Are you stuck at home, bored with nothing to do? Or maybe you have stuff to do but you don’t feel like doing it. This list is exactly what you need! 137 interesting things to do when you’re bored at home, school, or work. Maybe one of these ideas and activities will change your life forever. Seriously, some of the world’s best inventions grew out of boredom (necessity, actually, but who’s listening? Not the inventors.). The key is not getting too bored because you’ll fall asleep instead of creating something the world needs.
The best thing to do when you’re bored right now is to count the number of things on this list. There are actually many more than 137 things to do; I doubled, tripled, and even quadrupled several numbers. The final number is 137 but there are, for example, at least four 21s and two 54s. If you’re seriously bored, here’s what to do: count the number of actual activities and ideas on this list, and share your tally in the comments section. Maybe it’s not the most exciting thing in the world, but let’s face it: What else have you got do to?
Here’s what I do when I’m bored: I daydream about my next vacation. I was supposed to go to New Orleans next month for a travel writers conference, but it’s postponed. Pandemic. Nasty little virus. If you’re stuck at home and love to travel, read 18 Ideas for Creative, Meaningful Theme Vacations. Start planning your next family trip or solo journey! Use your imagination, get wild and crazy. You might even make a collage from previous vacations, travel magazines, or picture books.
Before you start counting the actual number of things to do when you’re bored, make a note to read through the comments section at the end. A few readers shared their hobbies and favorite things to do when boredom is driving them mad…you may find something life-changing or even just mildly interesting there.
What is the Best Thing to Do When You’re Bored?
One of my friends builds guitars. Drawing, planning, constructing, sanding, painting – that’s the best thing for him to do when he’s bored. Not me. I have lots of writing to do, ideas to mindmap, blog posts to delete, and interesting vacations to plan. I also play a flute, give my dogs haircuts, and spend time in silence with God. And walk! I could walk all day long and never get tired.
The key to finding the best thing to do when you’re bored is to know yourself. If you don’t know what interests you or brings you alive, then no list of fun things to do will make you unbored! What do you like to do? Here’s something to do: make a list of your 20 favorite activities. Include everything from surfing (the waves in the ocean, not the internet) to eating popcorn (yum!) to writing song lyrics (no thank you, not for me). Creating your own list of things to do when you have nothing to do is the best way to beat boredom.
You could try learning a musical instrument – it’s good for your brain and it’ll give you something interesting to do. I recently started playing the flute, and will be joining an orchestra soon. If you like to listen to music, you might love learning how to play an instrument. Or maybe it’s time to research your college classes – or start researching the best jobs for college students. I was never bored when I was a kid because I started working when I was 11 years old (only as a babysitter, but still! It was a job!). And I loved to read, and write a little. But mostly read. So I was actually never bored.
1. Count the actual number of best things to do when you are bored on this list. How many duplicate numbers have I planted in this list? There are lots more than 137. When I first created this list I had 137 things, but then I kept adding activities and ideas. I’m just too lazy busy to re-number the list properly. So, how many boredom busters do you count?
1. Where is Aritzia? Look up faraway places and names in a print atlas. You’d be surprised at some of the names you find!
