It'll soon be time for vacations or trips for holidays and when traveling in the car all you seem to hear is "Are we there yet?". Here are some games to play in the car while traveling that will help pass the time and keep the kids busy.
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Find the License Plate
What you need:
copies of the United States with blank states
box of crayons or colored markers
During the trip tell each person when they spot a license plate from a certain state, they can color it in with a crayon or marker. At the end of the trip the person with the most states colored in wins.
copies of the United States with blank states
box of crayons or colored markers
During the trip tell each person when they spot a license plate from a certain state, they can color it in with a crayon or marker. At the end of the trip the person with the most states colored in wins.
Find the Vehicle
Everyone tries to find the following vehicles:
Fire Engine
Cement mixer
ATV (all terrain vehicle)
Motor Home
A truck hauling cows
A Volkswagon
at the end of the trip the person who has seen the most vehicles wins. You can count the vehicles more than once if you see them more than once.
Fire Engine
Cement mixer
ATV (all terrain vehicle)
Motor Home
A truck hauling cows
A Volkswagon
at the end of the trip the person who has seen the most vehicles wins. You can count the vehicles more than once if you see them more than once.
Spy the Color
One person finds a color in the car and says "I spy something red". The first person who guesses the item will get to name the next color.
Word Search
what you need:
pads or pieces of paper
pencils
Have everyone write down all the smaller words each can find contained within the words:
Vacation
Mountains
California
Caribbean
Afghanistan
the person with the most words wins.
pads or pieces of paper
pencils
Have everyone write down all the smaller words each can find contained within the words:
Vacation
Mountains
California
Caribbean
Afghanistan
the person with the most words wins.
Slug Bug
Look for Volkswagon Beetles. When you see one, yell "Slug Bug". Keep track and the first person who spots 10 wins
Who Has the Best Memory
One person starts by identifying something they see while traveling. The next person repeats that word and adds one they see. It keeps going with each person repeating all the words and adding one. If you get a word out of order you are out of the game.
Alphabet
All passengers search for letters of the alphabet (on road signs) starting with A and going to Z. There is no winner, it just keeps everyone busy looking for words and making the time go by faster.
Travel Word Game
what you need:
pads or sheet of paper
pencil
give your passenger words like:
t r a v e l
and have then write down words that start with each of the letters of your word. (like: train, race, apple, vacation, evening, lady) First one through wins.
You can then pick another word
pads or sheet of paper
pencil
give your passenger words like:
t r a v e l
and have then write down words that start with each of the letters of your word. (like: train, race, apple, vacation, evening, lady) First one through wins.
You can then pick another word
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- cleansweeping cleansweeping Jul 7, 2009 @ 9:29 pm
- What all parents need when traveling with kids!!!
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- ruthgree ruthgree Jun 24, 2009 @ 11:58 pm
- Our family has created an iPhone app with instructions for 100 games families can play in the car...many of them brand-new. Guessing games, singing games, games using the radio...lots of categories, a spinner...no equipment (except for the pencil and paper games). Cool thing is that once you choose a game and learn it...you can put the iPhone or iPod touch away!
Kathy Peel, family coach on AOL, just recommended it today, in her article Road Trip Sanity part 2 - today's ParentDish blog. "Love how one mom turned car games into iphone app" http://tinyurl.com/mbxolo
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- auberginecouch auberginecouch Aug 24, 2008 @ 8:34 pm
- Love this lens, I like that it's also applicable to other countries (I'm in Australia).
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- LarsonTaylor LarsonTaylor Aug 13, 2008 @ 1:15 am
- RamoGames.com has some great games for kids, categorized well for parents
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- ank ank Mar 29, 2008 @ 2:49 am
- hi grannyann, i really liked your lens. you have given quite good information regarding Kid Travel Games, which we can easily play during traveling. i have also created a lens. hope u will like it xbox console
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