause anxiety for any parents! 🙂
This summer I’m planning a couple of small road trips with the family and electronics are the last thing I want to worry about while we’re on the road!
The theme this month over at RYOBI Nation is “On the Road.” I knew instantly what would save my sanity (and our electronics!) during a road trip: DIY tablet holders for the car headrest!
DIY tablet holders for the car headrests!
With my sons’ little hands free while they watch movies on the tablets, there’s less chance of damaging it. Plus, it keeps them entertained for hours at a time to make the trips go much smoother!
The DIY tablet holder for the headrest simply straps on very easily and is adjustable.
Before your road trip, kids can pick their movie selection, buckle in, and–BOOM!–you’re on the road and they’ve got something to keep them occupied for at least a good hour and a half!
And no threats of spilled water or greasy chips on the tablet, either!
Detailed Instructions
Want to learn how to make this DIY tablet holder for your car headrest?
Then CLICK HERE to visit this tutorial on RYOBI Nation!
Want to Save This Project?
Make sure you don’t lose track of this easy 2-hour project. Click below to save it on Pinterest so you can make it yourself!
Win These Tools!
This month I’ve teamed up with RYOBI Power Tools to bring you this project. In exchange, they’re allowing me to give away my favorite power tools: a jig saw kit and a 5-piece combo kit!
How to Enter to Win All of These Tools – CLOSED
1. Visit my detailed tutorial on RYOBI Nation.
2. Leave a comment on my post here below, telling me about your summer “on the road” plans and what project you would complete with these tools if you win.
You can earn one extra entry daily by pinning this project every day. Just be sure to leave a separate comment each time you pin it, letting me know the date you pinned it.
Winners must live in the U.S. and will be picked randomly from the comments below on or about July 1 or 2nd. Must enter by June 30th! 🙂
Good luck! And I can’t wait to hear what you think about this cute DIY tablet holder for your car headrest!
WINNER: Mandy C.! – Congrats, Mandy! You were the lucky random winner, comment #27! 🙂
My last repinned on 6-30. Fingers crossed!
Pinned 6/30. This is my month! I feel it! We are getting ready to list our house for sale and find something new. I have faith I’ll need new tools in a new (to me) house.
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I love this project idea. We’re looking forward to a family road trip to Washington, D.C. this summer. These tools would be an awesome addition to the tools we have today. We bought a foreclosed home and are working hard to fix it up and make it ours.
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I want to build a frame to twine rugs on!!
We only have ‘stay-cation’ plans. I would definitely use all of these tools to turn my ultra plain back yard/pool area into an oasis. We don’t even have seating, but have plans to create seats, planters, bbq area, and various loungers. These tools would be a HUGE help!
Checked this out on Ryobi Nation and left a comment! Great project and perfect way to end the debate of who holds the tablet between the grandsons. During the summer we travel on 2 wheels and it’s more about the ride than the destination. Thanks for the opportunity to win the tools. They will be a big help putting on the finish trim on our stairway makeover. Pinned it!
What a great idea! I love the maps. We don’t have any road trips set in stone for this summer, but hopefully heading up to our family’s cottage.
If I won, I would build all of the things with this! I’ve been looking at tutorials for cutting boards in fun shapes (our family has a thing for pig shaped cutting boards) so I would love to make something like that using the jigsaw.
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If I win these tools, I would use these to complete projects such as bunk beds for our upcoming foster children!
Our summer road trip will be short this year due to sinking $$ into prepping for foster care (soooo worth it to give little ones a temporary sanctuary!). We are going to go camp out and float the river and maybe even get some fishing in. It’s going to be fun!
We are also about to embark on a road trip out of state to help with a daycamp for underprivileged and homeless children! We are super stoked for that!
About to hit the road in 4 days!!!! Long trip to Florida 6 bodies and 2 dogs! Believe me we need entertainment!! Cute project. Pinned 6/26 😀
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We don’t really have any “on the road plans” this summer, but we are hoping to get in a little vacation. I would use these to make a new coffee table!
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Pinned 6/11 I have spent so much time on the road this summer.. had a whirlwind romance that I moved cross country for that did not work out. So I got my heart broken, spent a lot of $ and then I moved back to AZ. But i have not given up on men, love or building. I am really glad to be in my new place, I have been slowly building up my wood working tools. I got the RYOBI sander because of your blog posts. So my trip for the summer is done, but I really want to make and refinish things for my new place. I love refinishing thrift store finds and giving them new life. Some I keep, some I re-sell. Winning these tools would be amazing since with all the money I spent moving cross country TWICE 🙁 and getting into my new place, there is no way I could afford them until I start working and saving again.. We carry on, because we are strong women. Thanks so much for your site. I love it.
This is super cool project idea, I’d like to make this for our friends that have three small kids and spend lots of time in the car traveling.
Wow what a great idea. I’m going to make this for myself!! And yes probably one for the grandkids too. Can’t wait to get started
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What great timing you have. My husband, two young boys and I are going to drive 3 hours each way to a WWII reunion with my Grandpa on Wednesday this week. This will be a perfect addition to the car for my 5 year old!! We look forward to this reunion every year as it’s a beautiful opportunity to learn from the Greatest Generation as well as world history. The road trip is always a little rough with two young ones but this will make the road a little smoother.
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That is a brilliant solution to sticky fingers while in the car. I plan on taking the kids to my in-laws’ lake house this Summer. As for the tools, they would come in handy for some projects I want my husband to tackle, like some storage for our bathroom.
I pinned this idea on 6/8/17. Thanks Serena.