2. Make chocolate or hemp soap as a gift for someone
2. Make up your own reality show
3. Make up with someone you’re fighting with
4. Write something. Does writing bore you? Read How to Stay Motivated When You’re Writing About Something Boring
4. Look up funny quotes. “Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.”
5. Look up inspirational quotes. “The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.” – Anne Frank.
5. Clean out your junk drawer or medicine cabinet
6. Set financial goals
6. Pluck your eyebrows
7. Make a list of things you love about someone you love
8. Listen to hard or soft rock music
9. Write a mystery thriller or juicy romance novel (a boredom buster for budding bloggers)
10. Write your the story of your life. Read How to Write When You Have No Ideas if your life is too boring to write about
11. Update your email list
12. Email your friends and ask for their favorite things to do when they’re bored
13. Trade Wii games and gear with your friends — or try the newest Wii games
14. Write an apology to someone you’ve been avoiding
14. Make homemade lavender ice cream (or bacon ice cream, or whisky ice cream)
15. Learn what your favourite dog breed reveals about your personality
15. Bake oatmeal chocolate chunk coconut cookies
16. Memorize 5 new words from the dictionary (boring, even for a writer geek like me)
17. Play sudoku – thanks @BJMuntain for this boredom buster
18. Organize your recipes
19. Read your old diaries (one of my favorite things to do when I’m bored)
20. Find a volunteer job – read 6 Reasons You’ll Love Volunteering as a Big Sister or Big Brother
20. Write a song – maybe this will be the start of a new career!
21. Try aromatherapy
21. Learn a new magic trick
21. Capture a cricket
21. Teach your cricket the new magic trick
21. Make a mini stage for crickets who like performing for crowds
22. Make your Christmas wish list
23. Plan your 100th birthday party so it’s not boring
23. Freewrite everything that pops into your head
24. Clean the bathroom
25. Learn how to deal with controlling parents
25. Do an office workout (if you’re bored at work or on a long car ride)
26. Make a list of things to do before you die
27. Make a standup desk for your computer
28. Tell God what you’re glad He created
29. Count your money
30. Cry
30. Give yourself a manicure or pedicure
31. Give your mom or dad a manicure or pedicure
32. Find a new hobby
33. Brainstorm new ways to make new friends
34. Find someone to cheer up
35. Solve the biggest problem in your life. If your biggest problem is finding the best thing to do when you’re bored, you have a pretty easy life!
35. Get a more interesting life
36. Start planning your mom or dad’s next birthday party
37. Go outside and play that game that people play when they’re bored
38. Pretend you’re a tourist in your own city
39. Wash your dog
40. Brush your cat
41. Brush your mom’s hair
42. Go to the library (one of my favorite things to do when I’m bored)
42. Learn how to be a volunteer mentor through Big Sisters/Big Brothers
43. Clean out your closet
44. Donate your preloved clothes to charity
44. Remember something you forgot
45. Watch old movies
46. Learn how vision boards help you achieve your goals
47. Join a MeetUp group
48. Start a MeetUp group called What is the Best Thing to Do When You’re Bored?
48. Visit your library’s website and read the free digital magazines.
49. Search the internet for classic science experiments, crafts and upcycling ideas, board game hacking, code-cracking, geocaching, skateboard repair, yarn-bombing, stop-action movie-making, best-of lists, and much much much more
49. Clean out your kitchen cupboards
50. Write a letter
51. Update your resume
51. Make low-fat high-fiber pancakes that don’t taste as boring as they sound
52. Google old friends
53. Play Lexulous on Facebook – thanks @venusvision for this boredom buster
54. Clip your nose hairs
55. Write a letter to your mom, telling her what you love about her
56. Rearrange your living room or bedroom
57. Go to the dog park
58. Face your demons
59. Call your grandma or grandpa
60. Look up funny animal quotes. “Dogs have masters. Cats have staff.”
60. Make a list of things your Guardian Angel has protected you from so far
61. Practice self-hypnosis
62. Plan your next vacation – read my Africa travel tips article – I lived there for three years!
63. Read When You’re Bored, Do These 15 Productive Things (but only if you actually want to declutter your closet or work on your physical health)
63. Make a “to do” list for tomorrow, so you’re not bored again tomorrow
64. Read poetry
65. Learn to crochet or knit
64. Start thinking about your scholarship applications
65. Research your family tree
66. Make a household budget
67. Take a bubble bath
68. Download your photos – maybe you’ll see you haven’t had such a boring life after all
69. Knit
70. Organize your finances
71. Clean up a mess
72. Write a letter to your dad, telling him what you love about him
72. Write a short story
73. Pretend you’re asleep
74. Learn 12 small ways to get healthy that make a big difference (is this a boring thing to do when you’re already bored?)
