We’ve all been at home for almost 5 months now. That means a WHOLE lot of time in the house to get bored. With it being so hot outside this summer and millions of kids not going back to school this fall in the traditional way, I thought I would compile a HUGE list of boredom busters for you! Please let me know in the comments if you have any more great ideas and let’s make this post a place for moms to get inspired.
Boredom Busters for Kids:
Cosmic Kids Yoga Channel on YouTube
Shaving Cream Marble Painting
Take a Drawing class with Mo Willems on Youtube
Tissue Paper Painting Art
Salt Watercolor Painting
Coffee Filter Art (color with Crayola Markers, wet with water, and dry and hang)
Use Fruit and Potatoes to make Stamps with Acrylic Paint
Rainbow Walking Water Color Wheel Science Experiment
Decorate a Window with Scrapbook Paper for your Neighbors to See
Go on a Sound Scavenger Hunt in your Neighborhood
Find an “obscure holiday” calendar like this one and celebrate random holidays year round in your own fun way
Ride Bikes and Count Different Things (we did this during Christmas with Snowmen)
Make a Family Flag (each family member gets their own section of the paper to color that represents them)
Make Bath Bombs Together
Make Sock Puppets and then do a Show
Make an “American Ninja Warrior” Course from One End of the House to the Other and See Who Can Make it Without Touching the Ground
Take your Bikes in the Car and Go Ride in a Different Neighborhood
Do a “Sink or Float” Test with Different Objects Around the House
Blow Bubbles or Make your Own
Have a Water Balloon Fight
Play “sock wrestling” where two people put on long socks and then wrestle to see who can get each other’s socks off first
Go Find a Stick about Your Kids Height and let them Paint it and Make it Their Hiking Sticks for Walks
Make a Water Sensory Table (I made this one a LONG time ago)
Go Wash the Car as a Family
Torn Paper Art
Paint Rocks
Make a Dreamcatcher Together for Above their Beds
Write a Letter to a Grandparent or Friend
Make a Bird Feeder with an Apple, Peanut Butter, and Bird Seed
Have a Dance Party
Make an Envelope out of a Magazine Page and use it to Mail a Letter
Play Boards Game (we have been playing Sequence non-stop)
Write in a Journal about what Happened that Day
Play Sardines or Hide and Seek
Make a giant Tic Tac Toe board with ribbon and Play on the Ground
Learn a New Card Game
Tie Dye and Old T-Shirt with Bleach and Water (will need adult supervision for this one)
Make a Tutu for a Princess with some Tulle Ribbon and Elastic
Learn a New Dance from YouTube (we are Learning the Dance from the end of High School musical)
Play on the Website Starfall
Play Charades and Act Out Members of your Own Family
Practice Writing your Name by Tracing over the Name in all the Colors of the Rainbow
Learn How to Draw a New Animal
Make a Comic Book (Cole just did one called “Bob and Doug Go to Space” because of the latest space travel this year
Watch the YouTube Channel “Dude Perfect” (it’s funny, clean, and we all LOVE those guys)
Find a New Show to Watch (my kids are LOVING Spirit on Netflix right now)
Go Ride Horses Somewhere
Make Small Treats and Go Deliver Them to Your Friends
Go Declutter the Kid’s Closets Together and Donate What They Aren’t Using
Make a Suncatcher with Tissue Paper and Contact Paper
Create a Collage with Different Scrapbook Paper
Make a Plastic Jar Lantern
Make a Maze with Legos for a Marble to go Through
Dot Paint with Q-Tips
Study a Famous Artists and then Create some Art in their Same Style
Go Tour a Museum on YouTube
Watercolor Paint on Paper Towels
Do a Lego Bridge Challenge to See who’s Bridge can Hold the Most Weight
Find a Coloring Page on Pinterest and Color Together
Find a HUGE cardboard box and Transform it into a House, Rocket, Car, etc.
Make a Paper Chain of EVERYTHING you are Thankful for Right Now
Sew a Bookmark for Grandma and Grandpa (we used this tutorial here)
Paint Leaves and then Make a Mobile
Create your own Nature Brushes with Clothespins and Leaves, Feathers, etc. and Paint
Make a HUGE Chalkboard for your Backyard with Chalkboard Paint and Wood and Hang it on the Fence
Study an Author or Illustrator you LOVE, Write the a Letter, and then Read their Books all Day
Cut up Pool Noodles to make Blocks for Outside in the Pool, in the Bath, or on the Porch
Make a Sensory Bottle
Make a Family Book and Give each Person in your Family a Page with their Name
Stamp Paint with a Toilet Paper Roll
Play Video Games for a Little While (we have this little game and it’s 90s fabulous)
Cut Out Foam Circles and have a Polka-Dot Bath Time
Talk about the Fruits of the Spirit and do activities around that for a Week
Learn about a New Country (make the food, watch videos about it, read books, dress up)
Watch a Video about an Animal on National Geographic Kids and then Draw a Picture of Write about it
Make a Rice Sensory Bin
Practice their Age Appropriate Sight Words and have a BIG Treat when they Learn them all
Practice Making Words with Magnetic Letters on the Fridge or Dryer
Draw your Own Silly Monster
Build a CRAZY structure with Toothpicks and Tiny Marshmallows
Designate a “Prayer Pal” Stuffed Animal and Hold it While You Pray Together
Heat up Rocks in the Oven for a Few Minutes and then Color on them With Crayons and Watch the Crayons Melt
Place a Sweet Potato in Water in the Window and Document how it Grows Leaves in a Journal and then go Plant it Outside
Go on pbskids.org for LOTS of fun videos, games, and activities
Put Glow Sticks in the Bathtub at Night for a Glow in the Dark Bath
Go Explore Your Downtown Area (in El Paso there are SO many great murals)
Go on a Nature Walk and Collect Some Treasures
Explore a Favorite Author or Illustrators Website…they always have fun Activities that go Along with Their Books
Bubble Wrap Painting
Make Slime
Paint Rocks
Build a Small Sand Box for the Kids and then Play Archeologist with Dinosaurs
Go Play Outside with the Water Hose in our Swimsuits
Watercolor Painting
Homemade Playdough
Running Through the Sprinkler
Build a GIANT Pillow Fort
Learning a New Chore like Mopping or Putting Up the Dishes
Bake a Cake or Cookies
Play with Legos or Blocks
Set up the Tent in the Living Room and Camp Out (We did this on the 4th of July)
Dump Out the Sock Drawer and Play a Matching Game
Go Jump on the Trampoline with the Sprinkler Under it
Trace the Kids Body’s on Large Paper and then let them Color Themselves
Homemade Moon Sand
Water Color Spray Painting
Play Grocery Store, Restaurant, or any kind of Pretend Play
Play with Orbeez or any other sensory water bead
String Painting
Reading a New Book or Having Grandma Read a Book over Facetime
Sidewalk Chalk
Balloon Volleyball (we love this game and it’s a workout for mom)
What other great BOREDOM BUSTERS for KIDS can you add to this list? Please leave me a comment!
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