Summertime Boredom Busters

MJ is pretty good about playing on her own but sometimes she wants to do something different. I'm a list person. I find myself constantly making lists. Here is a list of things to do when boredom hits.

Things to do inside:

1. Decorate your own stationary with some blank paper and envelopes
2. Make a collage with some old magazines
3. Paint your toenails
4. Make a border for your own room with continuous paper
5. Make paper airplanes
6. Play school with last year's school materials
7. Make a family or personal calendar
8. Make bookmarks
9. Measure 10 things with a ruler
10. Write a poem
11. Write a story
12. Make a keychain
13. Make cookies or cupcakes
14. Organize your clothes drawers
15. Write a play
16. Make a city or a castle from recycled boxes and paper towel or toilet paper tubes
17. Write a letter to a relative
18. Make a healthy snack with fruits and vegetables (or try some fruit sushi)
19. Take pictures with a digital camera
20. Call a friend
21. Find your house on a map
22. Fluff up the pillows in the house
23. Make a birthday card for a friend
24. Build something with Legos, Tinkertoys, Lincoln Logs or Duplo Blocks
25. Play a board game
26. Make a birthday or Christmas list
27. Make animals out of pipe cleaners
28. Change the sheets on your bed
29. Have a picnic on the floor
30. Read a book
31. Make something with Origami paper
32. Do a secret good deed
33. Make sock puppets with old socks
34. Sing a song
35. Look through your old toys, books, or clothes that you have outgrown. Find something to donate.
36. Make musical instruments (put beans in a water bottle to create a shaker)
37. Play a musical instrument
38. Look at old pictures
39. Take a nap (MY FAVORITE)
40. Take a bath
41. Make juice popsicles
42. Play pick-up sticks with wooden skewers
43. Play with Play-Doh
44. Paint, draw, color
45. Do a workbook
46. Make some paper dolls. Design and create clothes for them.
47. Make paper snowflakes- work on your scissor skills
48. Do a puzzle
49. Blow bubbles in the bath
50. Make a card or your own wrapping paper with some rubber stamps
51. Make a treasure hunt with clues
52. Do a sticker book.
53. Do some exercises- jumping jacks, sit ups, push ups, stretch
54. Make puffy paint
55. Make a paper bag puppet
56. Have a tea party with your stuffed animals
57. Build a fort with blankets and sheets
58. Watch your favorite movie
59. Clean your room (my other favorite)
60. Organize your toys and books

Things to do outside:

1. Decorate the sidewalk or patio with sidewalk chalk
2. Make a daisy chain or flower crown
3. Blow bubbles
4. Ride your bike
5. Have a picnic
6. Pick some flowers from the yard and put them in a vase
7. Water the garden
8. Plant some flowers
9. Go for a walk
10. Build a sand castle at the beach or in the sandbox
11. Play in the sprinklers
12. Go swimming
13. Go to the park
14. Play a game of tag
15. Make a mud pie
16. Play whiffle ball
17. Watch a movie outside on a warm night
18. Observe a bug or insect
19. Wash your bike or the family car
20. Go roller skating
21. Fly a kite
22. Paint with fizzy sidewalk paint
23. Play a game of catch with a friend
24. Go to a playground
25. Play frisbee
26. Create your own golf course and play the course
27. Set up a tent outside and go camping in the backyard
28. Jump rope
29. Play hopscotch
30. Have a water fight
31. See how many times you can bounce/dribble a ball

Places to go:

1. Library
2. Mall
3. Children's Museum
4. Ice cream shop
5. Park
6. Zoo
7. Playground
8. Car wash
9. Beach
10. Restaurant
11. Chuck E. Cheese
12. Take a train ride
13. Movie theater
14. Farm or Farmer's Market
15. Miniature golf
16. Bike trails
17. Drive-in Theater
18. Theme park
19. Bowling
20. Ice skating
21. Arcade

What are some of your boredom busters?

I found another list that was great at Whatever Dee Dee Wants.