Little Giant Empty Counterpack (Counterpack empty)

Whether in a plane, train, or automobile, this fit-in-your-hand, chunky book is a surefire way to guarantee gigantic fun. Loaded with hundreds of games for on the road or on holiday, kids of every age will be amused for days on end. Spotting games, word guessing games, pencil and paper things, making things, and string games are great for making time fly during a long ride or as evening entertainment around the campfire. There are even a number of activities coded specifically for road, rail, airplane, or boat. For daytime play, try games involving chasing and hunting, throwing, racing, collecting, guessing and remembering, and pretending. And just in case it rains, there are plenty of things for indoors as well. Forget bulky board games -- everything needed to keep the imagination moving during a road trip or during the holidays is in this little book. Here's one to take with you: SQUIGGLES -- Two people have paper and pencil. Each player scribbles very quickly on her or his piece of paper -- the more abstract the squiggle, the better. Players then exchange papers and set themselves a time limit during which they must use every bit of the squiggle to make a picture. Ask a third person to judge Which of the two has used the squiggle more inventively.