50 Fun Activities For Bored Kids (Ages 6-12)
A lot of kids are bored out of their minds being on quarantine from this Coronavirus. I decided to create a list of things they can do besides watching TV and playing with video games. Here is the list I came up with:
- Make a maze on the floor with painter’s tape
- Find things in the clouds
- 3-legged races
- Play “I Spy”
- Make some playdough
- Play a board game
- Play 20 Questions
- Read a book
- Color or Paint
- Draw a picture (or learn to draw)
- Make friendship bracelets
- Go for a bike ride
- Make paper fidget spinners. Instructions here– from http://www.familiesfirstindiana.org
- Re-decorate your room
- Go camping in the living room
- Make a cardboard fort
- Create your own TV show
- Make a tie blanket
- Play dress up with mom and dad’s clothes
- Make your own popsicles
- Start a garden
- Make a bucket list
- Play Simon Says
- Eat a food you’ve never tried
- Wash the dog
- Water balloon fight
- Play cards
- Make paper airplanes
- Make a necklace out of beads or pasta
- Do a fashion show
- Make a time capsule
- Have a pillow fight
- Do science experiments
- Egg drop
- Make elephant toothpaste
- Soda and Mentos
- Invisible Ink
- Make slime
- Make string art – seen HERE
- Play catch
- Put on a puppet show
- Hopscotch
- Make art with sidewalk chalk
- Have thumb wars
- Do a puzzle
- Build something with Legos
- Jump rope
- Play in the sprinkler (summer) or go sledding (winter)
- Bob for apples
- Have a dance party
- Rock painting
- Hide and seek
- Play hangman or tic-tac-toe
- Play freeze tag or red rover
