While driving, car games are a great way to pass the time. Many a long road trip has been saved with an epic car game session. These car games will keep you all entertained whether you are traveling with a partner, a group of friends, or the entire family.
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I Spy
This classic guessing game is great for younger kids and can be played anywhere. The other passengers try to guess what it is after one person selects an object and writes the first letter, “I spy with my little eye something beginning with…”
Twenty Questions
20 questions is a popular car game where one player chooses an object (it can be an animal, vegetable or mineral) and the other players try to guess what it is by asking questions that can be answered with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Because you can only ask 20 questions, choose your questions carefully. The first person to guess correctly gets to choose the next object.
Cricket in a car
Australians love car cricket. Take turns being the “batter” and keeping an eye on the cars going the other way. The batter scores 1 run for each white car that passes, 4 runs for a motorbike and 6 runs for a semi-trailer. When a red car passes that means the current player is out and it is the next person’s turn.
Categories
Decide on a category for the round, you can use anything such as animals, celebrities or countries. Take turns naming something from the category that was nominated. The first letter of the next player’s response should be the last letter of their answer. If one player says “cat,” for instance, the next player might say “turtle.” Go around the car until someone can’t think of an answer and that person is out. Keep playing until you have a winner!
Bingo in cars
Before you leave home, create or print bingo cards for each passenger in the car. You might want to include things like specific kinds of cars, restaurants, animals, and landmarks, as well as street signs. Passengers then race to cross off their items and yell Bingo!
Game of alphabets
Each player tries to find words that start with each letter of the alphabet on landmarks, buildings, or signs. When players spot a word they must call it out, and no other player can use the same one. Any word can be used on a sign; for instance, “Aaron’s Hardware” could be considered an “A” or “H.” The player with the fastest time to “Z” wins.
Six degrees of separation
By naming two movie or television stars and challenging the other passengers to identify the connection between them, you can put the theory that everyone in the world is connected by up to six degrees of separation to the test. For instance, if you wanted to connect William Shatner and Halle Berry, consider the following: Shatner starred alongside Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality; Bullock starred alongside Nicole Kidman in Practical Magic; Kidman accompanied Hugh Jackman to Australia; and Jackman starred alongside Halle Berry in X-Men.
License plate game
Try to figure out what the letters on a passing car might mean by looking at them. ACG, for instance, could stand for “Awesome Car Game!” You might like to choose a category for each round such as a band name, sporting team or food. Passengers can vote for their favourite answer to each round and the best one is awarded a point. The player with the most points wins.
Guess that song
Passengers must shout the name of the song and the artist whenever a new song is played on the radio or on your playlist. The first one with the correct answer gets a point. At the end of the journey, find out who will win.
Trailer for a bad movie
A player chooses a well-known movie and describes the plot in only one sentence. Other players try to guess the movie. Whoever guesses correctly gets a point. If no one can guess the movie, the player giving the ‘bad movie trailer’ gets the point.
On your next trip to one of Ingenia Holidays’ 36 fantastic park locations, where you can enjoy a variety of cabin, caravan, and camping options as well as excellent in-park facilities, test your friends and family with these car games.