Fun games to play in the car with your kids

by Jackie Curtis

Kids in tow are a captive audience. Road trips are perfect opportunities to pass idle time by playing games encouraging laughter, love, and knowledge. Children will surely appreciate the great memories and quality time sp...read more

by Magnus Smith

I feel sorry for my kids when they are stuck in the car for long journeys; it's not their fault they get bored, what can you expect? So it's our duty to really make an effort and keep them going somehow. Games can pass ...read more

by Laura Leigh Fields

Road trips with the family can be wonderful experiences. However, they can get boring. No child wants to sit quietly and ride for hours. There are many ways to entertain your kids while you are traveling a long distance o...read more

by Jayhawk Mommy

Seeing as how most people spend a great deal of time in their cars today, it's important that when you have kids, you try to make that time as much fun as possible. That way, you can avoid the "Are we there yet?" broken r...read more

by Jeanette Mcdonough

Road Trip Diversions Getting out on the open highways is still a great way to see the country and bond with the family. It can also be a stress filled event for parents traveling with children unless they are prepared i...read more

by Rhianna Suttie-Gunson

Traveling with kids in the car can be a parents worst nightmare. Especially if the journey is long. Don't worry! Help is at hand. The secrect to maintaining harmony with children is to make them an integral part of wha...read more

by Elissa Scott

My son James is 12 years old and whilst we were driving together on a rainy day we invented this game called "Spotto." All you need to start playing this game is a driver, a destination to drive too, some passengers and g...read more

by Kathy Harville

My children always loved to play games in the car. We played "Bingo", whoever saw a Volkswagon would say "Bingo", and then the color, "Bingo blue" and so on. The first to say "Bingo" would count that as one. Bingo's on "ca...read more

by Jodie Hughes

We spent most of our school holidays in the car, so my mum became pretty good at inventing ways to entertain us or for us to entertain our selves. One of the best tricks she had was to get us to play Mr Squiggle. For those...read more

by Carly Braith

It's holiday time, which means for many families time to travel; and that means keeping the kids entertained in the car. Nowadays, many families invest in a portable DVD player to keep the children amused, but the traditio...read more

by grandfastermash

1) Another fun game is reading signs and seeing how many words you can make with the letters. For example, if you BURGER KING, words you can make from it are: RING, BRING, IN, RUB, well you get the idea. 2) There's als...read more

by Kyle Curry

Are We There Yet? Tired of hearing the kids rustle around in the back seat asking "Are we there yet?" and begging for a bathroom even though you stopped only minutes ago? Well don't think if you don't have the budget to ...read more

by Tracy Kauffman

"SPEED LIMIT 35!", a little voice calls from the backseat. "Are you over or under, mom?" "Can you tell me? I'm going 38." "That's over! You better slow down, or the police-it man will give you a ticket." "Okay, okay, ...read more

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by Ann Somerville

There are lots of fun games you can play in the car with children of all ages, this is something I have written about on my own website. One of the most obvious being I Spy' and although this may be best played with chi...read more

by Betsy Erwin

Many of us are bombarded with activities for our children: playdates, car games, board games and family nights. One recent gap for our family was exposed when eating out with our three children, ages 13, 10 and 7. The rest...read more

by Cassie Roe

Here is an addictive game to pay in the car, for the whole family! We call it the ABC game. It sounds really simple, and it is...but it is so fun, people of all ages can't help but join in! It can become very competitiv...read more

by Julie Ward

This is a game that can easily be played in the car and as a family. It is very important to be involved with the games with your children. It is called the Grocery store game. You will be using the alphabet in this game. ...read more

by MotherKnowsBest

It is difficult to find time to teach your children everything they need to know to be happy, healthy, informed adults. Below are some entertaining car games to make the most of the time you spend with your children. Resi...read more

by Leanne Bloms

There are a lot of fun games that you can play with your children in the car. Car games are fun to play and are really nice because they pass away the time. You need something to pass away the time in the car because chi...read more