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Car trips can be awful but I’ve found them to be sooooooo much fun if I go into them with a good attitude and a plan. I’m all for kids getting bored but I think it’s fun to mix in a few games along the way too. Let them come up with their own games too! I bet they’ll surprise you with what they create! In the mean time, here are my zero prep – road trip car games for kids. I hope your family finds them helpful!
I Spy
How to Play: Someone says, “I spy with my little eye something…” (Or the old version my great aunt taught me, that goes “Riddle, Riddle, Riddle Marie, I see something you don’t see and it is…”) Either of those statements are followed with a clue to an object that someone sees. The clues are usually based on color. For example, ….something that is red. A fun twist is to give a shape as a clue.
The Banana Game
How to Play: Each time someone sees a yellow vehicle, they yell out “Banana!” and they receive a point. The player with the most points at the end of the predetermined time or when you reach your destination is the winner. A fun twist on this game is to have kids find a specific model or type of car instead of color. My kids love to find mustangs and convertibles.
Count the…
How to Play: Pick anything that you want your kids to count and begin. We count school buses on the way to school every day (we homeschool so this is only once a week for co-op but they have fun with it). We count motorcycles on Saturdays because my son loves motorcycles and loves to see how many are on the road this time of year. We had 19 last Saturday and we only went to three places.
Tunnel
How to Play: This is an easy but a short lived game. We get to play it twice on our way to visit family though so it’s a keeper in our house. When you enter a tunnel, everyone holds their breath. I used to love this game but I’m old and lazy now. ha. Whoever can hold their breath the longest is the winner!
Name That Tune
How to Play: My kids loves this game but I am absolutely dreadful at it. My kids play it by humming a song and letting everyone else try to guess the name of that song. I can’t eeeeeever win. Never ever. Maybe if we played snippets of songs on the radio I might have a better chance? Nah, probably not.
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Storytelling
How to Play: I love storytelling and find much value in being about to tell stories. This is one fun and super easy way to help cultivate the love of storytelling in my kids. One person starts the story with a sentence, such as “Once upon a time there was a beautiful maiden who lived in a humble cottage.” Players continue taking turns adding a new sentence at a time until the story until it’s complete or it becomes too ridiculous and everyone is doubled over laughing. I always imagined these would be fun to write down but I’ve never actually done it. Maybe I could secretly record my family the next time we play. That would be a fun memory to look back on years from now.
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