Looking for a way to pass time on your next car trip? Print out the following list of travel games and keep it in your glove compartment. They're easy for the whole family to play. Have a fun drive!

Twenty Questions

One person thinks of a person, place or thing. Other players take turns asking questions about the mystery word. These questions have to be 'yes or no' questions, such as "Is it an animal?" The other players have twenty questions total to try to guess what the mystery word is. If no one can guess the word, then the leader reveals the word.
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Crazy Phrases

Player one starts by naming a short phrase. Example: "School bus." Player two says a phrase that starts with the last word of the first phrase. Example: "Bus stop" or "Bus boy" All phrases must be recognizable. Example: "Bus box" or "Bus zebra" would be incorrect answers. If someone is unable to think of a phrase, they are out of the game. Play continues until only one player remains.
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The Name Game

Player One starts by giving the first and last name of a famous person. Example: "Bill Clinton." The next player then names someone whose first initial is the same as the previous person's last initial. Example: "Bill Clinton, Charlie Sheen." If a player names a person with the same letter for a first and last name, the directions of play reverses. Example: "Mickey Mantle."

When a player can not name a person, or repeats one already named, that player is out. Game ends when only one player remains.
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I'm Going To A Party

Player One starts with the phrase "I'm going to a party and I'm taking ___." They must name an object that starts with the letter "A." Example: Apples. The next player says, "I'm going to a party and I'm taking ___and___," repeating the first item and adding an item that begins with the next letter of the alphabet.

Example: "I'm going to a party and I'm taking apples and bananas." Each player takes their turn, adding another item beginning with the next letter of the alphabet.

Play continues until someone messes up, or can not think of a new item.
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Forbidden Letter

The first player starts the game by choosing the letter that will be forbidden. The same person then asks the other players any question. Other players must answer with words that do not include the forbidden letter. Players take turns asking and answering questions. Game ends when someone says a word containing the forbidden letter.
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I Spy

The first player chooses an item that is either visible inside of the car, or is in the distance, so that it will be visible for a while. They then state "I spy something___," and give a description of the item. Example: "I spy something white." The other players try to guess what the other player has spotted. The game ends when the object is guessed. Whoever guesses the item gets to spy the next object
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The City Game

The first player starts by naming a city. Example: AKRON. The next player has to spell the name of the city and create a sentence using the words whose first letters match the order of the letters in the city name. Example: A-K-R-O-N; A Kangaroo Runs on Neptune.

After successfully creating a sentence, each player names a city for the next player to use. Players who are unable to think of a sentence are out of the game.

The game is over when one player remains.
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The License Plate Game

The object is to find each letter of the alphabet, in order from A to Z, on the license plates of passing cars. Players call out the letters as they spot them. Letters must be called in order. Whoever sees Z first wins.
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