🚗 Short drive checklist
- Under 2 hours
For a drive under two hours with kids, you need less than you think: water for everyone, one snack each, wipes, a bag for trash, and one game ready to go. Tick each thing as it goes in the car; the ticks stay on this phone. Add a toddler, a teen or a pet below and their rows join the list.
✅ Getting your ticks…
What matters on this trip
A short drive goes wrong for the same three reasons a long one does: someone's thirsty, someone's hungry, someone's bored. Water, a snack and one game you can start without thinking cover all three.
Pick the game before you leave. Count the Cows or Banana! for country roads and highways; I Spy for anywhere. Put this page's game link on the home screen and it opens with no signal.
Under two hours, skip the big bag of toys. Every toy handed back is one more thing to find under a seat.
The whole list
Before you go
- Everyone has been to the bathroom
- Car seats and seat belts checked
- One car game picked (try the picker)
Food and water
- A water bottle for each person
- One snack each, the not-sticky kind
In the car
- A bag for trash
- Wipes and tissues
- The first-aid kit you already keep
Games for this drive
Other trips: Day trip · Overnight trip · Long haul · Thanksgiving drive · With a toddler
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