Also, we give my five-year-old two “misses” before he’s out. Be sure to say what qualifies as a name (first name only? Last names? Fictional names?). If you fail to think of one, then you’re out. You have only 3 seconds (or 3 hand claps or some other appropriate time scale) to come up with a name for your turn. The basic one is that you start naming names as you go around the car.

The fun thing about this game is there are endless variations. They are fun and (don’t tell the kids) educational too! 3. However, there is a reason they survived so many years of family road trips. With the massive takeover of handheld technology and wireless internet access, it may seem like they are needed about as much as a CB radio is needed. Old school road trip games are not just a relic of the past. Feel free to continue the game or start over. After a certain amount of time, like to the first bathroom break, you count up how many states each player has found and the person with the most states is the winner. Start when you pull out of the driveway and as each player sees a new state on a license plate, they mark that state down on their paper. This is one of the old school road trip games that works best during those long cross-country hauls. Items needed: paper and pencil for each player Sometimes it’s the youngest ones who have the best questions! 2. It might be difficult for smaller children, but you never know. Then everyone else gets twenty questions to try to figure out what that person is thinking about. To play Twenty Questions, you just have to have one person choose a person, place or thing. Photo: Maria Smith 9 Road Trip Games For Kids 1. The journey and not just the destination will have your kids jumping for joy.

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