Car Bingo
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Road Trip Bingo is a super fun and easy way to keep kids occupied during long car rides. All you need is these printable cards and a crayon, pencil, or marker to enjoy a peaceful car ride while the kids hunt for signs and vehicles.
How to Play Road Trip Bingo
Road Trip Bingo is a lot like traditional bingo. The main difference is that you don’t need a caller to announce the square to mark off/cover. Instead, kids scan their surroundings through the car window to find signs and items to mark on their cards.
Bingo Patterns
Depending on how long your car ride is, you can play a variety of different Bingo games with these Road Trip Bingo Cards. Here are a few suggestions of different bingo patterns to try for:
- Single Line – Mark off all five squares in a straight line. The line can be vertical, horizontal, or diagonal.
- Four Corners – Mark off the four corners of the board (top left square, top right square, bottom left square, bottom right square).
- X – Mark off BOTH 5-square diagonals to form a large “X”.
- Box – Mark off all the squares along the outer edge of the card (top row, bottom row, far left column, far right column).
- Blackout – Mark off all of the squares on the card.
Bingo Competitions
If you have more than one child, they can compete to see who can get bingo first. The winner can choose where to sit in the car (where safe), what song or station to play on the radio, or where to stop for a snack or meal.
A child can compete against himself by seeing how many squares he can mark off each trip or during each leg of a long trip.
How to Print These Road Trip Bingo Cards
If you want, you can simply print the road trip bingo cards on plain printer paper. The cards are sized for letter-sized paper, with two cards per page.
I like to print mine on cardstock so they are sturdier. Then, I laminate them so we can reuse them.
If you don’t have a laminator, you can use self-adhesive sheets or just slide the pages into page protectors. Then, the kids can use dry erase markers to mark their cards. Wipe off with a napkin and you’ve got a clean board ready for a new game!
I actually prefer transparency markers since they don’t wipe off on the kids hands when they rest their hands on the bingo cards. You need a wet wipe to clean the cards off though.
Car Bingo Printables
You can clip the bingo cards onto these small clipboards and keep the marker in the pen holder to make it travel-ready.
Printable Road Trip Bingo Cards
Each of the four cards in this set is unique. Other than the free space in the center of each card, none of the items appear on more than one card.
If you have one child, this allows him or her to play a completely different version of the game on four different road trips.
If you have more than one child, this means each child will be looking for different items so no squabbles about who spotted something first.
The instructions are printed on each card. Just fill in the form below to subscribe to my newsletter and get the complete set of four cards.
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All of the MomsMinivan Totally Free Printable Car Games in one page:
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Road Trip Bingo – click this page for instructions, or the image below to open a printable page in a new window! (opens all 8 Bingo Cards in a PDF file.)
Travel Scavenger Hunt
Print the list and hunt for items as you drive. List 1 (for big kids) / List 2 (with pictures for little kids)
Lines and Dots Game – Click here for how to play Lines and Dots. Print Card 1 (for big kids) / Print Card 2 (Easier, for little kids)
How to Play Crazy Eights & Old Maid – Card Game Rules
Don’t forget your deck of cards.
Car Bingo Pdf
How to Do Jacob’s Ladder. I also have Instructions for String Games. And, I have a popular Youtube channel with detailed videos for over 40 string figures!
Cootie Catcher (Fortune Teller)
Personally I think it’s the most fun to make your own cootie catcher. But some folks like to print a ready-made item.
Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock
A twist on the old favorite.
Pirate Song Lyrics – How to travel and sing like Pirates
How Much Farther
Make an interactive model of your vehicle on a trip! Color it and attach it to a ribbon or string inside your car. Slide it along to mark your progress.
License Plate Game
Print this list of 50 states and check them off your list as you find license plates from each one. Or, print a map of the U.S. (PDF file) and color in the states as you see license plates from each one.
Map of US Capitols.
Check off or color states for license plates you see. Practice your capitols.
Tic Tac Toe
Print this tic-tac-toe page
Bug Collecting
A new friendlier version of Slug Bug that doesn’t involve pain
Road Trip Battleships
Read this article for How to make your own Battleships game board
Print Battleship game with instructions
Print extra game boards
Car Bingo Printouts
Travel Tickets
Print these tickets and give your child a pre-counted baggie at the start of your trip. Every half hour (or every 30 miles) You give them a ticket. They can use them for special things. See the instructions
Hang Man
Print this sheet with instructions and rules for hangman!
Sing Along Song Lyrics
Print these silly songs, so you’ll know all the words!
Car Bingo Free Printable
Please email me, or drop me a note in the comments below if you are having any trouble, and I’ll make sure everything is working correctly, and try to help you if I can. Also, please let me know if there are any new games you would like me to create!
I truly hope you enjoy your time with your children and have a wonderful trip!