For the Family
"Are we there yet?"
Friday, February 12, 2010
Suzy is busy packing the family for a holiday weekend up north! While she knows not to forget the necessities (the toothbrushes, diapers and blankies) she also wants to make sure she has a bag full of 'tricks' to entertain everyone during the 4 hour drive.
Check out some of these must have items for your next road trip!!
TRIPtivities® by Klutz: This 120-page mega-pad of Klutz-clever puzzles, brainteasers, mazes, doodle pages, word games, giggles, and goofiness makes travel time, or anytime, go by fast. Bound as a flip-pad, comes with an official Klutz pencil that lives in its own little holster and sheets of stickers to give young travelers one more cool way to make their mark on the pages. It's hard to believe so much entertainment could be packed in such a neat, efficient, take-it-anywhere package.
Travel Bingo
This is a non-magnetic travel game: Four paper pads with twenty play pages each; 4 colored pencils included. Comes packed in durable "slide-draw" box so the game will stay intact -----even in the back of the car!
Write & Wipe Activity Book: Super fun activities and games for travel, long waits, or anytime fun! Why kids love this item: It's an adventurous ride through the back roads of America – and great games that keep young travelers busy for hours. Book opens with a lay-flat binding so it's easy to write, easy to wipe, and easy to play again and again! It's packed with lots of activities and is a simple, everything-included, take-along tote for waiting rooms, restaurants, planes, back seats, and any time there's down time! (many themes to choose from!)
Here is one for the impatient adult traveler
Find it A creative game that never needs to be put away. Find It is ideal to play anywhere: at home, in the office, in your car. People of all ages will enjoy the hunt for the hidden objects buried within the layer of recycled plastic pellets. Alone or with friends, everyone will enjoy spinning it, shaking it, and twisting it until all the objects are found. Can you find the hidden penny…? Suzy's Fav!
These clever games and so much more can be found at The Toy Shop of Westford
But......if you run out of time and can't get to the store...try one (or all) of these are classics!!!
Don't forget to bring a few prizes—with a little incentive, these games double in fun.
I Spy
Probably the classic make-time-go-by game of all time. One person looks around and chooses an object that the others have to guess, with their only clue being these words: "I spy with my little eye something that begins with (insert the first letter of the object's name)." Or the clue can be the object's color. The player who guesses the object gets to go next. The tricky part? It's not fair to "spy" something that's whizzing by the car at highway speeds. A landmark (mountain range, forest) that will be in the players' view for a few minutes is best.
The Picnic Game
A memory builder for all ages. One player says, "I went to a picnic Saturday and I brought..." then says a picnic favorite that begins with the letter A, like apples. The next player repeats the opening phrase, and after "...I brought" they repeat the A item then add one that begins with B: "I brought an apple and some bananas." The third player repeats the opener, the A and the B portions, and then adds something that begins with C. Get it? Can your travelers get through the alphabet, remembering all the items everyone contributed? Try keeping track of 23 items plus figuring out what you can take to a picnic that starts with X!
20 Questions
"Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" Only 18 more times to go! In 20 Questions, whomever goes first thinks of, well, anything. The first question is always, "Animal, vegetable or mineral?" After that, the players can ask pointed questions to try and guess — go around the car in a circle asking for clues such as, "Does it bark?" or "Can you peel it?" for example, although the answer to those questions can only be "yes" or "no." If you reach the 20th question without a winner, everyone has one last chance to figure it out before the "thing" is revealed and another person starts a fresh round.
Castle in the Sky
Take turns picking out clouds in the distance and deciding what they look like.
Suzy tip: Just in case...have the DVD Player ready...it is a guarantee to provide the front seat passengers with some quiet time!
Check out some of these must have items for your next road trip!!
TRIPtivities® by Klutz: This 120-page mega-pad of Klutz-clever puzzles, brainteasers, mazes, doodle pages, word games, giggles, and goofiness makes travel time, or anytime, go by fast. Bound as a flip-pad, comes with an official Klutz pencil that lives in its own little holster and sheets of stickers to give young travelers one more cool way to make their mark on the pages. It's hard to believe so much entertainment could be packed in such a neat, efficient, take-it-anywhere package.
Travel Bingo
This is a non-magnetic travel game: Four paper pads with twenty play pages each; 4 colored pencils included. Comes packed in durable "slide-draw" box so the game will stay intact -----even in the back of the car!
Write & Wipe Activity Book: Super fun activities and games for travel, long waits, or anytime fun! Why kids love this item: It's an adventurous ride through the back roads of America – and great games that keep young travelers busy for hours. Book opens with a lay-flat binding so it's easy to write, easy to wipe, and easy to play again and again! It's packed with lots of activities and is a simple, everything-included, take-along tote for waiting rooms, restaurants, planes, back seats, and any time there's down time! (many themes to choose from!)
Here is one for the impatient adult traveler
Find it A creative game that never needs to be put away. Find It is ideal to play anywhere: at home, in the office, in your car. People of all ages will enjoy the hunt for the hidden objects buried within the layer of recycled plastic pellets. Alone or with friends, everyone will enjoy spinning it, shaking it, and twisting it until all the objects are found. Can you find the hidden penny…? Suzy's Fav!
These clever games and so much more can be found at The Toy Shop of Westford
But......if you run out of time and can't get to the store...try one (or all) of these are classics!!!
Don't forget to bring a few prizes—with a little incentive, these games double in fun.
I Spy
Probably the classic make-time-go-by game of all time. One person looks around and chooses an object that the others have to guess, with their only clue being these words: "I spy with my little eye something that begins with (insert the first letter of the object's name)." Or the clue can be the object's color. The player who guesses the object gets to go next. The tricky part? It's not fair to "spy" something that's whizzing by the car at highway speeds. A landmark (mountain range, forest) that will be in the players' view for a few minutes is best.
The Picnic Game
A memory builder for all ages. One player says, "I went to a picnic Saturday and I brought..." then says a picnic favorite that begins with the letter A, like apples. The next player repeats the opening phrase, and after "...I brought" they repeat the A item then add one that begins with B: "I brought an apple and some bananas." The third player repeats the opener, the A and the B portions, and then adds something that begins with C. Get it? Can your travelers get through the alphabet, remembering all the items everyone contributed? Try keeping track of 23 items plus figuring out what you can take to a picnic that starts with X!
20 Questions
"Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" Only 18 more times to go! In 20 Questions, whomever goes first thinks of, well, anything. The first question is always, "Animal, vegetable or mineral?" After that, the players can ask pointed questions to try and guess — go around the car in a circle asking for clues such as, "Does it bark?" or "Can you peel it?" for example, although the answer to those questions can only be "yes" or "no." If you reach the 20th question without a winner, everyone has one last chance to figure it out before the "thing" is revealed and another person starts a fresh round.
Castle in the Sky
Take turns picking out clouds in the distance and deciding what they look like.
Suzy tip: Just in case...have the DVD Player ready...it is a guarantee to provide the front seat passengers with some quiet time!
