If the thought of an upcoming road trip is filling you with dread because you have no idea how you are going to keep your kids entertained for so long you can stop worrying because we’ve pulled together a huge list of road trip games kids will love as well as activities and free printables that will keep your kiddos entertained for hours!
Road Trip Games Kids Will Love – Includes Free Printables!
1. Really Fun Math Games: Play Cards, Learn Math, Have Fun!
“We enjoy playing games at our house. Playing card games kind of goes in streaks. For a while we are not playing cards at all and then suddenly we are playing several games every day. Here are some games that will help boys learn math–and they are fun! A deck of cards and/or some card games easily become math card games that kids will enjoy.” – Brain Power Boy
2. Kid’s Colouring Pages to Keep them Calm and out of Mischief!
“Colouring pages are the perfect road trip activity and we’ve got 28 fabulous pages to choose from including some Disney and Pixar favourites!” – Super Mommy Club
3. Snack & Play Travel Tray
With all these road trip activities and games to keep your kiddos entertained you’re going to want a nice flat surface for them to play on, and somewhere to store all the various goodies. And this travel play is the perfect solution! – Amazon
4. 10 Printable Car Travel Games and Ideas for Kids
“I’ve been thinking about vacation…and thinking about how we no longer have our big van for the kids to spread out and have some space for long drives anymore. Teens don’t really want to do much except sleep and listen to music in the car or play silly word games..but I was thinking about when they were younger..how they needed a little more entertainment..I mean a road trip to little’s is an hour ride to Grammies house! So I thought it would be fun to do a little round up of 10 Printable Car Travel Games and Ideas for Kids for you to enjoy from these awesome creative Bloggers and Websites!” – Faith Filled Food for Moms
5. Car Trip Games: Are We There Yet Maps
“Oh those words, “Are we there yet?” In an effort to keep my little ones busy in the car, I’ve been creating some car trip games. I also love to sprinkle in literacy activities wherever I can too. This Are We There Yet Map fits the bill!” – Growing Book by Book
6. DIY Portable LEGO Kit with 24 Free Printable Activity Cards
“It’s small enough to fit in my purse, so perfect for any sort of wait – doctor’s office, restaurant, etc. And you could even use it on road trips or plane flights. Lots of possibilities!” – Fun at Home with Kids
7. MadLibs on the Road
Pack your bags and get ready to hit the road with this latest installment of family fun! You can help create car songs, spot some historical sights, even stop at a roadside diner–with a Mad Libs twist, of course! – Amazon
8. FREE Interstate BINGO Pack {for K-2nd grade}
“Just this past week, my mom and I packed up the the four kiddos for a summer road trip…over 10 hours there and 10 hours back. Whew. While we were chugging along, this Interstate BINGO game popped in my head. I began jotting down words from interstate signs and common vehicles such as merge left, speed limit, or wide turns and prepared it last night to share with you! ” – This Reading Mama
9. Road Trip Printables for Kids: Restaurant I Spy
“Have you been on a search for some fun road trip printables for kids? This one might be best suited for a very long car drive since it includes so many different restaurants. But, I am sure the kids will have fun trying to keep their eyes peeled for these logos on billboards and on the roads!” – 3 Boys and a Dog
10. Road Trip Drawing Prompts
“We are taking a bit of a road trip! Yay! When you stuff four kids and two adults into a car for hours on end, you need a few distractions to stop you all losing your minds! We usually pack a few small toys (the dino crayons in the photo above double as toys and crayons!), some books, stickers, pens and pencils along with the kids’ journals and some drawing activities. For our upcoming trip I made up some new drawing prompts that are perfect for a road trip.” – Picklebums
11. The Wikki Stix Book of Wiggles, Squiggles & Curlicues
A beautiful, hands-on interactive board book for ages 3 and up. Each page features an adorable illustration with something missing, to be completed with Wikki Stix. For example your child needs to give Piggy a tail, and add wavy black smoke to the top of the bright red train. – Amazon
12. Tips for Packing a Travel Activity Bag for Kids
“Looking for a way to keep your kids happy and engaged while traveling? Vacations are approaching quickly and here are some simple ideas for creating a travel bag for your trips. ” – The Educator’s Spin on It
