| Holidays have begun. The car is packed up with | | | | barbeque' and so on. |
| everything but the kitchen sink, you have been on the | | | | - Cow poker: Cow can be substituted for whatever is |
| road for the first 5 minutes of a 6 hour car trip to the | | | | more prevalent on your trip, whether it be yellow cars |
| coast, and the children are already whinging about | | | | or stop signs, but cow poker is a great one for |
| being uncomfortable and giving each other dead arms. | | | | competitive kids. Divide your kids into teams, and |
| If you have to go through this for another 5 minutes | | | | they count the cow they see on their side of the road. |
| you will seriously take leave of your senses, so what | | | | Pass a graveyard, and the team on that side loses all |
| about the remaining five hours and fifty minutes? | | | | its cows. You can add bonuses and make this as |
| The best thing to do is get them playing car games. | | | | elaborate as you like, but ultimately it keeps them more |
| And after a furious battle, we have come up with our | | | | quiet than an ice-cream would. |
| top five games for long journeys, to keep the whole | | | | - Animal, vegetable, mineral: a great game if your |
| family entertained. Apart from the dog. | | | | children are less competitive, as this can lead to |
| - I Spy: I spy with my little eye, a favourite for young | | | | troublesome arguments about which category things |
| children is a good one, if not a bit difficult when your | | | | fall into. Basically, if its not an animal of a vegetable, its |
| child spies a cow, and it takes you two miles to guess | | | | a mineral. One person guesses, asking yes or no |
| what it is, with the cow long gone. Fun all the same. | | | | questions, the other has the object in their head. |
| - Road trip bingo: Takes a little bit of preparation | | | | Endless |
| before you go, but give then paper and a marker and | | | | - Celebrity who am i?: white labels and pens needed, |
| see if they can beat each other to getting a line or a | | | | the kids write a celebrities name on their sticker, and |
| full house. Prizes necessary, maybe avoiding sweets | | | | stick it on the others forehead. Child then guesses who |
| as a ten year old on a sugar high, trapped into the | | | | they are. Simple, but keeps them occupied for the long |
| back of your car when you are trying to concentrate | | | | stretch of traffic ahead. |
| is a recipe for a migraine. | | | | When driving off on holiday, make sure you have you |
| - A is for apple ...: A is for apple is great for keeping | | | | Car Insurance. Cheap polices are found online, but if |
| them quiet. Each person names something starting | | | | your children distract you, you drive into the car in front |
| with the letter of the alphabet, and they all have to be | | | | and don't have any cover, youll be facing even more |
| memorised. For example, ‘a is for apple, b is for | | | | of a headache. |