50 Fun Activities For Bored Teens
My 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:
- Color or Paint
- Draw a picture (or learn to draw)
- Learn origami
- Play a board game
- Go on a treasure hunt (geocaching)
- Read a book
- Create a scrapbook
- Do a 3D puzzle
- Go for a bike ride
- Bake (cookies, bread, pie, etc)
- Re-decorate your room
- Learn to knit or crochet
- Learn to play an instrument
- Make a music video
- Make a tie blanket
- Make soap
- Make candles
- Wash a car
- Paint your house walls a new color
- Start a garden
- Make a bucket list
- Write a short story or a book
- Eat a food you’ve never tried
- Have an overnight movie marathon
- Water balloon fight
- Play cards
- Make paper airplanes
- Start a journal
- Write a song or poem
- Do a fashion show
- Make a music playlist
- Learn calligraphy
- Do science experiments
- Egg drop
- Microwave Soap
- Soda and Mentos
- Invisible Ink
- Make slime
- Make string art – seen HERE
- Play catch
- Play Bocce ball, horseshoe, frisbee, Kan Jam
- Fly a kite
- Make art with sidewalk chalk
- Create and/or do a scavenger hunt
- Tie-dye shirts
- Learn sign language
- Jump rope
- Play in the sprinkler (summer) or go sledding (winter)
- Fix something that is broken
- Have a dance party
- Rock painting
- Hide and seek
- Do a crossword puzzle, Sudoku, or word find
- Learn how to juggle
