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.
Perhaps your child’s room needs to be given a new look. Take your child with you to a retail or home improvement store and let them choose a new color for their walls. After you choose the paint, visit the home decor accents department and pick out a new mirror or lamp. You can make just a couple of affordable changes to update their bedroom. Allow them to help paint their room. They may be so proud of the work they did that they will even keep their room clean for a little while!
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!
Give your children some old socks and let them make sock puppets. Tell them to make up a puppet show and have them make their own props with colored construction paper. After dinner, let the children perform their play for the rest of the family.
There are a lot of different things you can do with your kids when they are bored. Use a little creativity to plan a special day that your kids will remember for a long time to come.
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