75. Draw your bedroom on the back of a postage stamp
76. Sort through old photos (one of my favorite things to do when I’m bored)
77. Make a scrapbook
78. Play online trivia games
79. Go for a walk
79. Tell me: what is the best thing that ever happened to you?
80. Tell me: who do you wish was sitting beside you right now?
80. Pick up trash in your neighborhood
81. Get a job (unless you’re looking for things to do because you’re bored at work! Then look for a new job)
82. Write a song
82. Read How to Know What to Do With Your Life and give me more ideas for that list of things to do for bored people
83. Start a blog (but not a boring one)
84. Write a blog post about how boring your life is
85. Change your blog theme
85. Read through the comments on this blog post – add to the collection of things to do when you’re bored at home
86. Dust the shelves
87. Listen to talk radio
88. Talk a walk down memory lane
89. Figure out what your dream job is
90. Grab a yoga mat, focus on deep breathing, and re-energize with deep stretching – thanks @catlover1964 for this boredom buster
91. Do crossword puzzles
92. Wax your upper lip
93. Choose a life verse. Here’s mine: “I am like a tree planted along the riverbank with roots reaching deep into the water. I do not fear when the heat comes or worry in long seasons of drought. My leaves stay green and never fail to produce fruit.” ~ Jeremiah 17:8.
93. Give yourself a massage
94. Create a unique board game
95. Pray. Ask God to give you direction, hope, wisdom, joy, peace!
95. Read How to Stay Positive When Your Life Sucks
96. Clean out your old computer files and make room on your phone or tablet for more junk
97. Paint a self portrait
98. Learn to juggle (one of my husband’s favorite things to do when he’s bored)
99. Read old magazines
100. Tweet messages of encouragement and hope
101. Lie on the grass
102. Lie in the snow
103. Lie in the rain
104. Don’t lie to yourself or your mother
104. Toilet train your cat
104. Learn why life is more interesting when you hold on tight to God
105. Listen to different types of music
106. Try to make it through an hour without touching the floor (thanks Eliza for sharing this creative thing to do when you’re bored!)
107. Make silver coins with foil, and create a treasure hunt (thanks Renee for this boredom buster!)
108. Turn the music up LOUD and DANCE your boredom away (thanks Macie for this fun thing to do when you’re bored!)
109. Tell me how many “things to do when you’re bored” are actually on this list (I honestly have no idea, because of the duplicates)
110. Tell me one way to improve this blog – what would you do differently if it was yours?
110. Decide what you’d go to college for
111. Watch Zoolander but don’t do what they did when they were bored at the beginning of the movie!
112. Rewrite the ending of your favorite movie
113. Plan a treasure hunt for your dog or cat: Hide treats in strategic areas around the yard. But not if you have a problem with rats or raccoons.
Ok, back to Square One. Did you count the actual number of best things to do when you are bored? How many duplicate numbers did I plant in this list?
Your turn. What do you do when you’re bored?
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I LIKED READING YOUR 137 TIPS ON WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU’RE BORED, THANK YOU. WHAT ABOUT PLANNING YOUR NEXT PARTY?
Im only 10 so i cant do most of the things.
Btw you should add” Read this whole list while your bored” it helped
you have 143 things to do when your bored
142 things to do when bored
Love your list!
k maybe you should try to suggest things that kids like to do these days not from the 90s
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I agree, I’m so bored I’m not allowed on my games yet I have nothing to do
I beat my boredom by being online (Pinterest, YouTube, Google) finding things to do when I’m bored. I rarely end up doing any of them.
uh huh?
138 things to do when you’re bored
Pretend like a pillow is you arch-nemesis and beat it up while you use your hand to pretend like it is alive as well and punching you.
make a new recipe
One of the best things to do when you’re bored is to get off the internet! Stop playing online games or watching movies. Go outside, and find things to do that actually involve YOU. Being online is passive and boring….getting active outside is an interesting thing to do, if you’re creative. Go, explore, and be interested in the world!
go onto pinterest or do crazy makeup!!
This was really good… I think i can do some of these stuff!
Thk u for amusing me wif ur words to beat boredom. ?
Reading ur post alone is already one thing i did to get rid of this unbearable boredom.
this did not help us at all, we still need things to do because we’re still bored!
