Boredom Buster

Summer is upon us and if your kids aren't out of school yet, soon they will be! The VERY first day my Ellie (7) was out of school, I heard the dreaded words "I am bored." The summer LOOMED before me, knowing I would have to deal with this each and every day.

So, Ellie and I put our brains together and we came up with "Ellie's Boredom Buster." We are both very excited about this idea and it is already working for us!

To make this project you need:

Creative ideas

paper

jar

1. Think of as MANY creative ideas to do as you possible can and write them down. We printed them out on the computer, so it would be neater. Go beyond the toys that your kids have. Some of our more creative ideas included:

Write and illustrate a story

Make and decorate cards

Plan a meal to make for the family

Create and practice a play, then perform it....include props

Practice roller skating on the patio

Run through the sprinkler

Go through your room and fill up 1 garbage bag full of things to donate :)

Make a surprise for Tyler

Paint a picture

Write a song (words, then pick out the tune on the piano)

Bake cookies for someone

When we were done we had nearly 100 ideas! The only ideas that were NOT allowed were anything on the computer, Wii, or TV!

2. Have your child cut out all the fun ideas.....this is a boredom buster in and of itself. It took a long time for Ellie to do this and she was excited the whole time!

3. Decorate a jar, bag or in our case, a vase. Done!

Let's fight boredom together this summer!