Road Trip Bingo: A Truck-Spotting Game for the Whole Family

On a recent cross-country road trip, my son and I passed the time with one of our favorite games: spotting Swift Transportation trucks. The rule is simple—whoever sees one first gets to punch the other in the arm (gently, of course). It’s surprisingly entertaining and definitely helps the miles go by faster. And believe me, there are a lot of Swift trucks out there.

While scanning the highways, I had a fun idea: Truck Bingo. Instead of calling out numbers and letters, players watch the road for trucks that match the ones on their bingo cards. It’s a great way to keep kids engaged during long stretches of driving.

Want to take it up a notch? Try playing blackout bingo, where the goal is to mark off every square. Or keep a running tally on each type of truck you spot—see which one dominates the highway.

You can print the cards on regular paper for one-time use, but I recommend laminating them and using dry-erase markers so you can reuse them for future trips. Add your own fun twist: maybe the first person to get blackout picks the music, or chooses the next lunch stop.

I’ve created five unique Truck Bingo cards that you’re welcome to use for your own road trip adventures. Each card features a different truck brand or company logo at the top and in the center “free space.” You can keep it simple and use that square as a traditional free space—or make it more challenging by requiring players to spot five of that specific truck before they can mark it off. It’s a fun way to add variety and competition to your drive!

Be creative—and let the miles roll by with a little friendly competition!

Back to School

It's hard to believe we are all finally back in school! It was a long wait, and still looks nothing like a normal year. Our schools are operating online for now, but soon will meet in person for a couple days each week. In the meantime, I'm finding myself with a lot of free time. It's been awhile. I've been so excited to be able to create new coloring sheets. Enjoy them!

You can feel free to use the coloring pages for your own PERSONAL use.  But please be kind and do not claim these pictures as your own or offer them for downloads.  I don't appreciate them being copied and put on other websites for download.

Wishful thinking. Just Kidding! We had a little too much of summer vacation here!

A special drawing by my youngest daughter. She worked very hard on this.

I Love You, Dad ... Fill in the Blank Book

The past couple weeks I've been working on a fun gift idea for dads. Father's Day is soon coming, and this is a great heartfelt gift idea. I made a book like this for my mom on her birthday, and she loved it. It's a good idea to bring some tissues because it's sure to bring a few happy tears. 

If you would like to download the Dad Fill in the Blank book click here, or you can scroll down and pick and choose which pages you want to print. I tried to make a lot! I'll come up with some more fun corners and words for the new books, and probably repeat some of these for the new books. I'm going to make one for daughters, sons, husband, wife, grandparents, etc. It's such a neat gift idea that the person will really treasure!

You can see the directions for how to assemble to book here. 

Feel free to use the pages for your own PERSONAL use.  But please be kind and do not claim these pictures as your own or offer them for downloads.  Feel free to mix and match between books. Use whatever you like, throw away what you don't like.

I made a blank page, so you can personalize it however you see fit. Or leave it out if you don't have any ideas you want to put down.

You can view or print the MOM Fill in the Blank book here.

I Love You, Mom ... Fill in the Blank Book

This is a little late for Mother's Day, but still a perfect gift to give to mom any time of year. A long time ago I bought my mother a fill in the blank keepsake book to pass down to me. It's full of things that happened during life and prompts to share stories. This book is a similar idea, however it's a gift for YOU to GIVE to Mom.

I partnered with my daughter, and we came up with a sweet printable together. This was no easy feat. I had to do a lot of brainstorming, and I even cheated a little and Googled a few lines to finish for the book. I had so much fun with this project that I decided I'm going to make one for fathers, daughters, sons, husband, wife, grandparents, etc. You can check back here later for more fill in the blank books!

You can download the full Mom Fill in the Blank PDF file here or you can scroll down and pick and choose which pages you want to print. I tried to make a lot! I'll come up with some more for the new books, and probably repeat some of these for the new books.

I printed the pages on the BACK side of letter size scrapbook paper. You could print it on solid colored paper, but I wanted some fun prints for the extra pages to scrapbook photos of me and mom through the years. You could also print these pages double sided so your book is a smaller thickness.

My daughter drew several corner designs for these pages. We've already been brainstorming and starting on the corners for the other books. For boys we have some outer space corners, and a cute train to go along the top and bottom.

After you print the pages out, you will want to cut each page in half on the horizontal line and assemble in whatever order you would like.

To bind the book, you could staple in the middle. Or you could cut the book again down the vertical line and pile the pages on top of each other. I opted for something a little different. Whenever I bind pages together, I like to use my sewing machine. My sewing machine can handle quite a few papers, and it seems a little more professional to me than staples. You could use colored thread. I just went for white this time. If I make another I might use a color thread, or I might print the cover on some colored card stock.

You can print wallet size photos to add on the scrapbook paper!

You can feel free to use the pages for your own PERSONAL use.  But please be kind and do not claim these pictures as your own or offer them for downloads.  Feel free to mix and match between books. Use whatever you like, throw away what you don't like.

I made a blank page, so you can personalize it however you see fit. Or leave it out if you don't have any ideas you want to put down. 

I'm sure Mom will love the book! It might even bring a few happy tears!