If you know my family at all then you know that we love a good road trip. Honestly, it’s the least costly way to get to where you are going often. For instance, we frequently do this Home to Tremblant Quebec drive or we do one of our Vermont ski trips as a family. We have this down to a ‘T’ by now. Snacks packed, route loaded on the GPS, hitting the road by 4 a.m. and we are rocking and rolling. Oh, but not without some reliable road trip activities and road trip games like this roll a story road trip game.
Let’s Roll a Story Road Trip Game
Tomorrow we are heading out on another camping trip this summer. Now I know this trip is a short one, as in I will barely have enough time to load my favourite playlist on Apple Carplay, but I like to be prepared. So I will have a few things and the kids naturally bring headphones to tune out noises and sometimes even tune one of us out. It’s all good in the name of getting away and peaceful adventures.
Here’s to short trips and not needing a whole lot of distractions when driving because it is just me. My husband doesn’t camp anymore. He’s a fan of indoor plumbing and actual beds. LOL. Weirdly I love sleeping in a tent on an inflatable mattress with the sound of crickets and cicadas as you fall asleep.
When the kids were younger I never left home without a whole bag full of tricks. Our kids are neurodivergent and they also get bored easily which when they were little meant fights or hyper behaviours. That, in a car is super distracting so, it needs to be curtailed proactively when possible. So, tools like this Road Trip Roll a Story game are invaluable.
Mostly though I packed word searches, colouring pages and big blank booklets for them to draw in and journal in as well.
If there is a single rainy day when camping then you will also be looking for things to do. These kinds of storytelling and literacy activities are valuable on those rainy days.
You might also consider these:
Paper and Printer:
Don’t forget to order paper – HP Printer Paper and also be sure to use a good printer. This Epson Eco Tank Printer is amazing. It saves ink like nobody’s business.
There are several camping and road trip activities here now on my site so please take advantage of them and return if you think there’s something fun or cool you’d like to see here. Don’t forget to visit my Free Printables board on Pinterest.
A couple of road trip items I rarely leave home without:
Tiny Inui Portable power bank charger
Melatonin Just in case we get where we are going and nobody can sleep that night. I want to enjoy my trip not stress over sleep. Take only as directed.
Car First Aid Kit – if you have kids then you know this is not an option.
