This document provides instructions for several car games that can be played by children on long drives. The games summarized are: Corners, where players crush against each other around corners; Pub Cricket, where players count legs in pub signs; Duck, where players duck under bridges; and Counting Cars, where players count cars of a chosen color. All games provide pros and cons in keeping children entertained on drives while avoiding motion sickness or arguments.

2. HOW TO
PLAY….
Corners
When you go round a Pros:
corner, lean into the • Great fun
bend and crush up • Simple
against who you are
sitting next to Cons:
• Needs three kids in
the back seat
WINNER: • Regular seat
Anyone who can rotation required to
successfully crush avoid squishing
their opponent

3. HOW TO
PLAY….
Pub
Cricket
When passing a Pros:
pub, count the total • Everyone in the car can
play as it doesn’t
number of ‘legs’ in the
matter where you sit
people and animals in • Could improve mental
the pub name arithmetic abilities
EXAMPLE:
The King’s Head = 2 Cons:
The Red Lion = 4 • Complicated rules
WINNER: • Tricky to play on the
The biggest score at motorway or travelling
the end of the journey at high speeds

4. HOW TO
PLAY…
Duck
Every time you go
under a Pros:
bridge, someone • Works best with
under 8 year olds
shouts ‘DUCK’ and (you’ll lose interest
whoever doesn’t way before they do)
duck is out • Great for motorway
WINNER: driving
Player who has Cons:
successfully • Could cause some
managed to duck back strain in adults

5. HOW TO
PLAY…
Counting
Cars
Every child chooses a
colour and counts the Pros:
number of cars of that • In-car noise is at a
minimum as children
colour to pass in the
must concentrate and
opposite direction
keep their eyes peeled
WINNER:
The first to 50 wins*
(*winning total may Cons:
need to be adjusted • Not ideal for children
depending on length of who get car sick
• Parents must be vigilant
journey and type of
to prevent cheating
road)

6. HOW TO
PLAY…
The
Number
Plate Game
Pros:
Find the 26 letters of • Can be played in teams
the alphabet on to create sibling
number plates of other ‘harmony’ rather than
cars in the correct ‘rivalry’
order.
WINNER:
Cons:
• Requires concentration
The first person to so not good for
complete the alphabet younger players

7. HOW TO
PLAY…
The
Alphabet
Game
Each player must find
the letters of the
Pros:
• Good way to help
alphabet on road signs
children with spelling
or nearby buildings. • Difficulty of finding
Once a letter has been letters such as X make it
located on a more fun and stretches
sign, no-one else out the game
can use it
Cons:
WINNER: • The driver can only look
First one to get all the ahead, restricting their
letters in the right ability to play

8. HOW TO
PLAY…
Eddie
Stobart
Game
Pros:
Every Eddie lorry has • Entertaining and
two female names on funny
its front and side • Encourages quick
thinking
WINNER:
The first player to shout Cons:
out a famous person • Young players may
with the name on the not have the famous
cab, with a surname person knowledge
to last long journeys

9. HOW TO
PLAY…
i-Spy
Pros:
The classic game that • very easy to play and
everyone loves. One all ages can get
person simply finds an involved
object they can see and
then says “I spy with my Cons:
little eye, something • Can get a bit boring
beginning with _____”. • There are only so
many items that can
WINNER: be used in the car as
Whoever guesses the everything outside is
right object whizzing by

10. HOW TO
PLAY…
Grandma’s
Suitcase
Someone starts by saying: Pros:
'My Grandma went on • Great memory
holiday and in her suitcase training for the kids
she packed_______’
• Encourages creativity
Then names an item for
Grandma’s suitcase
The next person has to Cons:
repeat the line, previous • Can become lengthy
person’s item and add one and requires
of their own concentration, so not
WINNER: good for sleepy
The person who children
remembers everything

11. HOW TO
PLAY…
Think of an
Animal
Pros:
A player has to think of • Very easy to play if
an animal and, in sticking to the
turn, other passengers farmyard animals
ask questions to
determine what it is. The Cons:
player can only answer • Can cause frustration
yes or no and guesses if too many quirky or
must be made after 10 unusual animals are
questions used
WINNER:
First person to correctly