I’m Bored Jar

When you are at home with your Little Pickles how often do you hear I’m bored? If your anything like me pretty often. During this extended time at home with more children than average, 4 school aged children. So I have decided to create an I’m Bored Jar. The idea of the jar is to give the kids ideas of activities they can do, so independently or with an adult.

What you need

• An Empty Jar
• Lolly Sticks or Stiff Card would work too
• Ribbon or something to decorate the jar
• A sharpie or any long lasting pen

Here are the activities included in our jar

• Design your dream playroom
• Build a Den
• Play Top Trumps
• Have a Mini Olympics
• Skip in the garden
• Interview a family member
• Play Superheroes
• FaceTime/Video Call a family member
• Do some home learning
• Create a family flag
• Write in your diary/journal
• Draw our house
• Find 5 interesting facts about someone famous
• Play dressing up
• Make up and tell some jokes
• Read to a parent
• Draw a picture blindfolded
• Do a magic show
• Play hide and seek
• Look for different leaves
• Draw an animal
• Play Simon said
• Write a letter and send it to a friend or relative
• Ride your bike
• Make and race paper aeroplanes
• Write a poem
• Design a city
• Play cars
• Do a workout
• Create a dance show
• Build a Lego/Duplo house
• Ride on your scooter
• Do some colouring
• Read a book
• Paint a picture of flowers
• Play I Spy
• Do a few pages of one of your activity books
• Look for nature in the garden (plants and insects) and make a list
• Play a board game
• Make a treasure map
• Do a puzzle
• Watch a movie
• Play cafes
• Do a bounce-a-thon on the trampoline

Also as I’m a bit of a tough mum I have added a few curve balls, to help me around the house as the kids are older now.

Chores

• Hoover the stairs (we have a handheld vacuum for this)
• Tidy your room
• Pair the odd socks (we have a bag full!!!)
• Change your bed
• Tidy the bookcase
• Unpack or pack the dishwasher

I hope these give you some ideas of how to keep your Little Pickles entertained without spending a penny. You never know you might even get five minutes of peace to enjoy a cuppa.

Thanks for reading

Jess aka Mummy Pickle x

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