Welcome to the "Fun Things to Do When Your Bored" Activities List. These lists are organized into eight categories and then further divided after that. The purpose of this list is to inspire you to come up with your action plan to fight boredom and go have more fun. DISCLAIMER: All these activities are dangerous and shouldn’t be attempted at all and are not recommended, ever. These are for entertainment purposes only.
Fun at Home - Family Activities Inside
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This list is specifically for families and adult/kid activities. There are plenty that cost next to nothing and some that cost a few bucks. To really maximize your fun - try to do multiple fun activities in a single setting. There are no rules if your activity is boring or not achieving your desires for fun move on and try a new activity. Try to pick activities that all your participants can enjoy.
Brain Games - Fun Things to do When Your Bored
Just a suggestion, but whenever you are having fun document your fun with pictures. Then when you are bored again you can get go back and relive warm fuzzy memories of fun times gone by.Rainy Day Activities
Plan an Amazing Journey - If you could travel anywhere where would you go and why? What would you like to see when you get there?
Look through old Photo Albums and find the funniest picture.
Invite some other family or friends over for some fun.
Read Some Comic Books or Sunday Comics out loud
Have a Conversation - Use the "Fun Questions" for Families list and learn something about each other
Tell Scary Stories to Each Other - with the lights out and with candles burning
Make some hot chocolate and do a Crossword Puzzle
Set up dominoes in big line so that you can knock them over
Play Memory Games to see who has the best and to practice your skills
Build a fort out of pillows and blankets
Take an IQ test and see how smart you are
Have a no technology week - no TV, no phones, computer, texting or email and see what happens
Play I Spy with my little eye
Start a Jigsaw Puzzle
Learn a Magic Trick or a card trick
Listen to Some Music that you Don't Normally Listen to
Have a Lip Sync Contest and dress up like the singer
Play Name That Tune
Dress-up with all the Clothes that You Have - see who can wear the most amount of clothing items
Have a Scavenger Hunt
Do some arts and crafts
Play 20 Questions
Rent and watch a video that teaches something about the planet
Appreciation List - Write up a list of the people and things that you appreciate in your life .
Play Cards - Go Fish, Crib, Bridge, Crazy Eights, Hearts or Poker
Play Scrabble, Monopoly, Pictionary or any other board game by a toasty fire or a good heater and pretend its a fire
Read a Children’s Story to each other. Use different voices for each character in the story
Play a Practical Joke on a sibling. Go to our pranks section for ideas.
Fitness for Kids Inside at Home
Dance to Some Music - Get everybody involved. Maybe you could learn a whole dance routine as a group.
Play Musical Chairs
Put on some comfortable clothes and do some stretching
Give Shoulder Massages to each other
Helium Balloons - let them float to see the ceiling and try to pop them.
Play Hop Scotch
Have a Pillow Fight - make sure it is a safe area for the battle
Hula - Hooping Contest - who can swing their hips?
Play Catch While Sitting on an Exercise Ball
Learn to Juggle
Move the Furniture back and Play Twister
Have a Limbo Contest
Put on some fun music and clean the house as fast as you can as a team
Have a Paper Airplane Distance Contest
Have Push up or Sit up contests
Give horseybackrides
Do a Headstand
Play Hide-and-Go-Seek
Try some yoga together
Fun with Food and Baking
Bake and Decorate an Outrageous Cake
Bake some treats for Your neighbors
Bake something you have never tried before
Make your Absolute Favorite Dish for Dinner Tonight
Make a Homemade Pizza
Make some treats to take to share at school
Make a surprise dinner for Mom or Dad
Have "Fancy Night" - cook a fancy meal and put on some fancy clothes
Cook something you Have Never Cooked Before
Cook with a Geographical Theme - Pick any country and cook some traditional dishes. Get books and pictures from that country and talk about what it might be like to live there.
Dinner with the Old People - get all the oldies together and ask them questions like, "Were you ever naughty?", and "What is the secret to life?"
Have a Fondue - with cheese or chocolate or both
Make breakfast in bed for whoever is still sleeping
Make a Banana Split
Make Pancakes in the shape of Mickey Mouse
Make Some Caramel Apples
Make a Ginger Bread House or Dangerous Looking Ginger Bread Men - Hey nobody said the gingerbread men have to be nice - they can be naughty too.
Get some graham crackers, marshmallows and chocolate to make some Smores
Carve Pumpkins with funny pumpkin designs. Try to think outside the pumpkin
Carpet Picnic - if the weather is bad make a picnic lunch and then set up a blanket and have a picnic on the floor
Make a Root Beer Float or any other lovely ice cream dish.
Make an Apple Pie - And not just any apple pie, make it from scratch and do a really really good job.
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