I am looking for some games to play while traveling in the car.?

Question

We are going on a trip that takes about 16 hours. Are there any fun games that you know of that we can play in the car?

Answer 1

The ABC Game- Object to complete the alphabet first. As you see the letters on billboards & license plates you shout out your letter and point. Once a letter has been claimed other players cannot use the same letter. Make it harder by limiting to only license plates or billboard signs.

The Theme Song Game- Just silly & fun. One person hums the tune to a favorite TV show (here you can tell I grew up in the 70's) ex: Hawaii Five-0, Gilligan's island, Flipper, Brady Bunch, etc... the one who guesses does the next song.

Guess what I am- One person states they are either a person, place or thing and the others then ask questions (are you blue, can you speak, do you bark, can you be eaten, etc) until they guess what the person is, then they are next.

Contributed by Vicki Shaw



Alphabet Signs: [A variation of the ABC game above]

One person chose the right side of the road and the other person had the left. The object of the game was to cite all of the letters of the alphabet ,in order, from a to z. You could only use a sign for one letter. The person on the left side usually had to sit sideways and read signs as they receded. The first person to z won.

Animals/Cities/Geography:

We also played a game we took turns naming animals (for example). Each person would have to name another animal (no repeating) that started with the last letter of the last animal named. This game could be played with cities (as we got older) or geographical regions (as we got older still). We even have an 'expert' version where all the geographical regions must start and end with an 'a'. (AsiA, Aegean SeA, AmericA, AtlantA, etc.)

Contributed by Brian Litteral

The Cow Game



This is a car game called "The Cow Game". We are a family of four, so 2 of us take the right side of the road and 2 the left. You keep a count of all the cows you pass throughout the day. But every time you pass a

cemetery on your side of the road, you lose all your points. The winner at the end of the day's drive gets a treat! (It used to be a nickel, but times have changed.)

Contributed by Susie Stranz


The Animal Car Game (Similar to the Cow game)

We usually play on long car trips through the country, because animals are in more abundance there. Everyone in the car plays and looks for certain animals alongside the road. The animals looked for are ONLY the domesticated kind, because birds would be almost impossible and the game would be over too fast and would be too boring. As one person spots an animal, they say the sound the animal makes and gets a certain amount of points for that animal. ex: cow--moo!, horse-neigh, cat-meow.... etc.

The points are given on the difficulty of the animal that was spotted: cow-1 horse-1 dog-1 sheep-2 llama-3 cat-3 donkey-3 pig-4 (rarely seen, except on REALLY long trips)

anything else spotted everyone must agree on the amount of points given. The game is usually played until a player gets to a certain amount.. we usually play 10 points and that lasts about a half-hour in the countryside... have fun!

Contributed by Katie

My father owns a grocery store

One player begins the round by stating, "My father owns a grocery store, and in it he sells (something that begins with the letter A; e.g., apples)." The next player states, "My father owns a grocery store, and in it he sells apples and (something that begins with the letter B; e.g., bananas)." It goes around and around with each player having to recite the entire list and then adding a new entry for the next letter of the alphabet.

If someone misses an item or gets completely stumped, they're supposed to be "out." But I have to say, we'd give them clues to keep things moving along. It's not a game which one needs to win; everyone wins by participating and making the drive more fun.

During my road tripping teen years, my friends and I altered it to, "My father owns a music store..." in which we'd have to name bands, song titles, album titles, or whatever.

Contributed by Sue

My Mother owns a grocery store

Someone who knows how to spell goes first and says,

"My mother owns a grocery store and in it she has something that begins with the letter _."

Others in the car guess items that begin with that letter. If it is hard to guess, clues can be provided if there was an effort by the players. Whoever guesses right goes next. Can be hilarious if a non-speller stumbles into an answer as they have no idea what to say for their turn giving clues. Parents can easily make slower guessers into winners as the object to be guessed is known only by them on their turn.

Variations can be created for older kids such as "owns a department store," "owns a bookstore".

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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I am looking for some games to play while traveling in the car.?
We are going on a trip that takes about 16 hours. Are there any fun games that you know of that we can play in the car?

Answer 4

My kids love the "grocery store game" basically anything you can purchase in a store that's eatable. You ask yes or no questions until someone guesses. You can make a limit on questions but we don't. I have a 6 and 12 year old, they can both play. There's also the alphabet game. You start with a and work through the alphabet. You have to see the letter before you can move on to the next. Ther's the slug bug game, however we changed it to the hug bug game. For every 10 you get a kiss on the cheeck, the 12 year old got a little to old for that one. You can also watch out for and record the different license plates you see. Try to find one for all the states. Mad Libs are fun, someone has to write while you drive. Have fun!

Answer 5

im thinking of a word that starts with and pick a letter and have everyone guess in the car. Or look for words on signs and cars and building and go thru the entire alphabet in order whoever gets to Z first gets to pick where you eat next or something. They also sell travel games in stores that you can play in the car. Good Luck

Answer 6

For younger children 'the bird game' is fun.

Whoever can count more birds (on telephone poles, fields or on trees) on their side of the car wins!

Answer 7

Heres a game www.miniclip.com

Answer 8

You raise some good points in your question.

Answer 9

I spy.
Count red cars
Count personalized license plates and vote for the best one

Answer 10

The Sims