Car journeys can be a bit boring. The journey can seem very long and tedious to children. Why not make up your own In Car Bingo Game to keep everyone busy and amused during the trip?

Making Up the Bingo Cards

When you know you have a long trip coming up you can help your kids to make up some bingo cards.

They are easy to make and once you’ve shown them how to make the cards they will be able to produce their own for any future trips.

Make up a list of things you might see during a journey.

Use thick paper or the inside of a cereal packet for the bingo cards. Draw a grid on the thick paper or packet card.

Write the things from the list onto the bingo cards – one item per box.

You can make this game suitable for younger children by using pictures (either draw simple shapes or cut out photos from magazines).

To Play the Game

Once you’ve started the journey you can play the game.

The first person to cross off all the items is the winner.

You only get to cross off the item if you are the first person to see it and point it out to everyone else (so there’s no cheating).

If there is a wide age difference between the children you could use different bingo objects on the cards and make the ones for the older children with some more difficult to find items.By: Catherine Calder

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