Learn to appreciate a cemetery and those who have gone before you. There are some really amazing headstones and epitaphs to read. Pull weeds around some stones that have been long forgotten. Maybe even leave flowers. Go to findagrave and find out which stones need photographed and take those photos (and then add them to the person’s memorial).
what if i don’t want to pray. hmm?
Then do something else when you’re bored!
IM ULTRA BORED
i wish my friends liana, bianca, teya, and genesis were next to me with 4 gallons of glue and everything else you need to make slime. o and dont forget the containers!! We’re going to need a lot of those. THANK YOU for these things to do when you’re bored!
My best tip for you guys to fight boredom is to read….read about something you’re interested…or instead of watching movies …
What on earth is the box for??
You look like a statue- gold paint everywhere, you are sitting on air and it looks cool. People will put money in the box and take photos with you! That’s a good thing to do when you’re bored :-)
is the box so that put your feet up and then it actually seems like your sitting on air
Or maybe look up the lyrics to one of your fav. songs that you don’t know much about, and possibly memorize it!
Maybe go to meaning-of-names.com and find some really weird or funny names that you never knew about.
i counted 103 when I’m bored i lie to make videos for my u tube account although i haven’t uploaded anything….yet..maybe when the time is ripe ? other than that i like to use up the data on my brother’s phone ? its weird i know but the look on his face when he finds out…..priceless!””?
what’s the box for
hey thnx for the great tips im gonna try the not touching the ground thing im half way there ;) cause i’ve been browsing on the couch for the last 30 mins n tis blog has been the most intresting yet cause of all the comments i wonder what ill do after this????:(
Read lists on things to do when your bored.
play lava with family or friends when you’re bored and have nothing to do.
hi ppl all these things to do are so boring it made me even more bored
I updated this list, so there are now at least 128 things to do when you’re bored at home, school, or work!
There’s 127 things to do when you’re bored
or you can go to friend’s house or not watch tv or write a letter when you’re bored :)
If you are bored, you can write a letter to yourself and open it in a year’s time.. u can put it at the back of the wardrobe if you are messy like me…
Try creating a newspaper for your school. I know it sounds boring, but it’s actually wicked fun. BTW, you don’t have to have the newspaper for your school. It could just be for fun, and imagine you’re handing it out at school.??? For more fun, add some things that would make the teachers at your school mad, and imagine you giving it to them.????? Again, I know it sounds boring, but it’s really a SUPER fun thing to do when you’re bored! Try it!
Count my money lol that will take 15 seconds
For me I’d be done counting my money in .1 second (I have a quarter, a singular quarter, yep).
Need something else to do when I’m bored!
I’m really bored at the moment I’m trying to find ways of not being bored. I sleep,listen to music, cook wash up do housework but I miss fun stuff and cool stuff. I like fun people to be with some adventure and good times. I’m going through a bad time right now I’m having a breakdown that means I spend time on my own or just quietly.
I might write a book about not being bored when your bored. I think that perhaps if you create a boredom network to put people in contact with others that find themselves bored, like a social network for the bored. For me boredom has been boring but interesting.
I don’t spend money, I make everything last. I create meals that don’t cost much, I find things to do at home as I don’t have money to just do as I like. I’ve had to learn to be thrifty and that’s good for boredom! Try to see how far your funds can go and things you can find to do when you’re bored. I like music, radio, reading, writing.
A good challenge is to move from modern technology and push yourself to find other “boredom busters” which is what im trying to do. Boredom is worse if your family don’t see much of you, or if you don’t drive. I hope soon I won’t be so bored, though. I hope things get better for me.
One thing you didn’t have on this list of things to do when you’re bored is surf the Internet! Not only does spending time online get rid of boredom, it also makes the time go by really fast. You can get board when they’re online?
This is soooo helpful!! I ??? it!! Thanks!! I also tweeted these things to do when you’re bored at home!!?
My mom used to say that only boring people get bored, but I never agreed.
