20 Things To Do When You're Bored

20 THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU’RE BORED (like I am right now! J )

1)  Have a dance party: turn on your favorite music, grab some friends, find some snacks, be crazy, dance around just for fun! This is especially fun on a rainy day when you don’t feel like going outside (or doing homework!).

2)  Go swimming: Speaking of getting wet, sometimes you just do feel like getting wet! That’s great too!

3)  Do homework: Yeah, I guess you could if you wanted too….

4)  Squash Hopping: Okay, so I call it squash hopping, it’s a lot more fun than it sounds! Here’s whatcha do: Draw a face on a squash (the twisted, crazy shaped ones are the best) and leave it on a random person’s porch! This is so much more fun than it sounds!

5)  Tramp-Fort: During the winter when it’s all snowy and white, find a trampoline with lots of snow around/in it and build a fort underneath! I did this with my friends, and it was a blast!

6)  Make a movie: Find some props, sets, people, costumes, and film yourself as if you were a professional actor!

7)  Play Jenga: I don’t know why, I just love this game. Don’t you? I can never get enough of it.

8)  Public Humiliation: Go with a bunch of friends outside to a public place dressed like you never would in public! Depending on how adventurous and brave you are, this could or could not be complete public humiliation. Note: the humiliation level varies with the degree of embarrassing clothing/costume worn.

9)  Have a feast! Need I say more?

10) Set up your own business: Lemonade stands don’t usually work anymore unless you’re super lucky (or your lemonade is gourmet), but try setting up a neighborhood carwash or something and see how much money you can earn!

11) Go caroling: In the middle of the summer, get a bunch of friends or even random people and go caroling door to door! Or go out into a busy place to sing and leave a hat out to see if people will give you tips!

12) Window Art: On a Saturday before you wash the windows in your house, take a dry-erase marker and decorate the windows!

13) Grocery Shopping: Okay, listen. This isn’t the normal, boring grocery shopping you’re thinking of. Here’s what you really do: Go to a grocery store, talk in a random accent to everyone you meet, and buy lots of crazy, strange things you normally never would. Leave the store, then return a few minutes later and return all the things you bought. J

14) Have a campout! Go camping in your backyard complete with a tent, grill, and whatever else you take with you when you’re camping!

15) Play Taster’s Delight: Taster’s Delight: (noun) Game in which two friends challenge each other’s taste buds by blindfolding and feeding each other strange food, then taking turns guessing what they have eaten.

16) Write a dictionary: I know, I know, this one doesn’t sound too fun, but it actually is! Grab some friends and together, write a dictionary of your own; make up words and definitions, then talk in your new, made-up language all day long!

17) Paint War! Wait till you hear what you get to do on this one! Here’s what you’ll need: Paint, spray bottles, thirty or so friends, a large field, time to spare, a fun and crazy attitude, old clothes. Fill the spray bottles with paint, and have a paint war! (Hint: It’ll be extra fun if you stay in your paint war clothes and go somewhere public with all the people included in the fight. It’s super funny when strangers ask what happened!)

18) Create your own rock star concert! Write your own songs, choreograph your own dances, plan staging and lighting, and set a date for your concert! Invite lots of people to watch you perform, and feel free to even give out autographs and tee shirts with your name/logo on them. You’ll feel like a total rock star!

19) Blog! J (Ha ha)

20) See if you can do all of these things in just one day! I can promise you that it will be one of the best days of your life!

Just so you know, I have done each of these things before, except for number 20. Some I did alone, others I did on really crazy days with friends. Yes, I know you’re about to ask, I had a paint war with some friends last year. I have to admit, that was probably the most fun day of my life! Sixteen of us crazy, hipper girls smothered in paint piled into a truck and drove to Bowmans (the grocery store). We bought lots of strange, random things. That was fun too. One old guy at the store saw us all and asked my friend, “When was the last time you looked in the mirror?” I still haven’t figured out if he was serious or just being funny!