Fun Boredom Busters & Tricks

Write secret messages to your friends with this invisible ink.

What You'll Need

Lemon
Bowl or cup
Skewer stick or toothpick
Iron
Paper
Adult help

Take some old crayons, and create a work of art.

What You'll Need

Wax paper
Crayons
Iron
Small pencil sharpener

Catch some lightning bugs on a warm summer evening and watch them glow.

What You'll Need

Jar with a lid
Hammer
Nails

Summer fun for children and ideas for kids activities for summer vacation. If you have a garden hose, lawn chair, note pad or coin, you're in luck. Simple household items can keep your kids occupied during the dog days of summer! Start with a few of these suggestions and then take a look at summer water games, relay races or art activities.

Summer vacation ideas for learning, kids activities and family fun! While on summer break, is your child forgetting what they learned during the school year? If your school's vacation is more than one month, try the suggestions below to prevent what can be called "Summer couch potato syndrome".

How to make a friendship bracelet pattern and instructions for making friendship bracelets from Amazingmoms.com.
It's easy to make a square knot bracelet, choker or key chain from Hemp, yarn or cotton string. It just takes a little practice. Various knots are used for friendship bracelets. "Why knots?" for a friendship bracelet? Knots are a symbol of unity, a bond that cannot be broken...much like the knots you can never remove from your shoelaces! The pattern we've provided, uses a series of common square knots (images below).

You'll Need :
Hemp, twine etc.
Various beads with Large
holes (optional)
Card board piece ~ 8" x 12"
Large clip or masking tape

Indoor play for winter days, rainy day fun for kids. Your child's desire for play does not dwindle with the seasonal limitations, but demands for Mom to entertain, can be staggering for the next few months. Stay warm and sane with these easy to play indoor activities. Check out Tummy warmers and treats kids can make as well!

Here are 2 games that are great for rainy and cold snowy days when you can't go outside

Got a Clue is a game with Mixed up mysteries with hilarious results will provide giggle time for 2 or more players. And Ready...Switch is A modified "Rock, Paper, Scissors" game, but with more movement.

How to make a decorative pen with embroidery floss and beads. A great gift for a teacher, parent of friend. Add this craft idea to your classroom, scout troop meeting or birthday party!


You’ll need
ball point pen, embroidery floss, tape
Optional Items- pony beads, shells, small feathers etc.

Art project ideas for young children to make at home or in preschool, shaving cream finger paint. This project is good clean fun! perfect for a preschool classroom or daycare. All you need is a can of shaving cream, vinyl table cloth or a plastic placemat and children who love to create!

Kids' Art Activities to With Beans and Rice including Sock Sack Game which can be used to play inside Basketball or you can throw it really high in the air outside. You can also make a squeeze ball. Little kids love to squeeze these types of toys. They can sit there for hours. You can also do so many other things. Read this article with suggestions.

With a bit of help from you, your child can make a toy town with your old containers and boxes!

You'll Need :
Saved boxes , cartons, etc
Glue or Glue stick
scissors
Construction or wrapping paper
Crayons or markers

Easy fourth of July crafts and activities that kids can make to celebrate the fourth of July including Fireworks painting with a straw and a cool Fireworks liquid concoction that is fun to make.

Travel Games, Road Trip Games, Car Games for kids, Travel Tips.

Fun ideas, activities, crafts and games for families.

Make a homemade craft the way your Grandfather would have made one. A great outside play craft for Kids

You Will Need:

# Newspaper
# 22" Stick and 18" Stick (see below)
# Kite String
# Old Sheet or Other Fabric for Tail
# Glue Stick
# Scissors
# Yard Stick
# Pencil
# Paper Clip
# Pocket Knife

A Slam Book Craft for Kids When They are Bored. Great for Preteen & Girl Slumber Parties. Here's a idea that's making a nicer comeback. Design your own slam book to find out what your friends a really like. There's nothing mean about this slam book. Just lots of fun!

You need:

* SLAM BOOK Pattern
*
* Slam Book Inside Pages Two Sheets of Black Craft Foam
* Scraps of Yellow, Orange,
and Hot Pink
* Craft Foam R
* etro Foamie Stickers
* Feather Boa
* Tacky Glue Scissors
* Stapler
* Plain Paper

Macramé Power Bead Ankle Bracelet Jewelry Craft for Kids This Craft is too cool! Pick the beads you want for the power you need.

You Need:

* 12 Feet #20 Hemp
* Power Beads
* Masking Tape
* Scissors

A craft for kids and your cat. :) Make your own Kitty Cat House or Condo - You and you cat will have hours of fun in this home built just for him!

