Making Road Trips Fun For Kids
July 7, 2009 by Linette Gerlach
Filed under Board Games and Other Games For Kids
We’re busy planning our family vacation, which will include a 12 hour car ride each way. So how do you entertain the kids for that long in the car? I’m wondering how many times I’ll hear, “are we there yet?”
My son gets car sick if he does anything close up, like reading, watching a movie, or playing video games. I have to come up with ways to entertain him, and keep him looking around.
I decided to be a little pro active this year and look for some activities to make the road trip fun for the kids. Here are some of the ideas I came up with.
- A game of I spy. I spy something and it’s orange…
- See how many cows, horses, pigs, VW Beetles etc. you can spot in a certain time frame.
- Make up a game board for car Bingo before the trip. Put different things you might see on the trip in spaces on a piece of card stock or paper. Have your kids mark things off as they spot them. Some things you might include are stop signs, farm animals, people, guard rails, a certain color of car or truck, an evergreen tree, flowers, and whatever else you can think of.
- Have a singalong. My son loves to sing, so sometimes we just start belting out our favorite tunes.
I’d love to hear how you keep your kids entertained for a long trip in the car.
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