Printable activity sheets for road trips: travel bingo, I spy and placemats
Fewer are we there yet moments and more happy faces at the window, on the road or at the table.
Overview
Printable activity sheets made for children on the move, whether you are driving, flying, riding a train or waiting for dinner. The 19 pages hold road trip bingo, I spy lists, a car scavenger hunt, restaurant placemats, puzzles and a little travel journal, all in US Letter and A4 as an instant PDF download.
Print them before you leave and slip them into a folder. Nothing is shipped.
How these printable activity sheets make travel calmer
Two bingo cards with different words let siblings race each other while looking outside instead of at a screen, and I spy lists cover the highway, the airport and the train station. At a restaurant, two placemats with drawing, a food word search, a maze and tic-tac-toe fill the time until the food arrives. Puzzle pages, would you rather questions and pencil games work just about anywhere.
A trip tracker answers the classic are we there yet, while the journal and postcard help kids remember the day. Answer keys sit at the back, for grown-up eyes only, and you can print a fresh set before each new adventure.
Who these printable activity sheets are for
- Children around 5 to 10 traveling by car, plane or train
- Grandparents and parents who want travel fun without screens
- Families dining out who need something peaceful while the food is on its way
- Waiting rooms, holiday visits and rainy days on vacation
Design and printing
- White pages with blush pink accents that barely use any ink
- Roomy margins, so home printers will not crop anything
- Portrait layout, in 8.5 by 11 inch US Letter and 210 by 297 mm A4
- No dates, so a new set can be printed for each trip
- Each maze, scramble and word search has been checked for one clear answer
What's inside (19)
Inside the travel activity pack: 19 pages
- 1Cover listing every page
- 2Grown-ups start here, showing which page fits which place, a checklist for packing a travel activity kit and lines for trip notes
- 3Road trip bingo, card 1, using words instead of pictures so early readers can join in
- 4Road trip bingo, card 2, with a different word mix so two siblings can compete
- 5I spy on the road checklist, plus space for a personal I spy list and what I found
- 6I spy at the station or airport, with where we went today and the coolest thing I saw
- 7Car scavenger hunt covering colors, shapes, counting while you drive, sounds to listen for and a favorite find
- 8Are we there yet? tracker with starting point, destination, a circle to fill every half hour and space for stops, songs and snacks
- 9Restaurant placemat 1: draw your meal, a word search about food, tic-tac-toe, a maze leading to dessert, today's order and a meal rating
- 10Restaurant placemat 2: invent a dream dessert, unscramble food words, play dots and boxes, solve a maze to the kitchen and play tic-tac-toe
- 11Word search hiding 16 travel words that run across, down or diagonally
- 12Maze where the family car has to find its way to the beach
- 13Travel word scramble with small clues, and a challenge to build words from VACATION
- 14Would you rather questions, room to invent your own and the funniest answer
- 15Pencil games for two: dots and boxes, tic-tac-toe and a score card
- 16My travel journal with where we are, which day of the trip it is, the weather, how I felt, a drawing of the best moment and a day rating
- 17Postcard to a friend, with a front to draw the place, a back for writing and a fun fact spot
- 18Word answer key covering both word searches and both scrambles
- 19Maze answer key showing all three solutions
Files & printing
Files you will download
- Travel Activity Sheets in US Letter, a 19 page PDF
- Travel Activity Sheets in A4, a 19 page PDF
- Read Me First, a brief PDF guide to printing
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Good to know
- This is a PDF to print at home on regular paper. It is not an interactive or digital game.
- You receive a digital file only. No package is sent.
- Colors on paper may look a bit different than on your screen.
- For your own personal use. Sharing, reselling or redistributing the files is not allowed.
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How this was made
Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.
Questions
Questions about the printable activity sheets
What ages are the travel games for?
They are aimed at kids of about 5 to 10. The bingo cards use words, so early readers can play too.
Can two siblings play bingo at the same time?
Yes. There are two bingo cards with different words, so two children can race each other.
Are the answers included?
Yes. Page 18 has the answers for both word searches and both scrambles, and page 19 shows all three maze solutions.
How many should I print for a trip?
A good start is two bingo cards per child and a few placemats, with the answer keys kept for yourself. A clipboard works well as a car desk.
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