Free Road Trip Game Ideas

According to a AAA press release, more than 115.2 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home during the Christmas and New Year’s holiday week. That’s a lot of travel, and a lot of time spent with kids asking, “Are we there yet?” The best way to not hear that question every five minutes is to provide them with activities to keep them busy.

Back in my day we played Punch Cars or Punch Buggy. Every time you saw and pointed put a Volkswagen Beetle, you got a point. The one with the most points got an ice cream or some other treat when we stopped at a store or restaurant. Real players of the game know you were supposed to punch someone when you saw the car. We played a less violent game, and we were not allowed to punch, so points it was. Now, I guess you can play Tesla Tag, since there are probably more Teslas than Beetles on the road.

Back in the day we also played tic-tac-toe and hangman. Of course, back then we did everything with paper and pencil. Now, my grands have electronics galore. They can watch movies and play video games. They have screen time limits though, hence the need for engaging games that can be played without electronics.

One such game is the license plate game. You hand each person a sheet of paper that has the fifty states written on it. As you see license plates from different states, you point and call…