Student’s Choice:
 exercise  bird watching
 play board game
 make a tent out of
blankets
 read books
 blow bubbles
 make homemade play
dough, play with play
dough
 write a letter to a
relative, friend or pen
pal
 clean bedroom
 make a craft
 draw
 color
 paint
 watch a movie
 write stories
 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
 plan a treasure hunt,
make a treasure map
 plan an imaginary trip
to the moon
 plant a garden patch or
 play card games
 make art on the front
walkway with sidewalk
chalk
 play dress-up, build a
fort in your rooms
 do a jigsaw puzzle
 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.)
 make lunch
 play store
 prepare a “restaurant”
lunch with menus
 hold a tea party
 have a Teddy bear
picnic
 play with toy cars
 play dolls
 play house
 plan an imaginary trip
around the world;
decide where you
would want to go
 make up a game for
practicing math facts
 have a Spelling Bee
 make up a game for
practicing spelling
 fingerpaint
with shaving cream
a pot of flowers
 collect seeds
 learn magic tricks, put
on a magic show
 make sock puppets, put
on a puppet show
 watch the clouds
 practice musical
instruments, perform a
family concert
 copy your favorite
book illustration
 design your own game
 build with blocks or
Legos
 give your pet a party
 have a read-a-thon with
a friend or sibling
 play flashlight tag
 make up a story
 play hide-and-seek
 read a story to a
younger child
 make up a song
 write newspaper
articles for a pretend
newspaper
 put together a family
newsletter
 bake a batch of cookies
 make friendship
bracelets for your
friends