13. DIY Clipping Toy: Road Trip Sanity with a Toddler
“This DIY buckle, clipping toy kept my toddler (17m) entertained for hours! I was inspired to make this one morning at the park, when all the other kids were playing with the slides and the swings and the two toddlers at the park were hunched in deep concentration over a stroller, buckling and unbuckling the straps.” – Kids Activities Blog
14. Kahootz Travel Spirograph Playset
“This portable Spirograph studio has a built-in design ring, work surface and storage compartment for holding your wheels, pens, paper, design guide and finished artwork.” – Amazon
15. Travel Sensory Activities: Taking Baby on Vacation
“So I made some Game Files for travel! These would be great for a long car ride, airplane ride, or even if you have a home office and want to give your child their own filing cabinet to play while you get your work done. I tried to make them as a fun baby play activity, but also something that I could use when my children are a bit older too.” – Allternative Learning
16. Traveling with Kids – Montessori-Inspired Activities
“In this post, I’ll focus on activities that are portable versions of traditional Montessori materials and extensions. Here are some ideas for bringing hands-on, Montessori-inspired activities with you when traveling with kids.” – Living Montessori Now
17. Road Trip Printables for Kids: Billboard ABC Order
“When I was little, every time my brother and I would get in the car we would play games. From actual travel games like battleship and connect 4 to written games and verbal games. One that we could easily play was the Billboard ABC Order game. This was a great way to keep us looking at where we were going because we had to look for letters in alphabetical order. To make the game just a bit easier I made some adorable Road Trip Printables for my kids to play with!” – 3 Boys and a Dog
18. Printable Road Trip Games for Kids
“This free printable book is perfect to print, cut and punch to put into a Mini 3 ring binder. Basically the idea is that as you drive everyone keeps their eyes open for what they see. When they see a car, draw it in the C spot, when they see a sign, draw that under S, and so on! You can decide if you see more than one item for a letter if you add that to the same box, for example if you saw a sign, then saw a street.” – Laly Mom
19. Melissa & Doug Tape Activity Book
This spiral-bound activity book contains 20 reusable picture pages filled with color, packed with cheery details, and ALMOST complete: All that’s missing are colorful tape strips to fill the empty white stripes, dashes, spokes, and more! Kids can pull, press, and tear four rolls of color tape to add the laces on a shoe, stripes on a zebra, blades on a helicopter, ties on a train track, and much more-there are 20 pictures in all to complete and embellish. – Amazon
20. 100 Would You Rather Questions for Kids
“In anticipation of a veeeery long family car ride, I created this set of conversation cards… would you rather questions for kids.” – The Measured Mom
21. Road Trip Printables for Kids: Tic Tac Toe
“This printable for travel fun even includes a score keeper section! Personally, I print out a stack of them and stick them in a storage clipboard!” – 3 Boys and a Dog
22. My Busy Book for Travel
“A few weeks ago we made a rather long trip and I had to keep the kids busy so I made this little busy book for them. My main concern when bringing things that require pens / pencils / crayons with is that these always land up on the floor and in the car seats and just anywhere they are not suppose to be!” – Powerful Mothering
23. Road Trip Printables for Kids: Alphabet I Spy
“As you are your kids prepare to take a long drive on your next vacation, be sure to pack things to keep them busy in the car! I have created several fun road trip printables for kids, including this Alphabet I Spy game.” – 3 Boys and a Dog
24. Crayola Dry Erase Activity Center Travel
Includes everything you need to create and re-create with Dry-Erase at home or on the go! Includes four washable dry-erase crayons, eight activity sheets, dry-erase case, e-z erase mitt, crayon sharpener. – Amazon
25. 18 Road Trip Printables for Traveling with Kids
“Summer is almost here and I am sure many of you are planning vacations and road trips with the kids. I don’t know about your kids but I have one who is pretty content sitting for long periods of time and I have another who absolutely hates being stuck in the car, even just to run a few errands. I have put together a collection of 18+ Free car themed road-trip games and printables that will hopefully make your traveling with kids easier.” – Tot Schooling
