143 Things for Your Kids To Keep Busy With:
- make paper snowflakes
- clean out the toy box
- send virtual greeting cards
- choose photos for a family calendar
- have an indoor picnic
- bake and decorate cut-out cookies
- go camping in the livingroom
- clear out your email inbox
- make a mobile out of found objects (acorns, rocks, branches)
- write up some New Year’s Resolutions
- create a simple Family Tree
- make sandwiches and cut them out with large cookie cutters
- play basketball with a wadded up piece of paper and a wastebasket
- play board games
- make a tent out of blankets
- read books
- make homemade play dough
- play with play dough
- write a letter to a relative, friend or pen pal
- clean bedroom
- vacuum living room
- clean bathroom
- make a craft
- draw
- color
- paint
- watch a movie
- write stories
- use magnifying glass
- write a play
- act out a play
- invent indoor circus acts
- perform an indoor circus
- play card games
- dust the house
- brush the pet
- write letters
- read a magazine
- play dress-up
- play Cowboys
- build a fort in your rooms
- do a jigsaw puzzle
- play on the Geosafari
- play on the computer
- listen to a story or book on tape
- do extra schoolwork to get ahead
- do brain teasers (ie: crosswords, word searches, hidden pictures, mazes, etc.)
- cook
- prepare lunch
- surprise a neighbor with a good deed
- play store
- prepare a “restaurant” lunch with menus
- hold a tea party
- have a Teddy bear picnic on the floor in the livingroom
- play with toy cars
- play dolls
- play house
- learn magic tricks
- put on a magic show
- make sock puppets
- put on a puppet show
- crochet or knit
- make doll clothes
- sew buttons in designs on old shirts
- make bookmarks
- take a quiet rest time
- take a shower or bath
- organize a dresser drawer
- clean under the bed
- empty dishwasher
- vacuum under the couch cushions and keep any change found
- write these ideas on pieces of paper and pick out one or two to do
- practice musical instruments
- perform a family concert
- teach yourself to play musical instrument (recorder, harmonica, guitar)
- fold laundry
- sweep kitchen or bathroom floors
- vacuum or dust window blinds
- clean bathroom mirrors
- clean sliding glass doors
- copy your favorite book illustration
- design your own game
- build with blocks or Legos
- create a design box (copper wire, string, odds-and-ends of things destined for the
- garbage, pom-poms, thread, yarn, etc.)
- have a marble tournament on the livingroom carpet
- make dessert
- make dinner
- give your pet a party
- have a read-a-thon with a friend or sibling
- check out a science book and try some experiments
- make up a story
- arrange photo albums
- play hide-and-seek
- create a symphony with bottles and pans and rubber bands
- read a story to a younger child
- string dry noodles or O-shaped cereals into a necklace
- glue noodles into a design on paper
- play jacks
- make up a song
- make an indoor teepee out of blankets
- write in your journal
- play charades
- make up a story by drawing pictures
- draw a cartoon strip
- make a map of your bedroom, house or neighborhood
- call a friend
- cut pictures from old magazines and write a story
- make a collage using pictures cut from old magazines
- do a secret service for a neighbor
- plan a treasure hunt
- make a treasure map
- make up a “Bored List” of things to do
- plan a special activity for your family
- search your house for items made in other countries and then learn about those
- countries from the encyclopedia or online
- plan an imaginary trip to the moon
- plan an imaginary trip around the world, where would you want to go
- write a science-fiction story
- find a new pen pal
- make up a play using old clothes as costumes
- make up a game for practicing math facts
- have a Spelling Bee
- make up a game for practicing spelling
- write newspaper articles for a pretend newspaper
- put together a family newsletter
- write reviews of movies or plays or TV shows or concerts you see during the break from school
- bake a cake
- bake a batch of cookies
- decorate a shoe box
- make a hideout or clubhouse
- make paper airplanes
- have paper airplane races
- learn origami
- make friendship bracelets for your friends
- make a wind chime out of things headed for the garbage
- paint your face
- braid hair
- play tag
- make food sculptures (from pretzels, gumdrops, string licorice, raisins, cream cheese, peanuts, peanut butter, etc.) and then eat it
- produce a talent show
- memorize a poem
- recite a memorized poem for your family
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