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Too Busy to be Bored!
By: Photojenic at photojenic.wordpress.com
Cook or bake something
Paint a picture
Draw a picture
Write a letter
Write a story
Play or learn a musical instrument
Do a craft
Play a game
Invent a new game
Create or work on a Family Tree
Interview a family member
Get a pen pal
Write a pen pal
Build with blocks or Legos
Sew something
Practice soccer, baseball, etc.
Ride a scooter
Look at something with binoculars
Explore outside
Work on a lapbook
Fly a kite
Plan a garden
Plant a garden
Weed a garden
Read a book
Write a book
Do a science experiment
Work on or start a scrapbook
Sort through your scrapbook stash
Sort your photos
Write for a newsletter
Publish your own newsletter
Walk the dog
Teach the dog obedience skills
Sew an outfit for yourself
Ride your bike
Use a microscope
Use a magnifying glass
Plan a trip
Enter a contest
Do a word or name study
Go swimming
Do a latch hook project
Learn CPR
Design your own logo
Create your own mission statement
Build a house of cards
Decorate your room
Make a collage with magazinecutouts
Design your own dream room
Design a line of clothing
Write in secret code
Learn to be a secret agent
Construct a nature exhibit
Learn a new song
Learn to sing
Be the founding member of a neworganization
Do everything backwards for anhour, or the whole day
Give the dog a bath
Give yourself a bath
Sent a letter to a famous person
Wash the car
Read the newspaper
Pat your head and rub your belly atthe same time, while hopping onone foot and singing the ABC’s
Play hopscotch
Take a class
Write a letter to the President
Create a club
Write/produce your own TV show
Create a cool detective character
Name the seven wonders of theancient world
Plan your own web page
Create a new board game
Reorganize your closet
Design a family coat of arms
Join a public service organization
Learn to fold napkins into fancydesigns
Teach a pet a new trick
Teach yourself to crochet
Teach yourself to knit
Take up needlepoint
Read about the oceans and seacreatures
Train the dog to catch a Frisbee
Learn Frisbee golf
Listen to Jazz, Blues or Bluegrassmusic
Give away anything you haven’tused in a year
Make your own birdbath andbirdfeeder
Create a time capsule
Start a wish list of things to do in yourlifetime
Fill up the sink and test to see whatthings float or sink. Make a graph
Get your grandparents to tell you a juicy story about your parents
Make homemade ice cream
Make homemade butter
Make a list of things to do andaccomplish over the summer
Be a science detective
Build a home weather station
Watch a classic movie
Spin a gyroscope
Learn to make great paper airplanes
Host an art show with friends
Plan your birthday party
Learn a new card trick
Make a soap carving
Learn and make a crystal radio
Experiment with a chemistry set
Hold a yard sale
Go fishing
Build and maintain a worm compostbin
Bake a cake
Paint pictures on your fingernails andtoenails
Send a letter to an author youadmire
Learn to read Latin
Make greeting cards and send themin the mail
Wear shoes that don’t match
Organize your bookshelves bysubjects
Plan game for a party
Pretend to be a forest ranger
Learn how to use a slide rule
Learn how to cook
Create a punch needle design
Become the world’s most thoughtfulfriend
Make a prayer list
Create and keep a Life Journal
Send away for free stuff
Make a real Mr. Potato Head
Draw a picture with your eyes closed
Imagine you are on a top-secretadventure
Call your friends on the phone
Learn a tongue twister
Hold a blindfold taste test betweenfoods or drinks
Plan five vacations you’d like totake, in detail
Do strength training
Organize Olympic games with yourfriends
Do something special for an adult
Practice your penmanship
Kick the TV habit
Write an article for a magazine
Set up a water balloon toss or apinaqua game
Write down all the good thingsabout yourself
Paint or decorate on stones forpaperweights
Do lanyard lacings
Have a paper airplane flyingmarathon
Write down ten things that make youhappy
Become a good debater
Compose a piece of music
Kick the computer habit
Go on a secret mission
Have a talent show with friends
Make an award certificate forsomeone you know
Cut your nails
Make a poster
Do a puzzle
Make a sundial
Make something out of a giant box
Listen to a book on tape
Listen to music from other countries
Create your own business
Make your own business cards
Start a notebook of your favoritequotes
Make homemade dog treats
Learn about super foods
Call a radio station and request yourfavorite song
Dedicate it to someone you know
Plan Mother’s and Father’s day gifts
Put together a survival kit
Learn to identify the music ofChopin, Mozart and Beethoven
Draw a chalk town or farm on thedriveway
Visit an animal preserve
Buy treasure and make a map tofind it again
Take a Red Cross babysitting course
Host a tea party
Host a Wii party
Write a poem as a gift
Become an expert at using acalculator
Learn to play the harmonica
Take a trip to the arboretum
Prepare a treasure hunt as abirthday gift for someone
Write up a parent report card
Learn orienteering
Make a teeny tiny house out oftoothpicks
Learn dollar bill origami
Learn some magic tricks
Decorate a brick for a doorstop
Look at microscopic life forms
Clean out your closet
Clean out underneath your bed
Make homemade applesauce
Teach a cat to fetch
Use every Lego you have to buildsomething
Build a rocket and launch it
Write a book that will changepeople’s lives for the better
Make the grocery list for the family
Do the grocery shopping
Create a list of stumper questions
Draw a picture of Camelot
Invent a holiday
Have a campout with friends
Do crayon rubbings of items withdifferent textures
Write your autobiography
Chase lightening bugs
Read the Chronicles of Narnia
Invent five ways to cure the hiccups
Make Gak
Plan a family picnic or outing
Take a bubble bath
Draw a picture without lifting thepencil off the paper
Make a home movie
Design the floor plan of your perfecthouse
Try to fold a piece of paper morethan seven times
Stage a quiz show
Think up an idea for a new company
Volunteer time at an animal shelter
Volunteer time a the library
Weave a friendship bracelet
Brush the dog’s teeth
Learn everything you can aboutyour hobby
Create a treasure hunt with cleverclues
Make a new friend
Make an obstacle course for thedogs or your friends
Write a letter using words cut outfrom a magazine
Plan a family reunion
Do a maze
Create a maze and challenge afriend
Raise butterflies
Watch home movies
Go bowling
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