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Are you taking any road trips this summer? We’re piling our five kids into the minivan and driving almost sixty hours round trip from Dallas to Calgary, Alberta, visiting family and trekking through the hometown where I spent much of my life. With that much time in the car, I’m been looking for some fun ways to entertain kids on a road trip! I’ve gathered up a bunch of ideas to help the kids pass the time without driving the parents crazy … which means total road trip success, right?
Check out these ideas and then be sure to share your favorite ideas for keeping the kids entertained in the car!
65 Ways to Entertain Kids on a Road Trip
buy a sketch pad and let the kids illustrate a favorite book
create a secret handshake for siblings only
download and play games on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 {operated on the Verizon Wireless network}
use a Verizon mophie juice pack to stay charged throughout the trip
watch a DVD on a portable player
download some movies on a device and watch while you drive
do mad libs
tell fun family stories
color in an on-the-go chalkboard box
make art with scratch paper
play the quiet game
stitch with yarn and lacing cards
make sculptures with tin foil
draw a picture of the passing scenery
take a nap
listen to your favorite movie soundtrack
make memory albums and complete them on the trip
draw on a white board
bring flashlights for playtime after dark or shadow games in the car
give the kids new tote bags to collect souvenirs
play a game of hangman
play a matching game with stickers
follow a map
play with an i spy rainbow bottle
have a bubble gum blowing contest
give the kids their own cameras, disposable or otherwise, to document the trip
count cows or other animals
play the dot game
play travel checkers
tell jokes
put together magnetic popsicle stick puzzles
play with silly putty
have a family sing-along
play with bags full of new art supplies
finger knit
have a road trip scavenger hunt
make cereal bracelets with fruit loops and string
play a game of freeze-out
play with lego in a travel box
play go fish
make scenes with clings on the car windows
rest on road trip pillow cases
play sudoku
make up a song
listen to books on CD’s
play a waving version of sweet and sour
make single page mini notebooks to record memories
play the alphabet game
make creatures out of pipecleaners
do a word search
use window markers to color on car windows {bring baby wipes for easy clean-up}
color in a coloring book
play crazy eights
draw an imaginary character
get a semi truck driver to honk
Those ideas should keep the kids busy for a while. Now share your favorite tips and tricks for road trip survival!
These are some great ideas, playing a DVD seems to work real well a lot of times 🙂 Might have to try some of the ideas with my nieces.
Youre going to be needing those soon 🙂 Cant wait!
We drove 10 hours when we on vacation at the end of May with a toddler and a preschooler. It was definitely interesting!