Fun Ways To Entertain Bored Kids

How often have you heard your kids say ‘Mom, I am so bored!’ or ‘There is nothing to do, Dad!’. Maybe the kids are trapped inside because it’s cold or rainy or they’ve been out of school for awhile and just need a distraction. Try one of the following ideas and plan a day the whole family will enjoy.

Tell the kids that you are going to have a pajama day. Have everyone stay in their sleepwear all day long. Have breakfast together and then spend a few hours playing board games. In the afternoon, pop some popcorn and watch a movie or two. Then in the evening, get out the sleeping bags and put them down in your living room. Turn out the lights and tell stories and have a family camp out right in your own home! You could even makes’ mores in the oven to add a camping touch to your evening.

If your children are outgrowing their bedroom, let them help you update it. Pick out a new paint color together for the walls and then go to a home decor accents section of a local retail store to choose a new mirror or lamp. You can give their room a new updated feel without a high cost. Let them help with the painting and decorating and they may even keep it cleaner because they actually have invested some work into the room.

Spend the day sorting through family photographs and make a scrapbook. Let your children use some of the photos to make some of the scrapbook pages. Let them create their page with stickers and allow them to do the page however they want to. While you are making the pages, ask your children to tell you what they remember about what is going on in the photos.

You could pretend you are visiting your area on vacation. Go to a local attraction that someone from out of town might visit. It can be a museum or art gallery that you have never been to or you could even visit you local city or state park. Pack a picnic lunch and let your children run and play. Maybe they will even meet a new friend!

Let your children write and perform a puppet play. Let them use some old socks to make their puppets. Have them design the set with construction paper. In the evening, gather the family together to watch the children’s performance.

Use your imagination to come up with a special way to spend the day. You will find that you can create memories that your children will remember for a long time.

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