WHEN YOUR KIDS ARE BORED

It's summer time and if you do not have your kids signed up for summer camp, you can be guaranteed to hear, "I'm bored," several hundred times a day. Today's kids are so hooked on electronics it is hard to get them to focus on anything else.  Here are a few ideas to kick-start some fun during the day, especially on rainy, indoor days!  

Let them use their imagination and have fun the "old school" way.  Let them play outside and play hide & seek or run around with the sprinklers on. Play slip & slide or a good old fashion game of four-square or hop-scotch.  How about Red Rover?  Does anyone remember that game? There are a lot of fun things your kids can do, it's just a matter of taking the time to steer them in the right direction. 

 

 SUMMER ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS

Things to Do ( Especially on Rainy Days)

1. Build a fort
2. Play wiffle ball
3. Create a play and act it out
4. Do a puzzle
5. Camp outdoors
6. Blow bubbles
7. Rent a movie from the library
8. Wash cars
9.  Write a story (imagination)
10. Play restaurant
11. Bake something
12. Play dress up
13. Play a board game
14. Climb trees
15. Have a scavenger hunt
16. Write a name poem
17. Make something with arts & crafts
18. Play Simon Says
19. Write to your grandparents/cousins etc...
20. Have a photo shoot
21. Play four-square
22. Build a bird house
23. Have a lemonade stand
24. Play Pictionary
25. Learn a new board game