26. Travel Memory Game {Road Trip Fun!}
“This simple handmade travel memory game is a great activity to bring on your next road trip. The biggest challenge of traveling with kids is keeping them occupied. The more fun things there are to do and play the less you have to hear the dreaded “Are we there yet?” phrase. Preschoolers will love the fun challenge of finding the matching shapes and you will love the quiet, mess-free play and learning!” – Kids Activities Blog
27. Keeping Kids Entertained in the Car : Travel Printables for Kids
“With the weather warming up, you may be planning holidays or long road trips and the last thing you want is the children getting bored in the back of the car, so it’s worth printing out some of these activities and keeping them handy along with a clip board and some pens, pencils and crayons.” – In the Playroom
28. Inexpensive & Easy Travel Games for Kids
” I am excited to be able to share with you several fun, easy and inexpensive travel games today to help you prepare with and for your kids! With Christmas and the holiday season as a whole, travel is typically a part of the routine for most families. And whether it’s a short road trip or a long flight, keeping kids occupied is always a benefit, especially when they are wanting to open present or play with new gifts.” – Powerful Mothering
29. Melissa & Doug Water Wow Coloring Book
This animal-themed book includes four scenes to color, and a search-and-find activity for each scene. The chunky-sized water pen is easy for kids to hold and stores neatly right in the front cover, so Water WOW books make ideal travel activity books and travel toys for kids! – Amazon
30. Printable License Plate Game for Kids
“Did you play the license plate game on your family road trips as a kid? Ya know; the one where you try to spot license plates from every state as you travel (endlessly?!) smushed in the backseat with your siblings. Well Little Passports has put together a free printable License Plate Find-It Game that you can take along on your trip with your kids!” – B-Inspired Mama
31. Mess-Free Road Trip Activities for Preschoolers
“For me, mess-free road trip activities are a must! Long car rides with preschoolers are stressful enough without worrying about scraping stickers off the windows or scrubbing melted crayon off the back seat. But you’ve got to keep them occupied right? Kids Activities Blog has got you covered with the very best mess-free road trip activities on the web.” – kids Activities Blog
32. Best Travel Activity Book Ever!!
These colorful fun filled books are perfect for capturing kids’ interest and keeping them busy the whole trip. – Amazon
33. Road Trip Bingo
“We don’t watch many movies, even though we have a built in movie player. Our trip is viewed as “captive family time.” I plan lots of fun activities, we play games, do crafts and hopefully enjoy spending time together.” – Housing a Forest
34. Road Trip Activities and Games for Kids
“These days, there are portable dvd players and they can be good for road-trips. I don’t mind a movie here or there, but personally, I don’t want my children watching a screen the entire road-trip as there is just so much more fun to be had! There are so many great car games you can play. ” – Learn with Play at Home
35. Over 20 Fun Road Trip Ideas for Kids!
“With Summer coming, many of us are planning to go places with the kids. That means many hours in a car, right? These fun road trip games for kids will keep them entertained for a bunch of it. Corral their printables in a storage clipboard to make it even easier for them to play!” – 3 Boys and a Dog
36. Travel Timeline for Kids
“Here is one of my favorite tricks for helping my kids visualize our road trip. All it is, is a simple Travel Timeline. Kids love to be a part of whats going on and this simple visualization tool gives them just that. A simple way to make a connection to how much further before we reach the next landmark. Visual references or maps help kids understand where they are and keeps the “how much further” question to a minimal. That a win in my book!” – Housing a Forest
This collection of Road Trip Games Kids Will Love should keep your kids entertained for hours in the car. But before you leave home make sure you also check out these fabulous Mommy Hacks for Travelling with Kids (hack number 2 is so important for us) and this gorgeous Vacation Planner to help you plan what you’ll do when you reach your destination!
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