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Things for Kids to do When They're Bored
write a poem
pick a drawer and clean it out
make a collage
read a book to your younger siblings
throw a ball or frisbee for the dog
make paper snowflakes
write a play and act it out
design clothes (cars, houses, jewelry)
pick a room in the house and put away all the toys in that room
read the book of Ruth in the Bible
make scribble art
make your own list of things to do when you're bored
draw a picture
fix your hair pretty
sing a silly song
read
make a diorama
make potholders
swing
make up a board game
teach something to a younger sibling (abc's, counting...)
take a nap
make fairy houses
run to the back of the yard and back
rearrange your toys
wash dishes
make a macaroni necklace or string beads
use a hole punch on construction paper - arrange the dots to make pictures and glue them down
make up a new word and teach it to your family
play t-ball
dance
make up a secret language
draw a map of your house or a friend's house
bathe your dolls
tell a joke
memorize a poem, Bible verse, or prayer
play with water guns
make card for friends and family members
collect cans of food for a food kitchen
make a book
make a time capsule
cut out and play with paper dolls
practice folding your clothes
make mud pies
write about a book you've read, movie you've seen, music you've heard
sweep the porch or deck
write a letter to your grandmother, aunt, or friend and mail it
make a list of books you like to read, clohtes you like to wear, etc.
write someone's name at the top of a piece of paper, list ways you can bless that person
collect toys you don't use to give to children who don't have any
read a Psalm a day
write a letter to yourself to be opened at your high school graduation. tell yourself what you would like to be doing when you are eighteen.
learn to say "I love you" in ten languages - make a card for someone using all ten
try not to think about pink elephants
paint your nails
wash windows
play in the sprinkler
make a snowman
collect leaves, acrons, pinecones, etc. to make a wreath
do 25 jumping jacks
skip rope
match all the unmatched socks in the clean laundry
give every person in the house a hug
read an encyclopedia or your Childcraft books
clean the hallway walls
color in a coloring book
pray for someone who needs prayer
scratch someone's back
make funny faces
find a new word in the dictionary and use it 5 times today
send a thank you note to someone who has done something for you
think of something you want someone to do for you and do it for someone else
read the beatitudes (Matthew 5), draw a picture to illustrate each one
sing a hymn
start a journal or diary or scrapbook
have a picnic in the yard
make up a new kind of sandwich
find 5 different kinds of flowers in the yard
make a treasure hunt
draw your family tree
make a bird feeder from an empty water bottle or milk jug
start a collection
write a fairy tale
pick flowers and arrange them in a pretty glass
work a puzzle
make up a new holiday
draw stick figures and glue fabric scraps to them for clothes
make spoon dolls
pick a favorite story and draw pictures to illustrate it
find a chore that needs to be done and do it
find a mess you've made and clean it up
dress up like a prince/princess
play animal charades
make a smoothie
find a way to help a charity
make wrapping paper
cut pictures from a magazine and keep them for crafts
play hide and seek
buy ugly jewelry at yard sales, take it apart, and make new jewelry
ask Daddy or Mama if you can do something for him/her
make a daisy or clover chain
make a crown or tiara from construction paper
look for interesting bugs
take a bath/shower
make a clock from a paper plate
find something that is lost
collect rocks
brush your hair 100 strokes - then brush someone else's 100 strokes
make a doll house (store, barn, fire station, etc.) from a cardboard box
sharpen pencils
clean under your fingernails
trim your toenails
make a list of everyone you know - write at least one good thing about each person
make you own secret code
have a puppet show
draw house plans for a mansion
play dots or tic tac toe
play "I spy"
play grocery store (first player says, "I went to the store and bought [something that starts with 'a']". Next player repeats, adding something that starts with 'b', and so on
compose a song
make a placemat to put under your plate for tonight's dinner
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