Printable Road Trip Games

Do you remember what it was like (or hearing your parents tell you what it was like...) before the invention of electronics?  Imagine this:  A road trip was spent reading a book or playing some sort of game to pass the time.  Well, I don't know about you, but I miss those times.  And with more and more research becoming available about the effect of excessive use of electronic with children, I was SO EXCITED to find these awesome Printable Road Trip Games!

Y'all, there are 30 games in all and games for kids of all ages,  so I am only going to highlight a few of my favorites.

“My Cows!” – Driving through the countryside? Chances are, you drive by fields and fields of cattle. Every time you see a group of cows, yell out “my cows!” Keep track of how many herds of cattle you have and see who can get the most! But watch out – if you drive over a bridge, the first one to say “no more cows” can keep theirs, but everyone else loses all their cows!

License Plate Game – Spot a license plate for all 50 states (bonus points for Hawaii)! Color in each state as you find its plate and see who can get the most! This game is great for school-aged children: it will keep them off their electronic devices, engaged in the drive, and learning geography at the same time!

Road Trip Bingo:  One of the things that kids love to do is play travel bingo.  Although, most free printable travel bingo games are usually designed with only 4 boards.  This Travel Bingo game is designed with 8 boards!  And a great idea for this game would be to laminate the Bingo cards and provide Dry Erase markers for using them over and over again.

Road Sign Scavenger Hunt:  Want to keep your family busy during a road trip? See how many of these common road signs you can spot along your route. 

  
Providing kids with a Travel Game Box is the perfect idea for any road trip.  Choose a special box where all games and pieces can be kept and perhaps even let the kiddos help to decorate the box.  Laminate as many games as possible so they can be used over and over again and if you really want to get organized, use an accordion file to store each game in.

This is such a great opportunity for reconnection between kids and parents alike.    Click HERE to access all 30 FREE GAME DOWNLOADS and start looking forward to your next road trip!

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DIY Door Mat Project (With FREE DOWNLOADABLE Stencils!)

Raise your hand if your like DIY projects!  With FREE DOWNLOADABLE stencils!  Yep, today I've got the complete project for you to create your own doormat.  There are a total of 11 different designs for you to choose from so let's get going on the how-to.

Here are the supplies you will need to get started:

• A blank coir mat
• Outdoor acrylic paint (we used black)
• Cardstock (kudos if it can run through an inkjet printer)
• Exacto knives
• Foam paint brushes
• A stencil 
• Painter’s tape
• Pins
• Printer access

                       CHOOSE, DOWNLOAD and PRINT YOUR STENCIL.

SECURE TAPE on YOUR MAT to PREVENT PAINT FROM GETTING PLACES YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE.

 LAY YOUR STENCIL ON the MAT EXACTLY as YOU WANT it TO LOOK.

ONCE YOUR DESIGN IS IN PLACE, USE YOUR EXACTO KNIFE TO CUT THE LETTERS OUT.

PAINT THE LETTERS.  THIS MAY TAKE A FEW COATS of PAINT to GET to JUST the RIGHT SHADE YOU WANT.

                        ONCE the PAINT HAS DRIED, REMOVE the TAPE.

         AND THEN PUT YOUR DOORMAT OUT and START ENJOYING IT!

Here are all 11 FREE DOWNLOADABLE designs available...

Seriously, how stinkin' cute are these?!  Make one for your front door...and back door.  For a business or a friend or a birthday or Christmas present.  The possibilities are endless.  So what are you waiting for?  Click HERE to get all of these awesome stencil designs now!

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Fun DIY Ice Cream Cone Wrappers!

I don't know about y'all, but we just can't get enough ice cream around here.  It's pretty much our snack of choice!  Especially when it's so hot outside.  And the kiddos love eating their ice cream in cones so whenever I saw these super cute and fun DIY ice cream cone wrappers I though how awesome would it be to download these and let them choose their favorite to wrap their next ice cream cone in!

Here's a list of supplies you will need to make your wrappers:

• Printable ice cream cone wrapper template (pick your favorite below)
• Ice cream cone (sugar or cake)
• Scissors
• Double-sided tape or glue

                                Now, for all of the designs you have to choose from:

So, for your next party or gathering or just for the fun of it...DOWNLOAD these adorable ice cream cone wrappers.  Because just when you thought ice cream couldn't get any more fun, it just did!

                                                            I Scream

                                                           You Scream

                                                           We All Scream 

                                                                 for

                                                           ICE CREAM!

***Just CLICK HERE and go to where it says DOWNLOAD CONE WRAPPERS.  Click, Download and Have Fun!***

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Death of a Computer

So I realize that I have been absent for quite some time now.  With loads of posts building up; both personal ones, travel ones and sponsored ones.  You see, I took my computer to The Keys with me to really keep up with my posting and right after I arrived...my computer died.  No seriously.  The hard drive crashed (Wah!).  I took it to the computer repair place there and they could do nothing with it and in the meantime I attempted to work on my blog posts on my iPad, however, I dropped it and cracked it.  I mean REALLY CRACKED it (Wah, wah, wha!).  Hubby thought he could fix the iPad but let's just leave it at...He couldn't!  We got home and took my computer to Best Buy where I told them I didn't mind purchasing a new computer but I really, really wanted my photos recovered.  They said they couldn't do it;"Call Apple," they said.  Who informed me that they didn't do that (WHAT?!).  SO...they gave Hubby the name of a third party who does hard drive recovery and we took the hard drive out and sent it to them.  Meanwhile, I ordered a new computer AND iPad.

I've not had much time to write since I have been doing some baby-sitting stints for the kiddos and actually currently am right now for a few day, BUT I found a few moments and thought I needed to tell you all what has been going on in the electronic world with me.  But now I am back in business and have had some people contact me with some AWESOME posts to create for them that I think you will LOVE!

Here's a SNEAK PEEK:

1.  Homemade Cookie Labels (Download)
2.  Printable Stencils for Doormats
3.  Giveaway on a Conceive Easy Kit
4.  Printable Ice-cream Wrappers
5.  Printable Road Trip Games

And those are just a few of the sponsored posts!

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