Michelle's Driving Games! 


Got a long car trip ahead of you? Don't despair! These car games will amuse you for at least five minutes!

The 'A Pizza Hut' Game

This is a game a friend of mine (Hi Nath!) and I invented on a very long and boring car trip. Do you know the song that goes-

"A Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut
Kentucky Fried Chicken* and a Pizza Hut
McDonalds, McDonalds,
Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut"

*Or KFC, if you prefer.

No? Then you can use just about any song with 4 lines. If it's annoyingly repetitive, so much the better!
One person comes up with the first line. Something along the lines of-

"A flame thrower, A flame thrower"

The next person comes up with the next line-

"An endangered bird, and a flame thrower"

Getting the idea? Now, the next person comes up with the last lines-

"Roast chicken, roast chicken,
An endangered bird, and a flame thrower"

And that's all there is to it! Just keep coming up with new little songs- the more warped the better! Then sing them over and over until the driver turns around to yell at you, swerves off the road, and plows into a tree.
 

An Enormous Bunch Of Balloons

This is one of the more simple driving games. Before your trip, simply buy a large bunch of helium balloons. During the trip, bat them all around the car. This way, you get to have fun with balloons, and the driver has something pretty to look at in the rear vision mirror instead of all those boring cars. Other variations on this game include- 'Inhale the helium and sing 'Annie's Song' in high squeaky voices over and over', 'see who can get the most static electricity in their hair', 'burst the balloons loudly at random intervals on winding roads', and 'use the balloons as airbags when the car careens out of control'.
 

I Don't Spy

Ever noticed how easy it is to play 'I Spy' in the car? There's only so much to look at, and therefore the average game goes a little something like this- "I spy with my little eye, something..."
"Tree?"
"Yes."
Where's the challenge? Where's the excitement? Where's the penguin? Oh, it's over here. Never mind.
So instead, this game is I DON'T Spy! Instead of thinking of something you can see, you think of something you CAN'T see! Think how much more challenging the game is now! One game can go on for hours! (Good ideas to use- aardvark, enema, celeriac, vestry, the back of your own head, Danny DeVito, and hydrogen gas).

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