Bus Games to Play
- Bus games can save you from hours of boredom.Bus. Bus in parking area/ parking lot/ car park image by L. Shat from Fotolia.com
Buses can be a convenient and inexpensive way to travel with a large group, but it can be hard to keep everyone entertained on long trips. Bus games are a great way to involve all of the people on the bus and can take up lots of time. Preparing some games can make sure that the trip is almost as fun as what goes on once you arrive. - Begin a story featuring a lead character going on a bus trip. After three minutes, have the lead character face a potentially trip-ending situation, like having a wheel blow out or running out of gas. The next person has one minute to continue the story so that the character's trip can go on. The storyteller can only feature items that you can find on a bus, but contacting people outside the bus for help with an item on the bus is an option. Using a cell phone to call for help would be acceptable, for example. Players can use an item only once during the story. Once the storyteller has rescued the lead character, the other players then vote on whether the storyteller's idea would be successful. If a majority votes that the idea would work, the storyteller continues for an additional three minutes and then ends on a new cliffhanger, with the next player coming up with a new rescue idea. If the group does not consider a story successful, the player is out of the game and doesn't participate in future rounds of that story.
- Select 50 rare words, and write down their definitions. Create three fake definitions for each word. Give each person on the bus a pencil and a piece of paper with the letters A, B, C and D preprinted in 50 numbered rows, with one row for each word. Players should label the papers with their name. Read out the first word and each of the possible definitions, explaining which letter (A through D) stands for a particular definition. Make sure to keep track of the order of the words and the letter choice that is correct. Have the players circle the letter that stands for the correct definition of the word. After all of the words have been read, collect the papers, and give one point for each correct definition. Tally each player's score, and the player who has the most points wins.
- Create a list of words that are common in the chorus of songs popular with the group going on the trip. Divide the people on the bus into two teams, and separate them into the front and back of the bus. Yell out the first word on the list, and give the teams two minutes to brainstorm songs containing that word. Flip a coin to determine which team will go first. That team must have at least one member sing a section from their song that includes the word. Teams take turns singing until one team can't come up with a new song. The last team to sing gets a point, and the first team to reach 10 points wins.
