Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away. How is that
possible?
If you’ve got a long, holiday road trip ahead, it’s good to
have a few tricks up your sleeve to keep antsy kids quiet. (And sometimes kids
get antsy after about five minutes.)
This is a car game to play while driving through the rural
countryside. You may remember from your own childhood that while adults
just love to stare out the window for hours kids get unbelievably bored looking
at fields, telephone poles and yes, cows.
Materials needed: none
Instructions:
1. Each person looks out their window to spot animals on
their side of the road. You can play teams with the right side of the car
versus the left.
2. For each animal you spot, you get 1 point. (Older kids
may assign a complicated point system with unusual animals like, say, a guinea
pig, getting the most points.)
3. Grownups should make it a point to imitate all the
animals. When a child says, “A cow!” adults should say, “Moooo.”
4. Birds don’t count (except turkeys, which are worth 1,000
points).
5. When you pass a cemetery on your side of the car, all
your animals "die." Then you have to start over.
6. When the
animals "die," everyone should be suitably grief-stricken.
7. Play until a set point (like a rest stop) and then
announce the winner.
Prizes are always appreciated, but it might be best to have
one for everybody in such close quarters.
Buckle up for safety! And moo!
you have a sick mind
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