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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...

Word Squeeze: Thanksgiving...

The following word or words below have been streched to be tall and squeezed to be narrow. Can you tell what word or words this used to be? Solution (in reverse):...

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]...

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...

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...

Word Squeeze: Pumpkin...

The following word or words below have been streched to be tall and squeezed to be narrow. Can you tell what word or words this used to be? Solution (in reverse):...

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...

Quotebox Puzzle #1...

To solve Quote Boxes, drop the letters from each vertical column — not necessarily in the order in which they appear — into the empty squares below them to spell a quotation that reads from left to right, line by line. Black squares indicate ends of words (spaces). —————————————— ANSWER: “Every year on your birthday, you get a...

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...

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...

Word Squeeze: Halloween...

The following word or words below have been streched to be tall and squeezed to be narrow. Can you tell what word or words this used to be? Solution (in reverse):...

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...

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 &...

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...

Word Squeeze: Trees...

The following word or words below have been streched to be tall and squeezed to be narrow. Can you tell what word or words this used to be? Solution (in reverse):...

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...

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...

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.” ...

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...

Word Squeeze: Vacation...

The following word or words below have been streched to be tall and squeezed to be narrow. Can you tell what word or words this used to be? Solution (in reverse):...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Cryptogram Quote: Freedom’s dream...

Cryptogram...

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...

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.____________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________...

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...

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...

Cryptogram Quote: Making of a country...

Cryptogram...

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...

Cryptogram Quote: American Essence...

Cryptogram...

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.____________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________...

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...

Patriotic Cyrptogram Quote...

Cryptogram...

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...

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...

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...

Online Dot-to-Dot Creation Tool...

Do you have little kids that enjoy doing Dot-to-Dot puzzles in the car, but don’t know where to get them? Now you can create dot to dot puzzles on your own! With our dot to dot creator / generator, you can load a picture from the internet and add dots and lines to the picture. When you are done, you can hide the picture and print the puzzle. There are two modes with the dot to dot generator. The first mode is...

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...

Dots Game Generator...

Remember playing the dots game as a kid during church meetings, in a quiet corner? This same game is a great way to keep kids entertained in the car as well. Of course, it only works if they have someone sitting next to them to play with them. For those of you who are rusty on how to play the game, here are some instructions: Generate a grid of dots on a piece of paper using our tool below One child connects two of the...

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...

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...

Brain Teaser – Leaves and branches...

What has leaves, but no branches? ANSWER: A...

Brain Teaser – Traveling with crazy relation...

You have been invited to go on a road trip with your mother’s brother’s brother-in-law. You have no aunts in the family. Who has invited you to travel with them? ANSWER: Because you have no aunts, this would be your uncle’s brother-in-law on your mom’s side. Your uncle would only have one brother-in-law (he may have many sisters-in-law). The brother-in-law would have to be your...

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