You Need:

* Two or More Paper Bags from the Grocery Store
* Scissors
* Glue
* Tape
* Cardboard
* Construction Paper
* Glasses and Bowls to Trace Around
* Pencil
* Pictures from Magazines
* Kitty

This is a craft for Kids that they will love making. This craft is for Spin Art Invitations. These spin art invitations for children are fun for the birthday child to make from a salad spinner. Great for many different themes including the Carnival Party shown here. Do spin art at your party too.

Materials You need:

* Pattern for "Admit One" Tickets for Front of Invitation
* Pattern for Tickets Inside of Invitation
* Color Computer Paper
* White Card Stock
* Three Colors of Paint in Squeeze Bottles
* Salad Spinner
* Glue Stick
* Scissors

Yucky
Totem Poles
Recommended for ages 6-13.

You need:

--Several Large Cardboard Boxes
--Scissors
--Glue
--Crayons or Markers
Yucky Tongue
Yucky Mouth or
Another Yucky Mouth
Yucky Ears or
More Yucky Ears
Yucky Nose or
Another Yucky Nose
Yucky Eyes, More Yucky Eyes or Even More Yucky Eyes
--Construction Paper (optional)

Turn an ordinary board game into a silly adventure in play. Have your children gather pieces to a variety of games.

No time for a family trip? Planetarium too expensive? Try this activity instead. Make it educational by having your child research the planets and constellations first.

You'll need:
Frozen juice can, tape or rubber band, flashlight & paper.

Create an Imaginary Zoo to play with your friends or alone with these silly mix and match animal creation game.

Static electricity at it's best!

You'll need:
An inflated balloon
and your child.

Most of us depend on sight and sound to make our way through this world. So much so, we ignore we ignore the gift of touch. Share with your child the rich textures of the world in which we live.

Are you bored and stuck inside, but you want to play sports? Well, get off of your tush and play Basketball inside!

You’ll need:
a wastebasket
paper from the recycle bin
and masking tape (optional)

It's a Secret...Code...Ask your child to take the challenge of creating a symbol or number code for each letter in the alphabet and write it down. It can be your child's own secret language shared with only a select few family members or friends.

You’ll need:
pencil
paper

Every child loves to role play their favorite adults. Both my children enjoy this time. They get an effective learning activity and I get time to do chores, work, even a cup of coffee.

A friend or pet that requires only water and sun light. You will notice that your friend grows grass for hair.

You'll Need:
Shallow dish
Rubber bands
Grass seed
Sawdust
Old Nylon stocking

Find out how to make your own homemade bubbles that really work!!

The Next time you all sit down for a meal try this Brain Teaser with your kids. It works their mind and develops their Language skills. Oh, and by the way they will think it's fun!

Too cold or wet for the sandbox? Try this alternative. Your kids will love it. You might hate it, but your kids will appreciate it.

Race Car - This makes a fun party or preschool activity. Children will enjoy making the car and playing a game of Red Light Green Light.

Craft Supplies That you'll need:

* Apple box for each child (or similar sized box)
* Red, yellow, blue, green and orange paint
* Colored plastic plates
* Paint brush
* Tacky glue
* Box knife
* Colored construction pape

Learn how to create a working truck from a Soapbox...it is called a soap box Truck. You can Get things rolling on a rainy day with this toy truck project. Your children will love making this toy truck from materials around the house.

CRAFT MATERIALS NEEDED:
Small, noncorrugated cardboard box
Acrylic paint and brushes
Scissors
Glue
Craft wire
4 black buttons
2 beads
Toy figure

Children can learn how to make these fun Tadpole Racers toys. Race them with your friends and make these toy vehicles with items that you find around the house. It is a vehicle made with a marble.

Crafts Materials Needed:

Marble
Silver foil

Hey kids, want to make a space ship toy? Well, this is an arts and crafts project for children to make a Recycled Space Ship! A Recycled Space Ship is a handmade space ship made from recyclable objects that you then turn them into a space ship.

Crafts Materials Needed:

# Discards like coffee cans, foam, and stuff like that
# Glue (like Elmer's or Tacky Glue)

Your kids will love these tin can stilts as if you bought them a new toy. These tin cans are made from materials around the house and they get your kids OUT of the house, playing in the fresh air. Make tin can stilts (parental supervision) with your children and the following arts and crafts materials:

Craft Materials Needed:

Two large tin cans (food)
cord or string

Wooden Stilts - Make wooden stilts (parental supervision)

Crafts Materials Needed:

Wood approximately 2" by 2" or 50mm by 50mm
screws

Have fun with your kids and show them how to make a Blanket Tent like you used to make when you were a kid. If you don't know how to then learn how to make a fun fort or tent out of blankets and chairs with this tutorial for kids, children, and teens.

Materials Needed:

Two chairs
Blanket