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Category Worksheet: SNOW

Category Worksheet: SNOW...

InstructionsAlong the top of the following grid there are some letters of the alphabet. Down the left side of the grid are a number of topics or categories. Try to write in words that fit the category and start with the letter in the top row of that column. (Under to the letter L, for the topic of ‘Automobile’ for example, you might write ‘Lexus’.) Try to fill out the grid as much as you can. ...
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Rebus Teaser #8

Rebus Teaser #8...

Rebus Puzzles are popular word picture puzzles with hidden meanings. You use their pictures and words to try to solve the meaning. They are often common phrases. —————————————— ANSWER: “big bad...
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Mad Lib – Super Thief gets Foiled by Clerk

Mad Lib – Super Thief gets Foiled by Clerk...

MadLib Please fill in the following: [1] Name of a Super Hero_________________________ [2] A verb ending in ‘ed’_________________________ [3] An adjective_________________________ [4] A day of the week_________________________ [5] A noun_________________________ [6] The name of a place_________________________ [7] A common household item_________________________ [8] An adjective_________________________ [9]...
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Category Worksheet: HOLIDAY

Category Worksheet: HOLIDAY...

InstructionsAlong the top of the following grid there are some letters of the alphabet. Down the left side of the grid are a number of topics or categories. Try to write in words that fit the category and start with the letter in the top row of that column. (Under to the letter L, for the topic of ‘Automobile’ for example, you might write ‘Lexus’.) Try to fill out the grid as much as you can. ...
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Rebus Teaser #7

Rebus Teaser #7...

Rebus Puzzles are popular word picture puzzles with hidden meanings. You use their pictures and words to try to solve the meaning. They are often common phrases. —————————————— ANSWER: “Man...
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Mad Lib – Wild Thing

Mad Lib – Wild Thing...

MadLib Please fill in the following: [1] A US State_________________________ [2] Color_________________________ [3] An animal_________________________ [4] A verb ending in ‘ed’_________________________ [5] The name of a building_________________________ [6] A verb ending in ‘ed’_________________________ [7] The name of some food_________________________ [8] Past tense...
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Category Worksheet: SIGN

Category Worksheet: SIGN...

InstructionsAlong the top of the following grid there are some letters of the alphabet. Down the left side of the grid are a number of topics or categories. Try to write in words that fit the category and start with the letter in the top row of that column. (Under to the letter L, for the topic of ‘Automobile’ for example, you might write ‘Lexus’.) Try to fill out the grid as much as you can. ...
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Rebus Teaser #6

Rebus Teaser #6...

Rebus Puzzles are popular word picture puzzles with hidden meanings. You use their pictures and words to try to solve the meaning. They are often common...
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Draw and Fold over

Draw and Fold over...

I have fond memories of this activity as a kid. We would often do it at church or on road trips in the car. Now all of our RadRoadTrip readers can have the fun of recreating this activity for your own kids. Our downloadable worksheet has a box with four sections. Each section of the box will be space for part of a body to be drawn by the participants. The first person will draw a head and shoulders in the top box. Then...
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Boundary Letter Puzzle A/E/5

Boundary Letter Puzzle A/E/5...

What 5 letter words can you think of that start with ‘a’ and end with ‘e’?We came up with 43 possibilities.____________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ____________________ Our answers have been listed below in reverse form so you don’t...
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Rebus Teaser #5

Rebus Teaser #5...

Rebus Puzzles are popular word picture puzzles with hidden meanings. You use their pictures and words to try to solve the meaning. They are often common phrases. —————————————— ANSWER: “Space...
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Boundary Letter Puzzle A/E/4

Boundary Letter Puzzle A/E/4...

What 4 letter words can you think of that start with ‘a’ and end with ‘e’?We came up with 13 possibilities.____________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ____________________ Our answers have been listed below in reverse form so you don’t...
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Rebus Teaser #4

Rebus Teaser #4...

Rebus Puzzles are popular word picture puzzles with hidden meanings. You use their pictures and words to try to solve the meaning. They are often common phrases. —————————————— ANSWER: “Bigger &...
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Categories Activity Worksheet Creator

Categories Activity Worksheet Creator...

Whether on the road, in the classroom, or playing games as a family, the Categories Activity worksheet can be a fun companion to many situations. It can be played by children, teens, or adults…they just need to be able to read and write. The ‘Categories’ generator creates a grid with a number of topics down the left column of the grid. It will also create a number of columns with letters at the head of...
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Boundary Letter Puzzle A/E/3

Boundary Letter Puzzle A/E/3...

What 3 letter words can you think of that start with ‘a’ and end with ‘e’?We came up with 9 possibilities.____________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ____________________ Our answers have been listed below in reverse form so you don’t...
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Building Words

Building Words...

This game is a fun one for players who can read and spell. The Person A first writes down a letter (or says a letter, if there is no easy access to pen and paper). The next person adds a letter that can make up a word. The next player adds another letter, again working towards spelling out a word. Next player adds another letter, and so on, until nobody can add another letter. If you think the last player who added a letter...
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Boundary Letter Puzzle A/D/6...

