Schools out for the summer(happy dance) let the fun, family road trips commence. You remembered to pack everyone’s clothes, you have all the required road trip snacks and you even remembered everyone’s favorite movie to watch in the car. Now you just sit back and enjoy a nice quite, peaceful drive to your destination….NOT!! Every parent knows there is no such thing as a quite, peaceful ride (unless you have a moody teenager pouting in the backseat.) So we have complied a small collection of some of our favorite road trip games to play in the car. These are sure to keep everyone in the family engaged and having fun and not burning up data on their phones.
The Word Association Game
The Game: See how far you can string along words through association
The Rules:
• The name of the game is associations
• One person begins with a word
• The following person has to think of a word that is associated
• The game continues until somebody messes up or says something far-out
Examples:
• Taco Salad
• Caesar
• Rome
• Empire
• TV
Cows on My Side (great for little one’s)
The Game: Holler when you see a cow!
The Rules:
• When you see a cow on your side of the road, you have to yell, “Cows on my side!”
• Every time you call a cow, you get a point
• If you see cows on the other side you say, “Cows on your side!”
• If you call, “Cows on your side,” before the person sees them, you steal a point
• If anyone sees a cemetery they scream, “Ghost cow,” stealing all the other side’s points
The Alphabet Game
The Game: This is the classic alphabet game everyone knows and loves. Go through the alphabet using words on signs
The Rules:
• You are trying to find words in alphabetical order
• You can use billboards, business, and road signs
• You can’t use license plates
• The first one to get to the end of the alphabet wins
• Once a word is said, nobody else can repeat that word
Name that song(this is a favorite in our car)
The Game: Yell out the name of the song or the artist who sings it
The Rules:
• Person in passenger seat shuffles thru and plays songs randomly on a playlist
• The first person to yell out the name of the song or artist gets one point
• If the person who guesses right, names the song AND the artist they get two points
You can make all sorts of variations with this game by using only specific genres of music, or only music from movies, musicals, certain artist etc.
The Battle of the Bands
The game: Two people battle to pick the best song based on a category
The rules:
• One person gives a theme, like “songs about cities” or “love songs”
• Two contestants have 60 seconds
• Each contestant takes a turn playing their selected song
• The car judges the two selections and picks a winner
• Tally up scores at the end of the game
Who are these people/Story Time
The game: Pick a car on the road and make up stories about who the people are
The rules:
• Someone picks out one car near you on the road
• Everyone takes a look at the people inside (don’t be a creeper and stare)
• Everyone takes turns making up stories about who the people are and where they are going
• The object is to be as funny and outrageous as possible with your story
• Most hilarious story wins
Fortunately/Unfortunately
The Game: One person will make an unfortunate statement, and then another player will counter the statement with a positive response
The Rules:
• Pick two people to start
• One person begins with stating an unfortnate situation
• The following person has to counter that with a positive statement about the unfortunate situation
• Take turns with different players and different scenarios
Example:
• One player could make the statement, “Unfortunately, a shark is going to attack us.” A second player would counter with a more fortunate statement such as “Fortunately, I have my spear gun with me.”
Do you have a fun road trip game that you enjoy? Feel free to add it to the comments section below. Also before you hit the road this summer make sure your vehicle is safe and running great for you adventure. At Wilcox & Son Auto we will get your vehicle running in tip top shape before you hit the road. Give us a call at 407-440-2848 or visit us online at http://www.wilcoxandsonauto.com/ or click here to schedule your appointment today. http://www.wilcoxandsonauto.com/contacts/