I
love going on long drives with my family. We try
to do it as often as possible, so we can discover new places.
Lucky for me, my
family all lives within 20 miles of my home, but if you need to drive
this
holiday season, let me share some of our longer trip games and things
to do to
occupy our kids.
Many new cars come with
DVD players and much as I love them, I don't like to
create zombies out of my kids. But, if we are driving for
more than 25 hours,
then a DVD is almost a must, so why not bring educational videos? (You
know
they aren't leaving!)
Some of the games we play
are find the license plate. This is a great game. We
take a piece of paper with all 50 states listed and then have the kids
look for
cars with those plates and write in the plate number. At the end of the
trip,
the winner gets a little prize from our prize box! (The prize box can
be many things ranging from $1 to $5 in value)
You can also play trivia
games. There are many trivia games that you can find
online or in our case on the iPhone. I found one just for
kids and they range
from questions for 4 years old all the way up to 18. (There are
questions the 5
year old can answer that the older kids can't.)
Twenty questions
destination version! This is a take off on the classic
games
that involves finding out what destination you are thinking of rather
than an
item. (This fits more with the trip than the classic 20 question game.)
Mom's favorite is a good
book! If each kid brings a book, and they can read
that for hours. Although, its not good if your kids get car sick. We
usually
bring 3 or 4 for each child, so they have a wide variety of choices to
choose
from.
How many animals do you
see? This one can be dangerous, because sometimes kids
have wild imaginations and say they see animals they really didn't.
But, it is
fun to see what they come up with. It's weird when your 5 year old sees
a
elephant in the middle of Oregon farm country.
Now, thanks to rock band,
you can bring sing-a-long CDs for the whole family
and boy this can be entertaining for hours! My family
loves the Beatles, Bon
Jovi and even AC/DC now!
If your kids don't
already have digital cameras, you can now get kids digital
cameras for about $20 at Toys-R-Us and let the kids go wild with them.
You can
get some of the best pictures of your vacation this way. It also can
entertain
them for hours upon hours.
I hope this helps make
your travel plans this holiday season a little more fun
and a lot more tolerable. From my family to yours...Have a safe trip!
Todd
Clark - Broker / Sales Coach
Palazzo Realty Group
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Vacation time is fast approaching, do you plan on driving? Have
something for the kids to do or it will feel like an even longer trip
than it really is!
