9 Car Games to Keep Kids Entertained

Bury Your Cows

One side of the car teams up against the other side. Count the cows (and other four-legged animals) on your side of the car, but if you pass a cemetery on your side, you lose all your points.

Car Bingo

Make up your own Bingo cards full of things you are going to see on the route, both human-made (church, barn, traffic merge sign) and natural (cows, hawks, types of trees). Don't forget to include a free space in the middle. Or, visit Mom'sMinivan.com to print out readymade cards.

The Geography Game

This game is great for school age children. Someone starts the round by saying a country—"England," for example.

The next person must say a country that starts with the last letter of the word—Denmark would work to follow England.

Tip: Can you avoid the dreaded curse of the "A"s? When so many countries end with the letter A, you need to know which ones start with A!

Name That Tune

Whistle or hum your favourite song or nursery rhyme and see who can guess it.

20 Questions

Is it an animal? Is it bigger than a breadbox? Remember these classics? 

One person chooses an object. Other passengers can ask 20 yes or no questions to try and figure out what the object is. 

You can also vary the game by playing "Who Am I?" Choose a famous person and let passengers try to figure our who you've picked!