Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Boredom Busters for your Children

As a child I NEVER said "I'm Bored" to do so meant chores as a child that's ICK and hey let's face it not much fun as an adult lol :-)

But short of doing chores what can your children do to beat boredom?

To answer this I searched the Internet for some of the best sites to inspire ideas to help you & your children.

The Happy Housewife

http://thehappyhousewife.com/homeschool/mom-im-bored-activity-cards/ 
Great idea of a boredom buster jar and shares ready to use tags with 85 ideas!!
10/10 for creativity and generosity of information sharing.
A must see

Boredom Busters

http://www.squidoo.com/boredom-busters-keep-kids-busy-when-theyre-bored
A squidoo lens packed with 100 ideas for your children and plenty of links to other sites.
Extremely informative and easy to navigate.

Tip Junkie

http://www.tipjunkie.com/crafts-boredom-busters/
38 Craft and boredom busters for your children the best thing about this is the links with instructions on how to do things such as
- Home made board games
- How to make a library bag (to carry those all important books, I am child hood reading's biggest fan ;-)
- Paper doll quilt
Definitely recommend a good read through on this one.

So there you have it 3 fantastic websites to help you never hear again "I'm bored"

Happy Play Times :-)

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