People may ask things such as Are you an animal? How many legs do you have? What colour are you? Answers can only be in the form of “yes”, “no”, or numbers, colours, etc. The other people in the car then need to ask questions and try to guess what the person is based on their answers. This person needs to begin the game by stating that they are a person, place or thing. You can also use variations for older kids, like “My sandwich has …” and working your way through the alphabet for fillings – make them as yummy or as gross as you like! Guess what I amįor this game you need someone who is delegated to think of something and then answer questions from the other participants. Then, the third person starts with A and B and then adds in their suggestion for C, ie “A is for apple, B is for boy and C is for caterpillar” and so on. The second person then does the letter B, but must also remember what A was! So, they say “A is for apple and B is for boy”. The first person starts with the letter A and say “A is for -” filling in the blank with any word beginning with the letter A such as apple, alphabet, animal, etc.

This is similar to the game above but uses the alphabet. As the game progresses it gets harder and harder to remember everything that was packed! Alphabet memory It could be a piece of clothing, or a toy, or whatever they choose.Įach person then repeats what the previous people have said, and adds their own selection to the end and so on. The first person says, “I’m taking a trip and I am going to pack …” and then fills in the rest of the sentence. “I am going on a trip and I am going to pack” is a fun memory game where each person adds to the previous responses. For older children, choose words based on your whereabouts for them to spell in full. If it is one child’s turn and they do not know, they may call on a friend to help. Spelling BeeĮither show a picture or say a word and let the children determine the letter that makes the beginning sound. Colouring In Pages & Printable Activitiesįilling in the time while travelling in the car with car games is a free and fun activity, however I Spy can get a little tedious! Here are some other fun car games to play.

Games to play in the car with family