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Boredom Busters: 110 Fun At-Home Activities for Families & Kids
Our list of Boredom Busters includes over 100 fun (and mostly free) activities that you and your kids can enjoy at home. This handy list can easily be printed and placed on the refrigerator – a great way to have instant “ideas” when boredom strikes!

Challenge YOUR kids to do one activity every day all summer long. It’s a great way to learn a few new games and activities, while filling those “I’m bored!” moments.
Obstacle Course
Scavenger Hunt
Water Balloons
Collect Bugs
Study a spider web
3-legged races
Wash the dog
Wash the car
Paint outdoors
Stargazing
Plant a garden
Camp in the backyard
Eat watermelon in big wedges
Look for 4-leaf clovers
Splash in puddles
Build a bird house or feeder
Make a paper hat
Make a paper boat and see if it floats
Decorate a T-shirt
Send postcards to family & friends
Finger painting
Make your own Play-doh
Make a necklace out of beads or pasta
Write an autobiography
Have a fashion show
Bubbles
Hula Hoops
Jump Ropes
Rearrange your bedroom
Have a PJ Party
Watch the clouds
Create a movie or play
Make up a story; Illustrate it
Have a talent show in your backyard
Learn a Line Dance
Practice tongue twisters
Learn to juggle
Create a house of cards
Have paper airplane races
Bob for apples
Make a Rope Swing
Hopscotch
Freeze Tag
Hide and Seek
Red Light Green Light
Dodge Ball
Learn a YoYo trick
Play H-O-R-S-E
Egg Toss
Make shadow puppets
Line up dominoes and watch them drop
Play with Shaving Cream & food coloring
Create a musical instrument out of recyclables
Make a box town out of old boxes
Research careers (Interview locals such as a firefighter, dentist, hairdresser, or lifeguard)
Learn string games like Cats in the Cradle
Have a picnic on the living room floor
Learn clapping games like Miss Mary Mack
Play cards (Crazy 8s, War, Rummy)
Family game night
Watch old home movies or look at old pictures
Have a watermelon seed spitting contest
Build a fort
Fly a Kite
Play capture the flag
Play Freeze Tag
Tell scary stories in the dark
Go for a hike
Learn sign language
Learn Morse Code
Build a toothpick bridge or building
Walk the dog
Bake some treats for your neighbors
Play chess or checkers
Play charades
Have a bubble-blowing contest
Climb a tree
Do blind taste tests with various drinks and food
Solve a crossword or word search puzzle
Make butterflies from coffee filters
Play hangman or tic-tac-toe
Dance to 50s music (or any era)
Invite neighbors for a family potluck dinner
Play free online games
Make a Diet Coke and Mentos eruption
Jump rope Try double dutch
Make a time capsule
Learn how to read a map
Play hot potato
Have breakfast for dinner
Make homemade pizza
Have thumb wars
Arm wrestle
Give each other crazy or fancy hair dos
Draw a letter, word, or picture on your friend’s back and have them guess what you’ve drawn
Have a relay race
Color “Easter Eggs” any time
Make your own pet rock
Play “I Spy”
Put together a puzzle
Play “20 questions”
Make a fort or car out of a large appliance box
Try to make each other laugh
Create something with beads
Write a secret message in “mirror image”
Have a staring contest
Speak Pig Latin
Play Truth or Dare
Create a secret code Send each other messages
Play Simon Says
Play Ping Pong
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