Share your top tips for keeping kids entertained on long journeys to win Where’s Wally? activity book bundle PLUS bumper colouring kit!

Have colouring in pads and playing cards

An in-car dvd player for playing their favourite cartoons, books for colouring and reading. Make sure you have regular stops for a drink and the toilet - a breath of fresh air and a stretch of the legs always prevents tiredness, irritability and grumpiness in our household!

We sing a lot. I put titles of songs; nursery rhymes, songs I sang at school , songs from my guide camps and pop songs, into a box and we take it in turn to take a slip from the box ( we don't know what we are choosing, so it is a surprise) and sing that song. We say poems , nursery rhymes and action rhymes.We choose a word (from a slip in another box) and say something about that word. We have great fun. We play CDs. We play I-Spy. We choose a colour and see how many cars we spy in that colour within the next 3 minutes. We tell stories.We take drink snack breaks.

We have a bag of wrapped presents next to each child and they get to open
one every 30 mins to an hour depending journey . In the presents are just the normal activity books crayons etc but the kids LOVE the whole idea and look forward to it as a holiday treat.

Sorry, misread the question!

We have just been to a moth event at a local bird sanctuary. Moths were trapped overnight and identified (then released) in the morning. It was very interesting so we have bought an identification book and plan to see what we can find in the garden. We might try butterfly identification as well.

I have the essentials in the front with me - water bottle, snacks, plastic bag for rubbish and wet wipes. We play I-spy, spot the vehicle (DS loves spotting lorries and tractors he never tires of this) and audio books. I've just started the Roald Dahl audio books which the kids are enjoying.

When planning our route, I always try and find a spot where we can stop for a walk/play and lunch. One of my favourites is the garden centre near Burnham on sea - lovely large play area for the kids.

Bring puzzle or small board game

Good old I spy books and singing games which means the whole family can join in. Or a simple craft like pom-pom making or even knitting while listening to an audio book.

Eye spy and singing - works every time!

My daughter listens to her favourite music on her headphones which means I can listen to something else if I want! We always have drinks and snacks too.

we like to play the number plate game, either finding numbers or the alphabet on passing cars. Sometimes we play i spy or I make up a bingo kit with things we might see, first one to cross everything off wins a treat (normally a sweetie)

We play games- "I went to the moon and I took" where we each add an item and have to remember everyones increasingly silly things to take to the moon. Car or animal bingo is always fun where you assign points to the most unlikely colour of car or rarest animal to spot en route. It's amazing how many wild giraffes or bright pink cars are out there when points need scoring! We also sometimes pretend to be someone else in the family -speaking & acting like them until the others guess who it is - a simple 1 but great fun to hear a 4 yr old talking like his granny.

My son loves audio books, so these keep him quiet. We have just finished the harry potter series which has lasted us six months. We love to do colouring in, but my son likes to steal my adult colouring books, so these would be great for us to do as a family.

We have a string we hang across the back of the front seats. It has major stops or landmarks for the journey on it. We then move a pegged car along the string to stop the incessant are we there yet questions. The kids love moving the car along and often look out for the next stop/landmark.

We have printed and laminated (so wipe able) games such as tic tac toe boards, naughts and crosses boards and ultimate tic tac toe. We also have a variety of 'bingo' style cards that vary from types of cars to types of signs to things we might see along the way.

We quite often play spot the alphabet registration game, where you have to spot a car with a in the reg, then b etc. there are a few
Enters that are missed out though!

The usual I spy, granny packed. A suitcase and took.. Games are played as well.

We have audio books and myths, sing along CDs, books and colouring items.

We love travelling by train rather than driving for long journeys, it means I can focus on entertaining the dc with games, books and we have lots of table space for board games like Cluedo.

Sticker books work well for us, also puzzle books with a mixture of things like spot the difference and dot 2 dot. Indoors on a wet day we have two favourites, painting and play doh both last for ages. On journeys a lunch box filled with small snacks like raisins, strawberries, grapes and popcorn goes down well.

Make a playlist up for kids.
Take magazines and toys.
Try to leave not long before a naptime.
Sweets and water.
DVD player always good too.

Activity books, stories, snacks, audio books and music to sing to

We use a mix of things to break up longer journeys. I-spy is a favourite (and easier not the kids are 5 and 7 and actually know what letters things start with), watching saved stuff on their tablets and playing spotting games - we say skittle when we see a yellow car which is strangely addictive.

Old fashioned car games. Eg colours of cars. Number plates, I-Spy & sing a longs!

Audio books are great! Also lots of pointing and chatting about all the things we can see (which can be great or incredibly boring depending on where you're driving!)

We like audio books on the cd player, the secret seven, stig of the dump, and just william are lined up ready for this summer holiday.
We also play I-Spy, and other observational games.
We take a small box of lego or geomagnets etc to play with and swap and share between the two of them.
Sweets snd snacks as treats and distractions. Now they are a little bigger we might have dry wipe boards (which they love) in the car.

Snacks and drinks are a must as are sweets! Simple games too. We discuss what we all want to do on our holiday once we get there!

Plenty of healthy snacks (preferably things that won't make a mess of the car) - fruit, sandwiches, raw vegetable sticks etc.
Audio books
Regular stops for fresh air and exercise if in the car.
For train journeys - colouring, dot-to-dot and story books.