Comments on: Road Trip Games for Kids: Travel without the iPad!

By: Denise

Denise — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 02:25:29 +0000

We called this game GHOST. The first person says any letter. The next person adds a letter that will lead to a word, but without accidentally spelling a smaller word, because if a word ends on you, you lose that round. If you lose one round, you get a G. Two losses and you're GH. First person to be GHOST loses. Example: If the 1st person says T, don't say O or you've ended a word. You can challenge a player if you don't think they have a real word in mind, and if they can't name it, they get a strike against them. Great for older kids and adults - causes you to really think and pivot if the word is about to end on you. Fun!!

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 13:28:48 +0000

In reply to evalynn. How fun!

By: evalynn

evalynn — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 21:26:15 +0000

My kids like remote hide-n-seek. They set the boundaries of a place like inside our house or grocery store) where one person can "hide". One person thinks of a place and all others take turns guessing where, narrowing down the location with questions that can be answered with yes/no (or hot/cold depending on how they choose). For our house it has been any where from the attic to the dog's food bowl, in the scrabble game piece bag, among the spoons in the silverware drawer and even the toilet.

By: Martha

Martha — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 08:08:38 +0000

Here is a list of some fun road trip games that you can play with your friends and family on a long road trip:

1. “I Spy”
2. The License Plate Game
3. The Alphabet Game
4. Twenty Questions

By: jessie

jessie — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 18:40:11 +0000

For longer trips, I use a ticket system (modified from one I found on momsminivan.com) with my kids. Every twenty minutes of good behavior, they get to grab a slip of paper from my ticket bag. Each slip is marked, with most being worth one ticket, and a few being worth multiple tickets. They can then trade tickets in for things like choosing what’s on the radio, 20 minutes of screen time, choosing a snack or treat at our next stop, or, if they save up most of their tickets for the trip, cash! Not only has this helped ensure good behavior and limit screen time, it has also eliminated the begging for snacks at every gas station. I spend most of the trip reading out loud to everyone - an organic book on tape!