Pencil Otter

Guides

Practical ideas for road trips and days at home, from the team that makes Pencil Otter books.

Car games for kids, by age (3 to 12) Screen-free car games that need nothing but eyes and voices, sorted by age from 3 to 12, plus when to use them on a drive. Read the guide → Screen-free rainy-day activities for kids at home Ideas for a rainy day indoors, sorted by the kind of energy in the house: things to move, make, solve and do together, for ages 3 to 12. Read the guide → How to keep kids busy on a long drive A practical plan for a long car trip with children: what to pack, how to pace activities through the drive, and what to do at stops. Read the guide → Printable puzzles for 9 to 12 year olds What makes a puzzle page satisfying for older kids: bigger mazes, backwards words, crosswords, codes and logic grids, with real examples to print. Read the guide →