My road trip already happened. I just returned home on Tuesday. Went from Florida, spent a week in GA, a week in TN, then attended my son’s college graduation in Indiana and returned home directly after that. Whew! It was a long trip. I like your creativity with the tablet holder, but I’m not sure it would work with my kids…I like them to be buckled with the seat belt going over their shoulder, which I think might prevent them from being able to reach the tablet. Not sure though. I think I would make some storage solutions for my home using the Ryobi tools 🙂
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Love this idea! Such a cute little tablet holder, too-the map is such a creative touch! I think I have an adult that would appreciate this for herself honestly, LOL. Looks like your model is enjoying it, too! 🙂 Some of our roads are so bumpy I might worry about it popping out… could always put on a super thin bottom piece for bumpy roads/clumsy kids! Ah, I love how you think about ways to fix a problem, rather than just telling the kids no snacks. 😉
Summer road trips are the best, aren’t they?? We used to drive a few hours to go to the zoo when I was a kid… now I’ll be driving my parents up to look at mobile homes and historical houses in July. 😀 Lots of mom-and-pop restaurants and hiking at parks planned along the way! Unfortunately, it’ll probably be our only summer road trip this year.
Is that a pneumatic nailer? Dude… I just put up all the trim in this living room (I refuse to take pictures because I mismeasured and left gaps and need to rely on my best friend, caulk 😉 ) and the hardest part (after figuring out the compound cuts, ugh) was hauling that dang air compressor home!! Did it by myself, weighed at least 50lbs (I carry this weight in animal feed bags daily, I ain’t kidding, AT LEAST 50lbs and compact) just about gave myself a heart attack, and O! it was only a rental, so I’ll have to repeat the miserable process when I move into the other living room (don’t ask about our weird floor plan, LOL) and start patching the drywall, painting, putting up trim, etc.
All that to say: I’d use it to put up trim. And build a little chest of drawers I guess. 😀
Thanks for the giveaway and tutorial! I don’t know if they have it where you’re at, but here in Iowa, if you stop at an older rest area, they normally have huge road maps you can take for free. If you’re not willing to pony up for a map at the craft store, that’s always an option!
Also, oops, pinned today, 6/8. 😉
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I plan to fo the longest garage sale road trip in August in search of geat DIY projects as well as the Michigan garage sale along Michigan Avenue. I also have a beautiful bed that I want to turn into a bench and the tools would be extremely helpful!
I pinned this on June 7thy with my kitty sitting on my lap nudging my hands as I type. I have one road trip this year to Grand Rapids Michigan where I will be taking 11 gymnasts (and their parents) to the State Games of America. Very excited. It will just be my daughter and I in our car, and she is an adult.
I am currently working on my staircase. I ripped off the carpet and cleaned the steps and then have applied 2 coats of primer to everything. I am doing the side molding in gloss white enamel. The backs of the steps in the enamel and the treds themselves in gloss black. I purchased a lovely set of decals with words of love and support to put on the backs of the steps. I am very excited to finish this and see how nice it is going to look.
I have so many thing that I have to do around he house those tools would be amazing to have.
Pinned today (June 7). No road trips for us. Hubby to ill to travel. However, I will be busy building some kids chairs and garden stuff with these new tools. lol
I pinned this project on 6/7/17. Here’s hoping I’m a winner!
No on the road plans for me. I’m too old and pained for that. I do like to tinker around the house and occasionally build stuff. Would like to do some bird houses.
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No on the road plans for me. I’m too old and pained for that. I do like to tinker around the house and occasionally build stuff. Would like to do some bird houses.
My road trips will be limited this year, but there are plenty of things to do within a short drive. Rivers to kayak, historic sites to visit, a precious grandson to spoil. I would use these tools to help my son and daughter-in-love turn the baby’s room into a big boy room.
Have a fun trip to Baton Rouge to help my son get his apartment fixed up.
These tools would be a big help putting furniture together.
We are short handed at work, so it might just be short road trips, this year. I’d love to take a drive down to Georgia to visit my Aunt, for a long weekend!
I have several projects “pinned” that I would love to get started on, including bird feeders! I have wanted some power tools for quite some time! Fingers crossed!
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I pinned it! I would love to win the tools!
Thank you for all your encouragement!
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We’re driving from Dallas to New Orleans in July for a short vacation. We’re also putting in new flooring in our kitchen and bathrooms. New countertops, also. These tools would be great!
I pinned this awesome project https://www.pinterest.com/pin/91338698675758603/
We have no summer on the road plans well I guess we do we are going to the lake as much as possible this summer! I love this project I have to make one. I would use these tools to make my granddaughters toddler bed!
I love to win Riobi tools!! But I won some last year on this site. I need to let someone else win this time. They are Great tools. The Hubs and I bothe use them!!
Pinned 6/5. Thanks!
I’m dropping my kids off with my parents in July. 3.5 hour trip to the “halfway” point. I can totally use this.
I need to build two dresser/nightstand things while the girls are gone, so that’s the plan whether I win the tools or not.
Lo ve it! We are not planning any trips this summer. But, this would be handy for GPS, as it has a much bigger screen than the one on my phone. I run a S.T.E.A.M. enrichment business, Challenge Island Ashburn/Leesburg, and frequently need to use GPS. I can see using velcro to attached this my dashboard!
Tracy 🙂
I love this tutorial. I will be driving to my mom’s this summer which is 1000 miles away and would love to make a tablet holder. That way there are no fights as to who gets to hold the tablet. It is a great idea. Serena I love the diy’s you do. You are so talented and I enjoy seeing what you do. The bathroom makeover was awesome.