What 6 letter words can you think of that start with ‘a’ and end with ‘d’?We came up with 19 possibilities.____________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ____________________ Our answers have been listed below in reverse form so you don’t...
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Puzzles, Shirts, and a Family Reunion

Puzzles, Shirts, and a Family Reunion...

Four cousins are headed separately to the big family reunion. Each one had to wake up at a different time to get dressed. Each one wore a different colored shirt and brought along their favorite type of puzzle from RadRoadTrips.com to do in the car. Find out what time each cousin woke up, what colored shirt they wore, and what puzzle they brought to do along the way. Use the following clues to solve the Logic Puzzle: The...
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Cryptogram Quote: Friends and Songs

Cryptogram Quote: Friends and Songs...

Solution: “A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have forgotten how it goes.” ...
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Create your own Logic Puzzles

Create your own Logic Puzzles...

One of the favorite puzzles my kids like to do on road trips is to solve logic puzzles. They have become such a demand, that we have created a tool that allows you to create logic puzzles of your own. Right now we support 4×4 sized puzzles. Simply enter a title and description for your puzzle. Then list the entities (labels such as Car, Color, Shirt, Music, Name, Birth Month, etc) for your puzzle. Put the entity...
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Boundary Letter Puzzle A/C/6...

What 6 letter words can you think of that start with ‘a’ and end with ‘c’?We came up with 8 possibilities.____________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ____________________ Our answers have been listed below in reverse form so you don’t...
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Boundary Letter Puzzle A/B/6...

What 6 letter words can you think of that start with ‘a’ and end with ‘b’?We came up with 5 possibilities.____________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ____________________ Our answers have been listed below in reverse form so you don’t...
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Mad Lib – The Juno Spacecraft

Mad Lib – The Juno Spacecraft...

MadLib Please fill in the following: [1] A man’s name_________________________ [2] A number_________________________ [3] Name of a Month_________________________ [4] A Year in the past_________________________ [5] An adjective_________________________ [6] A big number_________________________ [7] A number_________________________ [8] A plural noun_________________________ [9] A plural...
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Cryptogram Quote: Dare to Do

Cryptogram Quote: Dare to Do...

Solution: “The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.” -Dale Carnegie ...
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Boundary Letter Puzzle A/A/6...

What 6 letter words can you think of that start with ‘a’ and end with ‘a’?We came up with 13 possibilities.____________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ____________________ Our answers have been listed below in reverse form so you don’t...
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School Supplies Crossword

School Supplies Crossword...

Across: 1. To fix. 5. To take something that does not belong to you. 6. This is used to fix your writing mistakes. 7. Something that you hope doesn’t happen to you while you are driving on a trip. 11. The male parent of either one’s mother or father. 12. A semi liquid substance that is used to adhere items to paper. Down: 2. A grouping. For example, one set of cookies that are baked together. 3. One of the...
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Random Words Crossword

Random Words Crossword...

Across: 1. One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon 2. To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof 4. The male parent of either one’s mother or father. 6. To take something that does not belong to you. 7. Not to hide, but to reveal to the world. 5. The opposite of light or bright. 9. A grouping. For example, one set of cookies that are...
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Cryptogram Quote: Live for America

Cryptogram Quote: Live for America...

Solution: If our country is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in time of peace. ~Hamilton Fish ...
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Boundary Letter Puzzle A/D/4...

What 4 letter words can you think of that start with ‘a’ and end with ‘d’?We came up with 7 possibilities.____________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ____________________ Our answers have been listed below in reverse form so you don’t...
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Mad Lib – Our New Cousin

Mad Lib – Our New Cousin...

MadLib Please fill in the following: [1] A number_________________________ [2] The name of a state_________________________ [3] Type of car_________________________ [4] The name of a second state_________________________ [5] A noun_________________________ [6] An adjective_________________________ [7] Name of a sibling_________________________ [8] Something embarrassing ending in -ed_________________________ [9] The...
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Cryptogram Quote: Freedom’s dream

Cryptogram Quote: Freedom’s dream...

Cryptogram...
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Boundary Letter Puzzle A/A/4...

What 4 letter words can you think of that start with ‘a’ and end with ‘a’?We came up with 5 possibilities.____________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ____________________ Our answers have been listed below in reverse form so you don’t...
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Boundary Letter Puzzle A/D/3...

What 3 letter words can you think of that start with ‘a’ and end with ‘d’?We came up with 3 possibilities.____________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________...
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Whose Music is it?

Whose Music is it?...

John, Chloe, Ryker, and Fin are all on separate road trips. For child, you are to determine what type of music they are listening to as well as the age and color of car they are traveling in. Use the following clues to solve the Logic Puzzle: Neither John nor Ryker are traveling in a white vehicle. The 7 year old car is white. John is listening to Jazz Between the person listening to Pop and Chloe, one is traveling in a...
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A Washington DC Visit

A Washington DC Visit...

Aliece, Ava, Miles, and Levi are traveling with their grandparents to do a tour of Washington, DC. They are each going on different months in the same year. Each one is staying in a hotel in different cities. In order to prepare for the trip each one has to write a report on a different memorial or location near Washington, DC. For each child, determine their month of travel, the city they are staying in, and what monument...
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Cryptogram Quote: Making of a country

Cryptogram Quote: Making of a country...

