Ana G's Boredom Busters

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Bored with the same old lunches? See What's for Lunch?
Have a busy preschooler distracting school time? See Activities for Preschoolers.
See a great collection of on-line activites on Jacob Richman's Kids Page

Ana G. put this list together. Incredible!

Have a "fashion show" with your kids to weed through what fits and what doesn't.
Climb trees (helmets aren't a bad idea)
Go to the aquarium/zoo
Learn about a sport. (stick to basics) Try it out!
Catch bugs, then learn about their habitat. Don't forget to let them go at the end of the day.
Find out what causes common illnesses (like colds) and talk about it.
Let them make a "candy combo" at the bulk section of the grocery store.
Talk about the meanings of their names.
Wander around the neighborhood. Have your kids lead the way home.
Read a Bible story and talk about its lesson.
Have a laundry day. Assign tasks of folding, distributing, etc.
Have a mismatched sock contest. Whoever matches the most pairs from the pile wins!
Talk about how the post office works. Look into tours.
Let them pick coloring sheets online to print off.
Learn how to ballroom dance. This would be too cute.
Take a walk outdoors and let them make a book of nature drawings.
Look through photo albums. With technology these days, you might need to look through pictures off Facebook, etc.
Look up karaoke to Veggie Tales songs. YouTube has some, or check out the library.
Get ahold of episodes of shows you watched as a kid.
Use watercolors to paint what the weather looks like.
Look up hairstyle pictures online. Post on fridge to take to the hairdresser next time.
Learn how clocks work. Make one.
Go to the dollar store and have each kid pick out a present for another.
Explain banks (age appropriately). Deposits, loans, accounts, interest, debit cards... Look into tours.
Make a secret handshake.
Make a fire escape plan. Practice with fire alarm.
Write down nice things about each of your family members.
Take kids to pick out seeds and plant a portion of a garden.
Have a silly song dance-off.
Write love letters to daddy.
Meet up with friends for a picnic.
Teach them how to iron. (Supervision, definitely!)
Pick flowers for a bouquet and make cards to deliver to someone special.
Have a mirror/window cleaning competition.
Create your own pizza.
Collect and paint rocks. Give them as "thinking of you" gifts for people to put in their garden.
Have kids pick out toys they don't play with and give them away
preferably to someone in need.
Find out what "love" means. Incorporate Bible verses, crafts, etc.
Memorize the books of the Bible. Make up or find a song.
Dress the kids up and take them somewhere for a photo shoot.
Print out paper dolls to cut out for girls and paper airplane directions for boys.
Put your favorite childhood books on hold at the library and read to your kids.
Get books on tape (w/ accompanying books, preferably) and make a "reading corner" with pillows.
Have Mommy tell stories about her life (when the kids were born, when she got married, and the like) in "story time." Let the kids tell stories of their own.
Have an "Olympics" day. Wear ridiculous sport attire, play Candy Land, and make up races/competitions.
Make and decorate cookies.
Re-enact a Bible story.
Make Jell-o and cut into shapes.
Make a to-do list. Rip it up. Spend day playing Legos and tea party.
Look into visiting kids at the hospital.
Make a visual list (w/pictures) of what they need when they leave for school, etc. (ex. jacket, lunch, homework)
Have everyone make a list of likes and dislikes.
Design a craft to make and send to grandparents.
Make a pretend library, grocery store, etc. Put on silly hats and such and pretend to be a different customer each time.
Get a bunch of movies and stay in your jammies all day long.
Schedule coffee/lunch with a friend someplace kid-friendly.
Decorate a box to put "memories" in.
Teach them how to sew.
Learn about currency. Teach them how much each coin is worth, then get real-looking money from the dollar store . Put prices on things around the house, and have them "buy" them. If old enough, have them check to see if they got the right change back.
Assign kids to a room, then have a (insert desired time here) minute tidy session, then swap rooms and restart timer.
Learn about the 5 senses and how they work.
Have kids help make a grocery list, then have them help you pick out those things at the store.
Go through old art projects and decide which ones to keep.
Talk about what they want to be when they grow up. Make a collage.
Go to the bookstore and sit cross-legged and read while your kids devour books in the kid section.
Talk about each kid's birth story.
Check out and get rid of shoes that are too small/worn out.
Have kids play outside ALL day (mud pies and all).
Have a Veggie Tales marathon.
Design a popsicle stick house and create it.
Let the kids be "mommies" and "daddies" for a day.
Go somewhere busy and people watch. Make up stories about what they might be doing.
Make it an "Ikea" day. Invite friends! (Ikea is a fun home store in some areas.)
Bring Daddy lunch at work.
Print out an outline of body and organs. Have them try to put them in the right spots.
Memorize the Lord's Prayer.
Make something for Daddy to put in his office.
Go to the store and pick out things for a wishlist for an upcoming holiday.
Create and film a music video, the sillier, the better!
Have kids act out a simple children's story. Be sure to videotape.
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