It's summer. Vacation time! If you are anything like my family, you might be driving to your final destination. With airline tickets for an entire family costing a small fortune, driving sometimes makes sense. Maybe you'll be relying on the portable DVD players to entertaintment.
If not, try some of these great road trip games! A long ride in the car doesn't have to be torture- make it fun and possibly educational.
- Mom's Minivan
A great resource for scavenger hunt games. From spotting the tallest building to finding a tractor, everyone can get involved in finding the items on their list. Print out or create lists before you leave. You can up the ante by offering the lunch stop pick to the winner.
- Name that Tune
If you have access to an iPod or even pandora radio (free music website) play a family game of name that tune. Put the iPod on shuffle and call out the names or artists of each song that comes on. The good thing about Pandora is the random factor, you select a station (i.e Disney) and it plays songs from the artist or similar to the artist.
- Story in the Round
As a family, create a story. Begin with a statement or sentence and go around the car and have each person add a sentence. You'll never know how the story ends.
- Digital Camera Safari
Check out examples and the rules of safari.
- Road Book
Each member of the family or traveling party gets to pick a weird or wacky stop along the way. It could be the State Welcome Center for a sample of free Oj (in FL) or the biggest ball of yarn in Texas. When you arrive at the stop, get out the camera and make some memories. Include them in the scrapbook for the trip. Getting there is half the fun!
-Create your own Maze
You can print our crossword puzzles, mad libs and even create mazes for the family to do in the car.
- What would a ____ sound like?
Choose inanimate objects or even pets. Take turns guessing what they would sound like if they could talk. Do you have a valley girl puppy or possibly a fire hydrant from Boston?
Many of these sites have tons of other road trip games and activities for the family. Take your time and enjoy the trip.
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