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Summer Boredom Busters

Summertime is a great time for excitement for kids for those first few weeks when school is out. But it seems like only a couple of weeks before the loss of routine makes them say, “Mom, I’m bored!”

To detour this, I always sit down with my kids at the beginning of summer with a special treat and brainstorm with them things they would like to do with others AND the things they could do by themselves if they get bored. Some of my favs:

Paint rainbows on toast with food coloring then eat it!
Use giant size t-shirts, stuff pillows in them and be suma wrestlers!
Make a doll house out of a shoe box
Mix up bubble paints with water and paints, then blow bubbles and lay paper over it to catch the imprint
Catch bugs
Dig for treasure
Make duc-tape bracelets
Marble paint-tape a piece of paper inside a shirt box lid- squirting washable paints in a shoe box then roll marbles around-lift off paper when finished!
Have a bubble party and invite friends over to bring their bubbles and wands
Make ice cream cups by layering crushed cookies and candies with ice cream. Push a wooden stick in and freeze.
Go on the Oregon Trail Adventure
Play Post Office
Bird Watch and draw and color in a notebook
Host a book club and do activities
Make Teddy Bear Jello Cups
Let your child make a collage of things they like for their bedroom with poster board and magazines
see how many things you can make out of plastic recyle-ables

For my younger one who can’t read or write yet, I have them draw a small picture next to the words, so if I’m busy and can’t read the list with them, they can understand the list by themselves. For example, they might draw a tent next to the one that reads: Make Army Tent with Brother.

I post the list on the refrigerator. I find my little ones zooming in the room to look at the list then zooming off again on an adventure. Once the list is exhausted, we make another one. I also look for outdoor projects they can work on. If this doesn’t work, I always use the, “ace up my sleeve,” I have some chores for you to do.” They vanish!

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Summer Boredom Busters