Cryptogram...
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New Travel Pet

New Travel Pet...

Avary, Miles, Karli, and Jace all purchased a stuffed animal to take with them on their trip. Your mission is to determine what kind of animal was purchased, how much was paid, and what name was given to the toy animal by each child. Use the following clues to solve the Logic Puzzle: Of Avary and Jace, one paid $12 and the other purchased a Dog. The child who purchased a Pig is not Miles. Avary did not name her...
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Cryptogram Quote: American Essence

Cryptogram Quote: American Essence...

Cryptogram...
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Boundary Letter Puzzle A/A/3

Boundary Letter Puzzle A/A/3...

What 3 letter words can you think of that start with ‘a’ and end with ‘a’?We came up with 1 possibility.____________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________         ________________________________________...
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Boundary Letter Puzzle Creator

Boundary Letter Puzzle Creator...

You many have never heard of a Letter Boundary Word Puzzle. We recently got an idea for this puzzle off of a twitter post by @PennyDellPuzzle. This puzzle will probably be more ideal for older kids, teenagers, and adults who like word puzzles. The object of the puzzle is to provide a letter at the beginning of the word as well as a letter at the end of the word. You also specify the number of letters in the word. The...
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Summer Sporting Events

Summer Sporting Events...

It is summer vacation and Grandma and Grandpa are trying to follow their granddaughter, Karli, and grandsons, Ryker, Beck, and Levi, as they participate in their Summer Sports programs. Help the grandparents match up each grandchild with their sport, where their game is at this weekend, and what uniform number each kid wears. Use the following clues to solve the Logic Puzzle: •The child wearing number 5 is playing baseball...
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Patriotic Cyrptogram Quote

Patriotic Cyrptogram Quote...

Cryptogram...
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A Snack, a Car, and a Road Trip

A Snack, a Car, and a Road Trip...

The Hansen kids were all going on different road trips of different durations. They each were riding in a different brand of car. They also were each given some money to buy a treat for the trip. For each kid, try to determine the length of their road trip, the treat they purchased, and the brand/make of car that they were traveling in. Use the following clues to solve the Logic Puzzle: •The four kids were Alayna, the...
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American Revolution Crossword

American Revolution Crossword...

Across 1. One of the first battles to take place in the American Revolutionary war took place on a hill near Boston Harbor. The battle is known as “the battle of _______ hill.” 3. The British loved to drink this warm beverage 4. Colonists were told by the King that they had to let these people live in their homes whenever they wanted (plural) 6. What we call people from Great Britain (England) 10. The first...
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Online Crossword Puzzle Generator

Online Crossword Puzzle Generator...

We are excited to bring Crossword Puzzle Maker utility into our road trip activities website. Our kinds enjoy doing puzzles on our road trips. Crosswords are always a favorite! The goal is to fill the white squares with letters, forming words or phrases, by solving clues which lead to the answers. The answer words and phrases are placed in the grid from left to right and from top to bottom. Squares in which answers begin...
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Online Word Paths Puzzle Creator

Online Word Paths Puzzle Creator...

You don’t often see this type of puzzle, but it can be both challenging and fun. We have created a Word Paths Puzzle generation tool so that you you can create fun puzzles adapted to the age and skill of your children (or adults!). With our Word Paths Puzzle generator, you can first, design your puzzle grid. You can set the size and even make customized borders by blocking out different parts of the puzzle grid. Once...
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Roadside Alphabet Game

Roadside Alphabet Game...

A fun game that you can play with school age children as well as adults while travelling is making use of the things you see outside of your car window using the alphabet. Consider that you are starting with the letter ‘A’, everyone in the family will try to spot something passes by while on travelling and that will start with ‘A’. Continue from ‘a’ to ‘z’. If you have to choose ‘Q’ and ‘X’ that...
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Online Word Search Creator

Online Word Search Creator...

Word search puzzles are one of the oldest word games that I have played in my life. They are a timeless puzzle that never seems to get out of style. Our kids love to do word searches in the car for long and short trips. In order to keep the word search puzzles interesting, we have worked on a utility that you can use to perform many variations on the word search puzzle theme. You can create word search puzzles that are...
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Cryptogram Creation Tool

Cryptogram Creation Tool...

A cryptogram is a puzzle where a sentence is encoded by substituting the actual letters of the sentence with different letters or symbols. To solve the puzzle, one must deduce which letters go with each cypher code. With our tool you can generate your own cryptograms to be printed out and used on your next road trip. You can make the as easy as you want or as hard as you can. Simply type in the text of the quote or...
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Summer Travel Passport for Kids

Summer Travel Passport for Kids...

Your kids have worked hard getting up early to catch their bus, or walk the sidewalk trail to that big brick school building for the past nine months. They have sat through lecture after lecture and brought home mountains of homework and projects. Now that the sun is shining brighter in the evenings and the temperatures are rising, school is ready to let out for the summer, and your kids are ready to take advantage of...
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