How about coloring? That’s one thing you can do when you’re bored at home and even at work…especially if you work from home, and you sometimes suffer from the boredom that comes from staring at the screen all day!! Coloring is healthy and creative, and gives your mind a break.
hello really good❤️
But I don’t know what to say it is awesome??????????????
play video games
Number 58 and 60 is what I do most of the time when I’m bored
these things to do when you’re bored at home helped me with my boredom…
i love making smoothies or make cookies or cakes of cook something special what looks very nice
This has 110 things to do! (you numbered each one of them) These are good but Im still bored because Im not bothered to do any of this except of commenting on this. XD
that is because she numbered some of them twice
watch youtube
These are boring things to do when you’re bored at home….
Also card games
Go to sleep…..stare at the wall.
I really like Raja’s idea: try to identify things in your room with your eyes closed.
One of my favorite things to do when I’m bored is to read books. And paint stuff.
123 things to do
You’re awesome, Alta! Taking your dog for a walk is one of the best things you could ever do when you’re bored.
And thanks for the tip about adding more color to my blog. You are 100% right. Yay! I love playing with the layout and color of Blossom :-)
I have a problem
I dont have a dog
Get a dog. Problem solved.
Or you can treat yourself as a dog…put a leash on itself then pull urself around the park….hahahahaha just to fight my boredom dude
Thanks for all these great ideas. My favorite thing to do when I am bored is take my dogs for a long,slow walk. You asked what you could do to inprove your blog , and my awenser is add more coulor. Thanks.
Get motivated to get your college degree?? That’s the worst thing you can do when you’re bored :D
Find a cool science project online or make your own stress balls from flour and balloons… maybe
There are 123 things to do! Lol thanks for all the great stuff, i found A LOT of stuff i wanna do! Mostly the reality tv show thing! Lol thx!
A very fun thing to do is read all the incorrect amount of double number answers left by other commenters. There are twelve doubles. I checked about three times. They are 1, 2, 7, 14, 20, 23, 42, 44, 64, 80, 104, and 110. You’re welcome. My real favorite thing to do when I’m bored is to do a puzzle or crack codes made by friends.
Have you tried searching for “websites for teenagers” and “things for bored teens to do”?
Be careful, though! Make sure the websites are healthy and good, and that they don’t ask for personal information.
Although by now I’m sure you’ve found something to do?? :-)
Do you or anyone else have any ideas for what to do if your bored, facing more towards teenagers? I would love to hear some ideas, I can’t seem to find any website pertaining to teens.
there is 14 duplicate numbers.
Things to do when you’re bored, there is a good YouTube video about curing boredom.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on what to do when you’re bored — it’s always great to hear your creative ideas :-)
What if you are 11 and live in a apartment building and your mom will be home in 31 minutes, what do you do when you’re bored?
You sit there and stare at a wall, that is what you do when you’re bored at home or school.
Thanks, They are good things to do when you’re bored, I nearly used all of the ideas. ^,^ :-):-)
i counted 11 duplicate numbers and im going to go and try and not touch the floor for an hour wish me luck!! :D
Here’s a list of things to do when you’re bored
– Listen to music
– Paint your Nails
– Face paint
That’s all hope you like them.
This list of things to do when you’re bored really helped because well it just did! :) :D:P
thank you for these things to do when you’re bored, but it didn’t help
make a dream boy/girl
– Eat cake
-Watch music videos
-Play instruments
-Learn Vietnamese
– Learn a ambition word once a day
– Draw
Your things to do when you’re bored didn’t really help us, but we love your website and we’re coming again. See you later, bye.
Great awesome and useful things to do when you’re bored!
Draw with your eyes closed; try out a new recipe; watch funny videos on YouTube.
There were 10 duplicates so there were only 120 things to do!
Thanks, theres so many things when you’re bored and don’t know what to do that I don’t know what to choose!
Fun list for me but sadly most of them I can’t do like the one try and not to touch the floor I’m not that creative but I ended up doing nothing on my bed for an hour
I like play in water
My heart skipped when I read this list of things to do when you’re bored. It’s obviously not me but it shocked me, number 14 x
I don’t really know what to do actually. I like the make a scrapbook.
