5 of the Best Road Trip Games for Keeping Kids Entertained
If you are a parent, road-tripping with kids is one of the most rewarding things you can do. It’s fantastic to see children getting out and exploring nature and the world around them. However, that doesn’t mean that road tripping with kids is without its challenges! If you’re on the road with them, you’ve likely heard “Are we there yet?” so often that you wish the phrase no longer existed. And while tablets and phones provide a great source of entertainment for little ones, it’s not healthy for kids to be constantly glued to a screen. Here are 5 of the best road trip games that will hold their attention (and make the whole trip more enjoyable for everyone) so you can enjoy many more RV adventures in the future.
#1 - Road Trip Bing
Road trip bingo is the perfect game for long drives because it’s relatively easy to set up and will hold your kids’ attention for hours. It’s also great because any number of people can play it so it doesn’t matter if you have one child on the road with you or you have a whole troop of them! Road trip bingo requires you (or your kids) to make a list of regular items you might come across on the road, like a dog in another car, a motorhome, an out-of-state licence plate, etc. and your kids have to tick the items off as they see them. Another reason we love this game is that you can adapt the length of the list depending on how long the journey is. So, if you have a big driving day ahead, you might be brave enough to attempt a 100-item list. We should warn you, though, that this game can get pretty competitive, but that’s all part of the fun!
#2 - Forbidden Phrases
Forbidden phrases is super-easy to play and requires very little effort, which is always a bonus (smiley face). You simply come up with five words or phrases (any more than five might be a bit too much) that the kids aren’t allowed to say during the journey. For example, “Are we there yet?”! Your kids can start with 10 points each and they lose one point each time they say one of the forbidden phrases. The person with the most points at the end of the journey wins. It’s hilarious listening to your kids chatting in the back as they try to trick each other into using the forbidden phrases.
#3 - 20 Questions
This is a classic road trip game that is so much fun! 20 Questions is a guessing game where one person has to think of a famous person, character or type of animal, and the other participant/s have to ask questions to figure out what/who they are. What makes it interesting is that the guessers are only allowed to ask yes or no questions, AND they only get to ask 20 questions, which sometimes makes the whole thing pretty tricky, no matter how old you are! This is also a great way for you to develop your kids’ critical thinking skills without them even realising it. Winning!
#4 - Alphabet Race
This one is a similar concept to Road Trip Bingo. To play Alphabet Race, write the alphabet on separate pieces of paper and tell the kids they have to spot items during the drive that begin with each letter of the alphabet. The first one to get all the letters wins. If that doesn’t happen (let’s be honest, letters like X and Z can be pretty tricky), whoever has the most letters filled in at the end of the drive wins. It’s as easy as that!
#5 - Pitstop Wars
This one isn’t a game that you play in the car but is still great for road trips. It’s one of the fun road trip games that has multiple benefits. All you have to do is plan a mini sports competition that will take place every time you have to make a pit stop. For example, “the first person to do ten jumping jacks, ten sprints and ten squats wins”. When kids spend a big portion of the day in the car, they are sedentary and don’t engage in much physical activity. This is a fun way to get them up and moving for a few minutes. And if your kids are in a bit of an iPad haze (we’ve all been there), this is a great way to snap them out of it. If you’re lucky, all the running and jumping around might even be enough to make them have a mini-nap!
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