Have you…
- Been creative?
- Outside play?
- Read a book?
- Exercised 20 minutes?
- Done something helpful?
Bored Jar
Draw a craft stick or paper with an instruction
- Do 1 chore of Mom’s choice
- Draw a picture
- Go to the park
- Have a picnic
- Make cookies
- Have a friend come over
- Play with sidewalk chalk
- Eat a vegetable
- Interview a family member on video
- Find 5 toys to donate to Goodwill
- Eat a fruit
- Read for 10 minutes
- Exercise using Mom’s instructions
- Take a nap or rest
- Play hopscotch
- Look at a photo album
- Write a letter
- Watch a movie & have popcorn
- Run through the sprinklers
- Play with bubbles
- Eat some ice cream or special treat
- Write in your journal
- Go for a walk
- Color in a coloring book
- Make a lemonade stand
- Play a board game
- Play hide & seek
- Dance
- Play dress up
- Make a sock puppet, put on a puppet play
- Do an art project
- Make an obstacle course
- Play a video game for ½ hour
- Go swimming
- Make a craft with Mom
- Build a fort
- Ride your bike or skates
- Help Mom plan dinner
- Call Dad at work
- Do a service for someone
- Plan a family activity
- Play a computer game for ½ hour
- Have a photo shoot
- Do a puzzle
- Make a flower arrangement
- Play doctor/vet
- Make root beer floats
- Make paper airplanes
- Find things that start w/ every letter of the alphabet (A: apple, B: book, etc)
- Cook your favorite meal w/ an adult
- Ride your bike for 1 hour
- Have a lego building contest using only __ (red, blue, 2s, 3s, etc)
- Make music w/ homemade instruments
- Bake cookies w/ an adult
- Have a water balloon fight
- Gather and paint pet rocks
- Make a “Just Because” card for someone
- Play an outdoor street game
- Sculpt with homemade salt clay
- Go for a walk and collect for nature rubbings
- Play hide-and-seek
- Research an animal and make a presentation
- Find shapes in the clouds
- Gather household items that hold water & create a backyard water relay
- Google __ and tell Mom & Dad about it
- Create a family crest or flag
- Have a neighborhood talent show
- Build things using toothpicks and different sizes and colors marshmallows
- Draw & color a map of your neighborhood
- Hide a prize and make a treasure map
- Coke & mentos science experiment
- Write a story and read it to Mom & Dad
- Go through old clothes, toys & books and pick out some to donate
- Make cereal or pasta jewelry
- Read for 30 minutes
- Build a care package for a child in need
- Have a jump rope contest
- Have a pogo stick contest
- Have a trampoline bounce contest
- Scavenger hunt
- Water gun fight
- Pillow fight
- Fly a kite
- Create and perform a play
- Set up hotwheels races in the driveway
- Model dress up clothes or costumes
- Make silhouettes
- Play “I Spy”
- Tell ghost stories
- Take pictures (home, walk, park)
- Magic show
- Build something
- Wash the car, your bike
- Have a tea party
- Host a museum
- Jump rope, create tricks
- Find a 4-leaf clover
- Learn something new: juggle, origami, double dutch
- build a tin foil back yard river
- Make a book
- Play hotel, vet, doctor, school, mailman, restaurant, etc
- Play catch, kick a ball
- Make a habitat and catch a creature
- Lava floor: don’t touch the floor
- Go Noodle
- watch birds, record them
- Handstand competition
- Create an all about me sheet (favorite toy, food, dessert, drink, color, book, show, character, game, place, animal)
- Create a mosaic
- Build a card tower
- Make words from a sentence
- Create a secret code and write letters in it
- Design a board game
