Printable car games ... for free!
Summer is here! As the days grow long and lazy, families can look forward to sunshine, holidays at the beach … and nightmare car rides with the kids.
If you want peace on the back seat, don’t leave home without a healthy stack of car games. We’ve trawled the Web for the best selection of printable car games available, and they’re all free (which leaves you more cash for ice cream!).
MomsMinivan.com One of the best game sites around, with a comprehensive selection of car games for a range of age groups. Some of the highlights include scavenger hunts, silly songs and license plate games.
Tiny Planets A good variety of colorful downloads – games, coloring and puzzles, along with some cute characters to keep kids occupied.
Enchanted Learning These games are designed to be printed and bound to make up a kids’ activity book. Before the trip, get your children to choose their pages and stick them all together with colorful cardboard and string – instructions are provided.
Free Coloring Pages This site has a HUGE range of games, puzzles and coloring sheets. Just working through all the mazes would eat up a decent-sized car ride!
Nine msn An Australian site with a good range of colorful, printable games such as Car Clairvoyant, Guess How Far and the intriguingly-titled Pimp my Plates.
Coloring in
Your little artists will find thousands of coloring in pages on the Web. These are some of our favorites …
National Geographic National Geographic has a beautiful selection of animal coloring sheets for older children (these are so good you’ll be tempted to take them to the front seat too!).
Crayola You’ll need to register to print these pages, but the site offers a great choice of coloring sheets for boys and girls of all ages.
Learning Planet Pick a letter and color in the friendly animal pictures – very cute coloring sheets for preschoolers.
Random House Another great coloring site, this time with all your kids’ favourite Disney characters.