License Plate Game Map – February 3, 2012

Marker kept wiping off but it is a wipable marker, alrite

We just returned from a 4 week road trip through five western states--this was one of the big hits of the trip! Hours of driving between one national park to the next, this helped keep us occupied. Warning, acquiring all 50 states (and D.C.) was difficult! We had 44 after three days in AZ and CA, but didn't get North Dakota until day 17, Hawaii until day 22 and Rhode Island until 24. The excitement for each of those last 3 was almost enough to bring tears of joy, until we remembered we were somewhere like the Grand Canyon or Crater Lake and there were more inspiring things around, haha.Our one wish was that this map came with stickers instead of the dry erase marker. So we also purchased this little book which DOES have stickers and then combined the two.  Ultimate Sticker Puzzles: License Plates Across the States: Travel Puzzles and Games You could just use either/or, but we found the book stickers combined with the giant map to be the most pleasing outcome. Again NOTE: the map does not come with the stickers in the photo, but we would recommend purchasing this linked book to get them (it isn't expensive!).Safe travels!

We bought this for a road trip over 700 miles and it made for a fun game for most of the trip. We made a contest out of it to start about who could guess the number of different plates we would see on the trip. The game turned out to be fun for everyone in the car! I like the fact that it erases easily and has some fun facts about the different states. We will continue to use this on our road trips!

My third grader is using this to check off all the states as we see their license plates on cars. It's helping him to learn all the states and where they are in the country. He now knows who our neighboring states are (because we see their plates all the time) and why we see others less frequently. It's a conversation starter for what states are known for (mottos and images on plates) and a fun game for 6-10 year olds on road trips or just driving around town.

Fun! I road tripped for total 29 hours with three 13 year old boys. I didn’t want them on technology (devices), so I bought them several road trip games. This was their favorite. They played it many, many times.

I got this for a Christmas gift, for my Brother. He collects license plates, and I thought he might like this too!!

This was a big hit! Whether we are just running around town or going on a longer ride, this keeps my son busy in the car.

A must. My kids love the license plate game. This map was so much fun to play. We also used it as a “map” in our toad trip. Helped my kids see where we were driving through and where we would head next.