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These fun conversation starters will make your time on the road fly by.
No one wants to be cooped up in a car for several hours with cranky, bored kids (and adults!). And while screens can keep kids occupied on family trips, the drive will pass faster if the whole family gets involved in something fun.
Conversation starters are a fun and easy way to get everyone in the car talking. When everyone is talking, time flies.
12 Family Trip Conversation Starters
This list includes a variety of topics that are suitable for younger kids, teenagers, and adults.
Would you rather eat a fried cricket or a bowl of raw eggs?
A chicken walks up and starts talking to you about the weather. What's the first thing that runs through your mind?
You get to be invisible for one hour. What will you do during that hour?
A man who has spent the last five years alone on a desert island wants to know how the world has changed while he was away. What would you tell him?
If you could only eat one thing every day for the rest of your life, what would it be?
You're asked to put three items in a box to be opened 100 years from now. What three items would you put in the box?
If you could swap lives with a celebrity for 24 hours, who would you choose and why?
If you saw a UFO spaceship while walking in the woods, what's the first thing you would do?
If you had to choose between giving up your favorite food or giving up your phone, which would you choose?
You find $1,000,000 in cash. If you keep the money, you'll suffer from an incurable rash that makes your whole body itch. You can avoid the rash by giving the money away. What would you do?
If you could choose to stay one age for the rest of your life, what age would you choose?
What was the best thing that happened to you last week?
You can download the list of all 12 family road trip conversation starters as a one-page PDF file.
The Kids and Family Section of our Free Resources page offers more conversation starters and writing prompts for kids and families.