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
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
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
Word Search
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
Who Has the Best Memory
Alphabet
Travel Word Game
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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- 101 Car Travel Games & Road Trip Ideas for Kids
- MomsMinivan.com has over 101 ideas for fun things for kids to do in the car, kids travel games, printable car games and activities, and road-trip tips. They are organized by age group, so have a look around - there's something for everyone!
- 101 Word Games for Fun on the Road!
- The travel games are ideal for short and long road trips Makes an ordinary family road trip extraordinarily fun and even educational!
- Travel Games for the Road
- Keep your kids busy on long car trips, airplane rides... anywhere!
- Kids Travel Fun
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- Educational Games
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- Sight Word Games
- Learning to recognize words by sight is an important skill which helps children learn to read. These sight word games can turn learning high frequency words from a chore into a fun activity.
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auberginecouch
Love this lens, I like that it's also applicable to other countries (I'm in Australia). Posted August 24, 2008 |
RamoGames.com has some great games for kids, categorized well for parents
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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 Posted March 29, 2008 |
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gwkell
Thanks for the great lens. I like Squidoo lenses with information about Adventure Travel Games. Posted February 28, 2008 |
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GrowWear
Love this lens. Great content, bookmarkable! Posted February 13, 2008 |
