Comments on: Family Road Trip

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 25 May 2008 06:19:27 +0000

I second the “books on tapes” advice from comment earlier - give those kids something to do - or they will eat you alive…

By: Matchbox Cars

Matchbox Cars — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:42:53 +0000

We play learning games. State plates and such. Great for learning the states.

By: Kristen M.

Kristen M. — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:06:07 +0000

When my friend went on a long road trip she bought small gifts from the dollar store and wrapped them. Every couple hours the kids would receive a new “gift”. It was something for them to anticipate (and a reward for good behavior) and also provided entertainment during the drive.

By: RachelLeRoy

RachelLeRoy — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:27:40 +0000

We have driven many times from Florida to Missouri and back. We like to stop overnight at the Chattanooga Choo Choo (hotel) and they have a heated indoor pool, which is awesome after a day in the car! Don’t forget goggles and flip flops even if it’s December.

We get books on tape or CD, but we try to find ones everyone will like - so far the Series of Unfortunate Events and Narnia series are long enough and interesting enough. Unfortunate Events was better, thanks to Tim Curry’s great voices.

We bring a portable DVD player with headphones (my 9 year old can’t read in the car but can watch tv without getting sick). We read. We look for license plates from different states. We try to find the letters of our name on street signs. Once when they were little my husband told the girls to look for a purple cow, and that lasted about a half hour before it dawned on them that there might not be one, so he said “Not a real one, on a sign” and that lasted about 2 states!

We sing along to Disney CDs and Hannah Montana. We turn cartwheels at rest stops. We needlepoint and bring coloring books. They have Gameboys and Tamagachis. There are snacks everyone can reach that are NOT sugary. Everyone gets a pillow and blanket for nap time.

My 9 year old used to get car sick and we got dramamine, so she slept a LOT after that. Then someone said to tie a string to the bottom of the car long enough to touch the street and she wouldn’t get car sick any more. That actually worked!

By: feefifoto

feefifoto — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:35:20 +0000

Recorded books! They help the time pass for kids and adults.

By: Bringr

Bringr — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:29:17 +0000

Family Road Trip

What do you do to entertain your children on long car rides?

By: Sk*rt

Sk*rt — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:06:24 +0000

Family Road Trip

What do you do when you go on road trips or car rides with the kids?

By: Play-Activities.com » Blog Archive » 6 kid things to do at a hotel when on a road trip

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:46:50 +0000

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By: Holly Schwendiman

Holly Schwendiman — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:05:56 +0000

Just popping in from the Family Carnival. We travel so much with our kids. Road trips to see family are 16+ hour affairs so we’ve experienced a lot over the last 15 years of it. I’d have to give a shout out for perserverance and giving kids the opportunity to experience travel more being about as helpful as anything.

Hugs,
Holly

By: Melitsa

Melitsa — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:15:46 +0000

There are so many things you can do on a road trip. I made sure I asked plenty of people. But it boiled down to what would work for my children.

I created a post last week to describe what happened on our cross country trip.
http://play-activities.com/blog/2007/07/18/5-fun-ways-to-make-it-through-a-road-trip/

My favourite tip was to stop by a park and let them run around like mad things. This worked for us as we traveled in the wee hours to beat the sun. We could spend a good amount of time playing in the cool morning.

Looking forward to some other ideas.