It’s raining or snowing, but your kid needs to get their energy out.
If you are cooped up inside with your kids, don’t fret! There are several boredom busters that you can create (screen-free!) for your kids to get their wiggles out and creative juices flowing. If your kids are screaming, they are bored… here are many awesome indoor activities for kids!
That’s when boredom busters come in handy!
This list includes games, activities, and crafts your children will enjoy. Your children don’t have to become addicted to screens. These activities are great and engaging for all ages. Whether your child likes games or crafts, you will be able to find something to entertain them with.
Have you ever been tempted to grab a box of chocolates and hide in the bathroom until bedtime?
You’ve been there too, haven’t you, momma? Sitting in the middle of your floor, surrounded by baskets of laundry begging to be folded. And it’s not like this laundry is fresh out of the dryer. No, ma’am. Those baskets have been sitting there for five days straight, mocking you.
You look over to see your dirty dishes piling out of the sink. Your oldest child sits at the table impatiently waiting for you to help her with schoolwork. Next to you sits your youngest child, begging you to play a game with her, laying the guilt trip on strong.
You glance at the refrigerator and remember you forgot to plan something for dinner.
It’s almost 5 o’clock, and bedtime feels too far away.
Chaos. It’s all you feel. Where is peace? Is creating a peaceful home even a reality anymore?
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100 Awesome Bored Busters For Your Kids
1. Break out the play-doh
2. Pull out your board games
3. Try yoga
7. Create an indoor fort
8. Learn how to create a stop-action video
9. Bake a new treat
10. Draw a self-portrait
11. Play hot potato
12. Start a new chapter book
13. Play red light, green light
14. Play Mother May I
15. Play Tic Tac Toe with Tape
16. Have a Pillow Fight
17. Have a dance Party
18. Make paper airplanes and have a contest
20. Play “Going on a camping trip.”
21. Play animal charades
22. Play freeze dance
23. Make paper bag puppets
24. Play keep the balloon up
25. Put on a puppet show
26. Have a tea party
29. Make an easy paper plate craft
33. Make a bird feeder
34. Make friendship bracelets
37. Go on a color scavenger hunt
41. Make coffee filter butterflies
45. Make a kid-friendly volcano
48. Play Simon says
49. Play tape hopscotch
51. Play bowling with cups
52. Play balloon swat
55. Play with shaving cream
56. Build a large tower
57. Build a building with magnets
58. Play connect four
59. Create a mini basketball court
61. Research your favorite animal
62. Break out the puzzles
63. Start a journal
64. Make a craft stick ballerina
65. Create snowflakes out of torn paper
69. Paint with q-tips
71. Stamp with forks
72. Paint pet rocks
74. Make a coffee filter rainbow
76. Learn to knit
79. Make a clothespin grasshopper
81. Play ring toss
82. Play Minute to Win It
83. Have an apple bobbing contest
89. Play laundry basket skee ball
90. Make an ice and water sensory bin
93. Sort fruit loops
96. Play number sort with balls
97. Make a flour bin
98. Make a gravel pit
99. Have a movie day
101. Build a chair out of newspaper
Never hear “I’m bored again!” These boredom busters can help get your child’s creative juices flowing and creating.
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Hi there, I’m Jenna! I am a devoted mommy and wife. As well as an advocate for children and creating a peaceful atmosphere for those we love. I co-wrote Faith Actually: Living Life After Tragedy with my husband. I have my Bachelor’s Degree in Biblical Studies and currently working toward my Master’s in Positive Psychology. My number one desire is to create a peaceful home life for my family. My second desire is to share with you the tips I learn along the way!