Road Trip Games to Play in the Car (+ Free Printables)

Road Sign Bingo is a truly classic road trip car game! There are so many variations of this car ride bingo game to choose from. You can play classic BINGO and see who gets a line horizontally, vertically, or diagonally first. Or for longer drives you can see who can spot signs the quickest and fill up their entire card first!

Road Sign Bingo Printable Checklist

This printable road sign checklist lists some of the most common road signs you’ll see on your road trip: stop signs, railroad crossing signs, men at work signs, and more. Print out copies for everyone in the car and keep an eye out to see who can spot the most signs!

Interstate Highway Travel Bingo Set

This set of four reusable cards have shutter slides so you can click them closed whenever you see one of the road signs or other popular things to see on a road a trip!

Road Trip Bingo Boards

This travel-friendly board set offers different patterns so everyone in the car has a chance to win!

Watch out your window and try to spot as many different state license plates as you can with a license plate game! Who will spot the most states? Will anyone spot the most rare and coveted states like Hawaii or Alaska? Test your eyes and luck while on the road!

License Plate Road Trip Game

Download this free state license plate game printable PDF. This visual road trip design features labeled state license plates to circle as you see them.Print a copy for everyone in the car!

State License Plate Checklist

This 50 state license plate checklist has checkboxes so you can check off each state. Be sure to download one copy for everyone in the car!

Canadian License Plate Game

This Canadian printable of the popular road trip game allows you to track Canadian license plates from the provinces and territories. Download this for your road trip through Canada!

License Plate Travel Bingo Set

Turn the license plate game into a game of road trip bingo! This set of four reusable cards have shutter slides so you can click them closed whenever you see a plate from one of the listed states.

License Plate Travel Bingo

Hold the card in your lap and slide the window closed when you spot one of the states. Comes with two cards featuring different states — so it is anyone’s game!

Road trip scavenger hunts are another fun way to keep everyone in the car engaged! Print off a list of things to see on a road trip, have everyone in the car keep a copy out and keep their eyes peeled. Award points for who sees the most scavenger hunt items and who sees what first.

Free Road Trip Scavenger Hunt Printable Game Sheet

Print a copy of this worksheet for everyone in the car to play a Road Trip Scavenger Hunt. Which of these commonly found items can you find?

Road Trip Scavenger Hunt for Adults

If you need road trip scavenger hunt ideas for adults, think of some harder to find things or things that wouldn’t be as fun for kids. Treat the game more like a selfie challenge and see who can get the best photos in all the best places on the list.

Here’s the premise: Each time you see a pack of cows while driving, take turns. One person will open the window and yell “Heeeeey Co-ow!” loud enough so the cows can hear. For every cow that turns around, you get one point!

OK, so it may sound a little ridiculous. And there may be some debate as you count up your points. But , when it comes to road trip games for adults or kids, it’s definitely a fun one to play!

Click on the thumbnail to download the Hey Cow! instruction sheet.
It will open in a separate window as a PDF.

The Road Trip Journal & Activity Book

Enjoy fun games and challenges to pass the time on your next road trip and have a keepsake to look back on for years to come with this entertaining must-have for your next vacation. The Road Trip Journal & Activity Book features fun and engaging journal prompts. plus 100 activities and games to play in the car, at your hotel, or at stops along your route.

Road Trip Mad Libs is a classic road trip favorite. Every page of this road trip game contains fill-in the blank stories and no one knows where they will go until passengers shout out their verbs, adjectives, and nouns. For an extra fun time be sure to get a travel or road trip themed game (like Mad Libs on the Road)!

“I spy with my little eye, something yellow.” I Spy is a fun road trip game to keep kids entertained on a long car ride. The rules are simple: taking turns, one person “spies” something and describes it using a very simple idea. Something like “I spy something red” or “I spy something that starts with the letter C.” Then others in the car take turns trying to guess what it is until someone guesses correctly.

Fun for all ages, road trip questions and answers is one of the best road trip car games to play in the car. Write a bunch of questions on pieces of paper or index cards, and take turns picking questions then everyone in the car has to share their answer! For extra fun make sure all the questions are travel related!

Would You Rather is a great game to play on a road trip. Basically, you come up with two different scenarios and have other passengers choose which they’d rather do.

For kids, it’s a fun game full of funny or gross scenarios. Think, would you rather be friends with Superman or Spiderman? Or would you rather eat a cockroach or a fly?

Road trip car games that will keep your passengers or kids occupied in the car on your next road trip or long car drive. Ideas like road sign bingo, License Plate Game, I Spy, conversation starters, questions and answers, and more. Free printables & suggestions for car-friendly games the whole family can enjoy. Easy road trip games for adults, teens, couples, and kids.