![]() BUT if you’re a little creative, challenges can be part of your road trip activities for tweens and teens plan! Now many challenges can’t be done in the car. My kids are obsessed with watching and doing them. Parents, if you don’t know by now…”challenges” are all the rage. Are we there yet? Check out our epic list of 250 road trip questions to keep everyone entertained along the way!.Just subscribe and you’ll get them and some other really cool free stuff too. Then you can just print ahead of time, screen shot, or copy and paste into the notes section of your phone. Boredom Busters: Grab some of our family favorites above.The rest of the players have to figure out which statement is the lie. 3 Truths and a Lie: Simply take turns naming 3 truths and a lie.Then each person takes a turn naming something in that category until you can’t think of anymore. You decide on a category, for example: sports or transportation types. But it stuck and we play it all the time. Categories: This is a game our family made up…seriously.We never actually limit anyone to 20 questions…that should probably depend on the age of your car trippers. 20 Questions: When one person in the car think of an person, place, or animal and everyone else can only ask yes or no questions to figure out what they are thinking of.Some other fun games that we like to play are: It came with a dry erase marker so you can mark things off and then play again. Also I picked up this Travel Bingo at the Dollar Store and it has lasted years. It is hilarious and even though it says 12+ we’ve played with children as young as eight. We love playing Head Bandz at home and this is a travel version. Two simple options are Heads Up for $.99 in the App Store and Travel Bingo. ![]() Games are the most fun when everybody in the car participates (of course only when it is safe for the driver). I also love to find inexpensive fun little things on Amazon.īut I’ve found stick on mustaches, fake buck teeth, and fidget toys that can create a ton of silliness and laughter no matter what your age! Oh and if you’re like our family and like some immature humor, don’t forget to pick up a good old fashioned whoopie cushion. I don’t like to go overboard at the Dollar Tree because I don’t want to be wasteful. You can always download individual audio books to tween/ teen devices and bring some headphones (this works much better for us). There’s also audio books if your family is able to agree (this is a harder one for my family since we have pretty diverse taste). Some podcasts for tweens and teens that also make the adults happy are How I Built This, TED Talks, and Family Travel Radio. We often let ours listen to adult podcasts especially if there’s some good life lessons hidden in them. Your choices really depend a lot on the maturity of your children. My daughter likes teen girl podcasts and I love personal growth. My husband and son love something sports related. What type of podcasts you like is a very personal thing in my opinion. But, it takes a little effort to find something your whole family is into. Recently we’ve discovered podcasts and it’s safe to say I’m semi-obsessed. And make sure to check your junk email folder if you don’t see my email in your inbox! Listen to Podcasts/ Audio Books with your Tweens & Teens If you do subscribe, you’ll have to confirm your subscription. You have successfully joined our subscriber list. For more information, read my full Disclosure HERE Trust me, I love to curl up with my book and zone out for an hour or two, but after awhile everyone can use a little conversation!Īffiliate links which means I could earn a small commission, if you make a No matter how long you will be on the road, engaging with one another is key to keeping the boredom factor at bay. My number one tip for occupying kids, tweens, teens, or even adults while traveling is to ENGAGE with them! We’ve driven from Salt Lake City, Utah to Yellowstone National Park, San Francisco to Yosemite National Park, and Raleigh, NC to Chattanooga, Tennessee just to name a few of our favorite road trips! We have tons road trip ideas for tween and teens based on experience! Need to occupy those tweens and teens when they finally get bored of their phones/ ipods/ tablets or GASP there is no cell phone service? ![]() Looking for things to do on a road trip for tweens and teens?
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