It’s the time of year when many families hit the road and find themselves in the car for long periods of time. If that’s you, then I’ve got something to help today—some of our favorite simple family road trip games. You don’t need to spend money or buy any fancy supplies to play these. Most of them just use your own bodies and minds! The only thing that might be helpful is a pencil and paper.

10 Simple Family Road Trip Games

Twenty Questions

We sometimes called this the animal game because someone would choose an animal and everyone else would try to guess what it is. But you can do this with any category: places, people, foods, etc. Only yes or no questions can be asked (and we play until someone guesses it, not only 20 questions).

DIY CAR Bingo

For this game, see my post on DIY Car Bingo complete with free printables!

The ABC Game

In this game, everyone will start with A and try to be the first to spot that letter on a billboard. Each person tracks their own progress, and the first person to get to Z wins! You can only claim one letter per billboard, and only one person can claim a certain letter on a certain billboard.

The ABC Train Game

In this game, start with a category like animals. The first person chooses an animal, the next person must think of an animal that starts with the last letter of the animal the first person chose. So, for example, if I say, “Elephant,” then the next person must think of an animal that starts with T. If someone can’t think of something, then they’re out. Other categories include movies, people, and countries.

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