Tip #1: Play a blinking game
Looking out the window can get repetitive... but you can turn repetitiveness into a game! Here's the basic idea of how it works: Let's say you're on a highway. On many highways, there are poles that have mile markers, or signs along the way. You can only blink when you are in between a set of poles, or when your car is not driving by a sign. There are different variations of this game; one I created is when you can only blink when you're driving by another car. You can make up the rules; this is now your game! (And now a message from Captain Obvious: WARNING. THIS GAME IS NOT TO BE PLAYED IF YOU ARE THE DRIVER.)
Tip #2: Bring all necessary items that bring you joy
Don't be the person that packs everything except one crucial item. After you've packed your bags, double check, then triple check that you have everything. Handheld electronics can be really fun in the car, but make sure you bring headphones, so you don't distract the driver(which had better not be you if you are using these tips!) or disturb other passengers in the car. Also make sure to have car chargers for all electronics you bring. It would be a shame if all you had to play on was a Nintendo 3DS XL, for example, and it died! I would also suggest bring a cellular phone, or CELL phone, as everyone says, that you can watch videos on. You may be able to look up your favorite television show, or TV, as everyone says, and watch it for the whole trip if you do so please! My favorite television show is Saturday Night Live. (Please note that if you are under the age of fourteen, please get parental consent before watching.)https://screen.yahoo.com/bein-quirky-zooey-deschanel-1-000000851.html?query=snl%20zooey is one clip that I would suggest watching. Be sure not to only bring electronics, too. After all, this tip IS called, "Bring ALL necessary items that bring you joy". You should bring books, too. Bring LOTS of books if you are a quick and avid reader(and don't get carsick).
Tip #3: Leave some items in the car
If you know that you sometimes forget something that you want to bring, just leave it in the car. That way, you won't forget about it. One item that I suggest leaving in the car are car chargers for your electronics. I mean, where else would you use car chargers? In your house? In the middle of the sidewalk? In a corn field???
Tip #4: Paper
Paper is an item that many people take for granted, but there's so much you can do with it! You can fold it in over a million ways, you can draw infinite things on it, you can write a story(eth) on it, you can keep track of a made-up language, you can eat it(although I wouldn't recommend it, so make sure you have an adequate food supply!), and you can do so much more! If you bring paper, though, make sure that you have a pencil, pencil sharpener, pens, coloring supplies, and a hard surface.
Tip #5: License Plate Games
There are two games I know of that involve license plates. One is License Plate Bingo. This is where you have to try and get a bingo of the states that you see on license plates. The other is where you make funny acronyms out of three or more letters that you see on license plates. For example, three letters in a row that you might see on a license plate might be "RWM". It is your job to make up what it stands for. River-Wading Marsupial? Radioactive Washing Machines?
Tip #6: Sleeping
It might sound lazy of me to say, but I think that sleeping is fun. I like it when the rocking of the car lulls me to sleep. It is a great way to pass the time. If you do not enjoy sleeping in the car, completely disregard this tip.
Tip #7: Play games with other passengers
Rock, Paper, Scissors can be fun. If you disagree, put your thinking cap on and make up another game to play with someone else. A fun game to play is one that I like to call the Chain Game. One player starts it out by saying a phrase, or an inside joke that everyone playing would understand. Then another player adds on to it. It's hard to explain, so I will provide an example: Live from New York, it's Saturday Night of the Living Dead Give...Away We Go...Ing on a trip in our favorite rocket ship!... When it is your turn, you have to repeat everything that came before what you are adding on to the chain. This game goes on until someone forgets the chain or someone is stumped and doesn't know what to say.
Tip #8: Use your imagination
I saved the best tip for last. Your imagination is your most powerful tool. You can imagine ANYTHING. I would say that the sky is the limit, but that would imply that there IS a limit! Create an elaborate story, then act it out in your mind. I personally like to use myself as the main character, just to get in on the action.
I understand that this was a rather long post, but you better not EVER utter the words, "Are we there yet?!" again!
This is great Sage. You're an author like your Mama! When we are in the car Hunter likes to play a game he made up called The Semi Truck Game. Each player picks a color and then keeps track of the number of semis they see that are that color (if the trailor is that color too, it counts as double). The first to 10 wins!
ReplyDeleteHunter's game sounds fun. I'll have to remember that one!
DeleteI love the chain game! And drivers can play that one too!
ReplyDeleteSage you blow me away with your wit and wisdom! One of the fun games we used to play was each of us would put a life saver in our mouth and see who could make it last the longest. Every few minutes you'd have to check to see who still had their life saver left or whose was the smallest or if someone (usually me) had bitten theirs in half or eaten it. Love your Storyeths Blog, and I love you! Grandpa Alan
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