I like to dance but when i don’t feel like dancing i will make a poster with old magizeines.
Play Super Smash Bros. For 3ds/WII U
Im still bored…
these are deff NOT things to do at work ?!? i sit at my desk all day answering phones …. some of these are just pointless…..smh whatever i guess
*Have a staring contest
*Wash the car
*Make a fairy garden
*learn to change a car tire
*Guess when 2 minutes is up
Love this
Especially love doing the don’t touch the floor one
I like the “Don’t touch the floors” Idea, my parents beg to differ…
What a list of things to do when you’re bored! What should I do?
Thanks for sharing your ideas on my list of things to do when you’re bored! I wish I could hire you to clean up my blogs – I have a ton of work to do. So much work that I’m never bored :-)
May you find ways to keep your head and heart inspired.
xo
Laurie
Thank for this great ideas to do when bored but there are many other things you can when you are bored like laughing, reading funny jokes, inspire yourself reading quotes, solve tricky mathematical puzzles and questions and watch interesting videos. I have a website called “Fun Things to Do When You’re Bored.”
Thanks for being here, Margaret :-)
Playing a musical instrument is my best tip for when you’re bored. It’s so good for your brain, and who knows…you could be the next Madonna or Bon Jovi! Not that Madonna plays an instrument.
You have 122 items listed. Thank you for doing this. You inspired me to
* Look up the words I don’t recognize that were in the Word Search book I just finished.
* Check next month’s budget to see if I will be able to send $100 for my sponsored child at World Vision this month. I wasn’t able to since Christmas, and they have a limit: must be at least $100.
* I was already planning to walk our dog.
* Roll the nickels and dimes in my nickel and dime bank, and see how much there is.
* Clean out my medicine cabinet.
When I’m bored, I pay a visit each day a few blogs and websites to read articles or reviews.
i was pretending that i was asleep while reading this!!!!!!
I am traveling through Peru right now, and met two super nice guys from Ireland. If you are bored, plan your dream trip around the world!
Also, I am tired of playing the flute – I want to learn how to play the violin!
Im ten and i dont think it will work i live in ireland it rains all the time and it is the night time here and i feel bored thinking about it though it didnt work
Play the flute.
Play Gutair
heres something to add…
have sex
im 11 years old… this list is dumb!
Starting a blog is the best thing to do when you’re bored.
In October, the best thing to do when you’re bored is make your Halloween costume!
u should add one more; Try climbing around your room or another room without touching the gruond.( try making or breaking your record)!
Put on there, pretend your in the hunger games.
Make a parody to your fav. song!!
Research an animal or plant a sketch it and write about it!
LYING IN THE RAIN IS SOOOOOO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!(You don’t even get WET!!!)
Grow a Pet TickleMe Plant and watch how the leaves fold and the branches droop when you Tickle It! Just search pet TickleMe Plant.
Here’s something to add, try making egg carton caterpillars!
Just be bored go to sleep
I like Number 76: Sort through old photos (one of my favorite things to do when your bored).
i built a giant fort out of sticks haha it was fun wen me and my friend shot it with paintball guns with my friend in it he made a bet that he could stay in the fort without getting hit by one paintball he was right paid him 10 bucks but it killed 3 hours WORTH IT
Dress up as princesses with your bf….
My parents were at work and I live out of town so my brothers and I were stranded at our farm for a day. We built a huge obstacle course that ends with a trampoline bounce into our pool (which is freezing cold at the moment). We timed each other and it was super fun and killed a couple hours.
I counted 11 duplacites =D
Nothing matters to me because i’m just 10 and i make up my day by watching videos on youtube
Is learn a musical instrument on this list of things to do when you’re bored? That should be number one. Nowhere on this list should be video games!
Take a ride to the nearest lake and just sit and take in nature at its best.
