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Games for Travel That Make the Trip Seem Shorter

homebse | Dec 21, 2009 |

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Have you ever been on a long trip with your family and friends? Surely your final destination was a very exciting experience? Long trips can really get everyone to bond and spend quality time together. But how do you go about keeping the excitement while you are on your way to your favorite destination? A travel game can really help to pass the time.

Yes, this is how games for travel will play a major role in making sure that you keep the same enthusiasm until you finally reach that target place. Check out the rest of this article as you will get some hints on the different travel games that both kids and adults will definitely enjoy.

Kids Travel Games

Let us start with some kids travel games because as you know, kids really get easily bored when doing nothing. So with that in mind, be prepared to bring a medium sized bag, preferably a backpack to carry the game supplies for these kids or prepare a small one so they can have their very own kid travel kit.

Each kiddie travel kit should have some crayons, pencils with eraser on each one, sheets of white paper, children's story books, toys, some kiddie activity sets, different cute stickers and simple handheld games.

So this is how you can turn all those materials into an interesting game. First, gather and ask the kids to listen as you read a story to them. This simple start up activity will definitely keep their attention.

Then, ask the kids to pull a sheet of paper and draw anything that they remember from the story using their supplies of pencils and crayons. That will surely make them more interested in participating in this activity.

Finally, ask the kids one by one to present their drawing to the rest of the kids. Do not forget to show them some appreciation by giving honest compliments and give them stickers as a sign of reward. You can even ask the rest of the kids to vote for the best drawing presented to the group and of course the winner will get more stickers than the rest.

You can also come up with a surprise loot bag for them with some candies and sweet pops should they participate in the second travel game. Make them compete for the highest score using the handheld game that comes with the pack. This is best if they all have the same type of handheld game. But if not, decide which handheld game to use and then record the scores to get the winner. Again, remember to give each kid a loot bag with sweets to serve as a reward.

Bananagrams Word Game

Now, here is a travel game for adults and kids that everyone will love. It is the Bananagrams Word Game. It is very popular and a lot of fun. Bananagrams is very portable and easy to carry on a trip. It is a fast and fun game that requires no pen or pencil with which to keep score.

This game also helps your children build their word skills and helps adults keep their minds sharp. It is a great game to be played by kids or adults only or together as a family.

If you aren't familiar with the word game Bananagrams then visit this site: Bananagrams and if you will have a large group then take a look at the Two Set Bananagrams version. It is a very popular game and sooo much fun.

Charades

Adults can also do some charades. Yes, the old game is still a hit with adult travelers. Make sure to assign someone who will then act as a facilitator, then come up with some categories to act and guess.

Well, after they get to laugh their hearts out with charades game, one of them can also facilitate the "name your tune" game or "supply the missing lyrics" game. This will be a lot of fun also especially if the adult travelers really love to hum a tune and sing.

Just remember that keeping every traveler happy, whether kid or adults, really needs a bit of creativity and cooperation to make it successful. This will definitely make every travel experience full of fun and something that will make them look forward to their next trip together.