Boredom Busters!

By Kristen Sohlman, HBA, RP

​Looking for something to do?  Here is a list of 101 boredom busters and activities that you and your family can try at home.  Place this handy list somewhere accessible like a cupboard of refrigerator at home for some instant ideas when boredom strikes!

1. Enjoy the outdoors.
2. Cook a meal.
3. Exercise.
4. Take a hike.
5. Listen to music.
6. Play a board game.
7. Paint.
8. Make a craft.
9. Watch a movie.
10. Read.
11. Do a puzzle.
12. Bake something.
13. Dance.
14. Learn a new skill.
15. Journal.
16. Meditate. Read about Merkaba Meditation, submitted by Ann Reese
17. Create an obstacle course.
18. Make your own playdough.
19. Create a movie or a play.
20. Hide and Seek.
21. Make a box town out of old boxes.
22. Build a fort.
23. Walk the dog.
24. Play pen and paper games.
25. Have thumb wars.
26. Play 20 questions.
27. Water balloons.
28. Stargazing.
29. Plant a garden.
30. Bubbles.
31. Rearrange your bedroom.
32. Learn to juggle.
33. Red Light Green Light.
34. Create a musical instrument out of recyclables.
35. Family game night.
36. Learn Morse Code.
37. Dance to music.
38. Make a time capsule.
39. Have breakfast for dinner.
40. Play I Spy.
41. Put together a puzzle.
42. Create a secret code.  Send each other messages.
43. Splash in puddles.
44. Build a bird house of feeder.
45. Study a spider web.
46. Wash the dog.
47. Wash the car.
48. Tie Dye a T-shirt.
49. Try creative writing.
50. Cut watermelon in fun ways.
51. Learn a YoYo trick.
52. Learn to sing.
53. Tell scary stories in the dark.
54. Scavenger hunt.
55. Jump rope.
56. Watch the clouds.
57. Make up a story with pictures.
58. Fly a kite.
59. Climb a tree.
60. Have a watermelon seed spitting contest.
61. Have a staring contest.
62. Learn how to read a map.
63. Learn about Geocaching.
64. Collect bugs.
65. Make jewelry out of beads or pasta.
66. Have a talent show in your backyard.
67. Have a picnic.
68. Learn sign language.
69. Play charades.
70. Make a Diet Coke and Mentos eruption.
71. Have a relay race.
72. Paint outdoors.
73. Make a paper hat.
74. Make a cardboard boat and see if it floats.
75. Learn a line dance.
76. Play capture the flag.
77. Play chess or checkers.
78. Invite a neighbor for a family potluck dinner.
79. Give each other crazy or fancy hair dos.
80. Try to make each other laugh.
81. Camp in the backyard.
82. Finger paint.
83. Practice tongue twisters.
84. Play a card game.
85. Make a house of cards.
86. Build a toothpick bridge or building.
87. Solve a crossword or word search puzzle.
88. Play free online games.
89. Play hot potato.
90. Make your own pet rock.
91. Paint rocks.
92. Make a fort or car out of a large appliance box.
93. Play Simon Says.
94. Look for four leaf clover.
95. Have a fashion show.
96. Have paper airplane races.
97. Make a rope swing.
98. Play Freeze Tag.
99. Make shadow puppets.
100. Watch old home movies or look at old pictures.

  101. Do a blind taste test with various food. 
​102. Learn to Sew  (Thank you to Angela Lee and Casey Taylor for the great suggestion!) Check out this guide to sewing for beginners, submitted by Mike Wilde
103. Crochet in the Car (Another big thanks to Angela Lee)