You and Your Kids will Love these Road Trip Activities

Hit the road and have some fun with these great road trip activities and ideas.

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We are the biggest wimps when it comes to road trips. The farthest we’ve ever gone from home with our kid is three hours away, and she’s seven and a half.

It just seems like a lot of hassle. Trying to keep her entertained and happy through the hours, not wanting to resort to device time for hours on end, worrying that she’ll get sick or we’ll have to stop for bathroom breaks every 50 miles.

Well, this is the year we get over our fear of road trips. We have two — one about five hours and one more than twice that — planned for the next six weeks.

I know she’ll be fine. I’d probably been on a dozen or more eight-hour rides by her age, and I know I care more about making her comfortable and happy than I probably should. But these great road trip activities are sure to help, too.

Road Trip Activities

Printable Road Trip Scavenger Hunt — Schooling a Monkey

Road Trip Drawing Prompts — Picklebums

10 Free Printable Travel Games — Faith Filled Food for Moms

Road Trip Activity Pack — Tot Schooling (great for toddlers/preschoolers)

Free Printable Road Trip Activities — KC Edventures (they also have an in-depth look at the license plate game)

Activities to do at Stoplights with Toddlers — Muchkins and Moms

Make it Yourself

Are We There Yet Map Game — Growing Book by Book

DIY Busy Tray — Non-Toy Gifts

Lego Travel Box — Sunshine and Hurricanes

Make Your Own Audiobook Collection — Bambini Travel

Travel-Sized I-Spy Bottle — Bambini Travel

Yellow Car Busy Bag — Adventures and Play

Things to Buy

Road Trip Busy Box Ideas — Non-Toy Gifts

Kids Travel Binder Printable Pack — Happy Homeschool Nest

Screen-Free Travel Ideas — There’s Just One Mommy

Activities to Keep Kids Busy on Trips — Bambini Travel

Music for Family Road Trips — Bambini Travel

Activity Books to Celebrate Spring — Our Daily Craft

What I’m Planning

I intend to print out a lot of the printables listed above (especially some scavenger hunts and the picture prompts!), throw in some activity books and actual books, materials for coloring (and maybe some stickers), clay and Wikki Stixs.

Because we only have one kid, I’m loading up a Thirty-One tote with a bunch of stuff and putting it on the seat beside her. Easy peasy, and not so big I can’t move it somewhere else if she needs me to be in the back seat with her.

Do you have any road trip activities your family loves? I definitely need all your tips.

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