Keep the kids entertained with these fun road trip activities and avoid the complaining or fighting that usually happens in the backseat on road trips.
At least that was what they were like when I was a kid. Although we did enjoy listening to our favorite rock albums on road trips, my siblings and I were not exactly thrilled to be sharing a backseat for hours at a time.
Those days were long before Pinterest and mom blogs full of free road trip activity ideas, how did we manage without it?
They say necessity is the mother of invention and if you have ever been on a road trip with bored kids, you have probably already thought of some pretty creative solutions to keep those kids entertained in the car.
Now you can bask in the creativity of another mom’s brilliant creation!
Enjoy fun games like Road Trip Bingo and create your own portable solutions like a DIY drawing easel that is perfect for road trip entertainment.
I love mini and portable road trip games like this Velcro Road Trip Bingo Travel Game that comes with free printables.
Another fun way to pass the time during travels is by making your own DIY Mini Travel Game using a cardboard box.
Try a fun version of the old school game with this DIY Mini License Plate Game and be sure to bring a Printable Summer Travel Game along for the ride, too.
Who doesn’t love a good Road Trip Scavenger Hunt?
Another fun way to pass the time is this DIY Painted Rock Tic-Tc-Toe Travel Game.
Grab a few free printable road trip games like this Squares and Dots Board Road trip Printable and learn how to make your own DIY Road Trip Activity Kit .
You can even make something that can be enjoyed in the car while on a road trip as well as in the hotel. This DIY Travel Drawing Easel is the perfect toy for road trips and more!
Make your own Kids Activity Travel Tube and let them hang onto it even after the trip is over because this can be enjoyed again and again.
If you decide that you want the kids to take in the sights and still have something to keep their focus, on besides fighting or complaining, this list of audiobooks should keep them entertained.
The great big list of the best audiobooks for family road trips includes books that are sure to keep kids of all ages, even mom and dad entertained for the entire road trip.
Sometimes it’s nice to have easy entertainment that doesn’t require any preparation and when that happens, you will probably want to pick up this Ultimate Road Trip Boredom Buster for Kids.
It came in handy for my family when we visited Yellowstone National Park last year.
I hope these ideas help your family enjoy your next road trip. Do you have any other ideas? I would love to hear about them!
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The DIY license plate game and travel easel are very clever. We love road trips but it’s super important for us to have some fun things to do to pass the time.
These all look like a blast for kids! Mine are older, but I can still see them having fun with all of these games.
These look like fun ideas! My kids like to stick their noses in their tablets but I prefer these ideas.
All of these games look like a lot of fun. I really like the license plate game.
We have taken some long road trips with kids so having these activities makes so much sense. I would like to take the nieces and nephews so i will try some of these games.
I am definitely going to need to BOOKMARK this for when my son gets older and understands how to use these activities!!!
I have to bookmark this post for sure. We have a upcoming road trip to NYC coming up and we’ll need something to keep the kids entertained for the 10 hour drive.
These are some excellent road trip ideas for kids! I love being able to have new, creative ways to keep kids entertained during our family road trips.
I am saving this post and will definitely be a useful guide for me next time we travel with the kids. Thank you!
These Road Trip Activities for Kids look sooo fun and exciting to do! And I love those free printables. My son will love this.
Lots of snacks and these games will keep the kids happy during long road trips. My kids are much older but I know they’d still enjoy playing tic tac toe.
It instantly interests me seeing kids do stuff outside their online world. These are pretty nice ideas. It will hone their skills and creativity.
Such a wonderful ideas for our kids to have this activities and keep them occupied. Not just there having fun but also enhancing their skills and knowledge.
As a road warrior family, I agree that the best plan is to keep the kiddos occupied in the back seat. I love these activities especially that easel. Well done!
These are great to get them through the long legs of a trip. It can be so taxing on their brains!
This is such a great idea to keep your kids being creative during the long road trip. I love the design and color variations will definitely check this out.
I cant seem to print the velcro bingo road trip game. Can you send me a link to click on?
If you click the link, it should bring you over to another blogger who has the bingo game on her site. I hope that helps, thanks for stopping by.
I love this!