Iam in a car ride now and writing this from my iphone. Bored
I found 7 doubled numbers. Just tellin ya.
i still dont find this helpful because i am only 9 and my real name is not jenna anyways i have a idea i am going to go on my laptop and go on youtube and watch a show or watch tv but i dont have channels and my tv dosent work so i go on youtube on the computer or the laptop and watch wizards of waverly place,suite life of zack and cody or some other show.
ii look at this list
Or i make beats with my hands
i think ..i like collecting perfumes alot…and basica;lly a change is the best when u are getting bored so i guess u can re decorate you room .. talk to your pet..lol.plant a flower or a herb …write its progress in your diary…or see interviews of your favorite personality …if u’ve missed one..
Someone once told me that only boring people get bored.
Build a fort out of blankets.
I love to read how to live life more fully…like I’m doing now. Also, lately I like finding new fun ways to do things…like for instance, turning the tv to mute and having myself and my little girl play the characters with our own voice…it’s a little fun…but fun things like that which can dramatically shift the everyday routine to being a much more happier occurence.
Look back on your life so far an make a list of good and or bad memories from the past.
How about win something or solve puzzles, or both. You can do exactly this at Pyramid Effect. Competitions where you have to solve puzzles, find answers to cryptic clues or even just find hidden (virtual) treasure. As an added bonus once you complete these stages you get a chance to win something great.
Write a thank you letter to your mom, for all the things she’s done for you. Or your dad, because tomorrow is Father’s Day.
But don’t tell them you did it because you were bored and needed something to do.
Watch Youtube
Look up optical illusions I spend hours looking at them
Volunteer at an old folk’s home, or an animal shelter. One of the best things to do when you’re bored is to give back to the world in a positive way! Pick up litter in your neighborhood. I know it sounds boring, but….volunteering is so good for you and the world around you.
-make a fort out of couch cushions
-make an anti bored kit (u might wanna google this)
-try to make it through an hour without touching the floor
-make a card house
-learn how to pick a lock with a paper clip
-act like a squirrel
(this is for 6+) I make silver coins with tin foil and make a treasure chest out of a shoe box and and i lead a trail of the coins and the person has to find the chest.
i like to dress up and give myself a complete makeover so i look like the queen.
Whenever I’m bored, I like to add to my list of fave pet names because I love animals and names. If you ever need help with naming a pet, email me. :)
Play a gaming conlse or pc.
Volunteer! If you’re bored with life, volunteering will help other people and make your life more interesting.
Dance, makeup your own dance routine:)
I love to look at something in the room and then try not to think about it. It is a fun way to make your brain go crazy! I always love to turn on some music blasting loud and then dancing like there is no one watching ( WARNING: close windows or someone unexpected might be watching hehe)
very interesting things that will work for me if i get bored thanks for the list
Thanks for adding to my list of things to do when you’re bored!
I think making up a game is a great boredom buster.
i just go on the computer and look up pics. of the first thing tht comes to mind. otherwise i would play a game or make up one.
I like to go on chatroulette.com although i warn it can be a little R rated so you have to move on quick and be ready ha. i like baking cookies or doing somethng crazy like going to a Karoake night or going up and down the street wearing wierd clothes. If your really bored don’t hold back and you’ll have the most fun. Some of my friend painted eachothers backs and took photos and it sounds wierd but it was a lot of fun and the pictures looked amazing almost professional. Just taking pictures is fun.
this is wicked. i followed all these and found the whole day had passed.
Paul, London
Thanks for your tips, Isabel! I’m the complete opposite of you: I don’t garden OR write poetry.
My favorite thing to do when I’m bored is to go for a walk — especially if I have a purpose. I know it sounds boring, but I LOVE to walk, and we have lots of forest trails around our house :-)
I also read or write poetry. It is my way of pouring out all my feelings which I could never share with anyone. Poems on love and nature are particularly very nourishing.
I do gardening. Not only do flowers and plants take my mind off so many stressful situations but being out under the morning sun also energizes me. In the late afternoons, I go back to check the flowers if they need watering and thereafter, just sit on the grass and warch the sunset…and all the tensions and boredom are gone…
Figure out if Twitter is something you like.
try to identify things in room with eyes closed
Clip your toenails.
when I am bored at home I search online for diys and pranks.