I am bored!!
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I am bored!!
I am bored!! I have nothing to do except be punched around with my sisters and read. Not that reading is bad. But I can find no more good books. There are 20 books I'm waiting for that come out next year, and I am bored. School is boring. The most exciting thing I've done recently is getting lost in Target.
submitted by S.E., age 11, Woburn,MA
(December 16, 2013 - 9:10 pm)
(December 16, 2013 - 9:10 pm)
Punching sisters is such an amusing past time.
You could take up a craft like knitting, woodworking, or baking. Baking's not really a craft, but you can get some great hobby ideas from searching online.
You could try to read books in a genre you don't usually read in. Don't usually read nonfiction? Try checking out a couple of books in a topic that interests you.
Excercise and play outside. You could come up with some fun new games for you and your siblings to play.
Build an enormous fort out of blankets, tables, and chairs. If you have cats, expect them to come over immediatly.
Try learning a weird skill. If you have dextrous feet, you could try typing with your toes. Or hold you pen in your mouth and write your name. Or try turning on the lights on and off with your feet. Bonus points if you have a fan with a pull chain that you can turn on.
Set up a dart board and throw darts. For extra fun, decorate it with the face of someone you really hate.
See if your school has any clubs you could join.
If you like video games, try playing a new game you haven't played before or beat a high score you set before.
Neopets is a really fun online game where you can raise virtual pets, play with them, feed them, go on adventures with them, and play a ton of fun games. You might want to check it out.
Man, now I wish I had more free time! I seriously want to see if I can type with my feet.
(December 17, 2013 - 12:21 am)
S.E., I sadly can't help you much with the book recommendations. I can't remember any books I've read recently.
(December 17, 2013 - 4:54 am)
More ideas:
Write a play and perform it with your siblings.
Read a book out loud with your family.
Join the ski lodge murder mystery for some fun in January on the "You are invited" page in Pudding's Place. (I'm not advertising, what are you talking about? *cough cough*)
Draw, draw, and draw some more.
Rifle through your closet and your family's closets and make the most ridculous outfits you can. Hold a fashion show or just parade around your house for the amusement of all.
Learn to sing a song you really like.
Memorize a poem or passage in a book you like.
Create a comic. If you're not good at drawing, co-author it with one of your friends.
Watch reruns of a TV show you like or start watching a new one that looks interesting.
Rewatch your favorite movie.
Have a pillow fight with your siblings.
If you have not read Coraline by Neil Gaiman, you are a deprived child. Go read it right now.
Pretend you're a fierce space pirate, with your trusty first mate named Sibling. You are raiding the imperial military base Kitchen for the rarest of pirate treasures... Cookies! Can you pull off the heist without the military generals, the dreaded Parents, catching you?
Bake the cookies used in the above idea. Baking can be pretty fun.
Dance to songs you like.
Have a dance marathon with your siblings. Dramatic lip-syncing is a must. Bonus points if you do this to opera.
Make gifts for your all family. Even if you don't a winter gift-giving holiday, random presents are still very nice!
Read through old Chatterbox posts for entertainment. The ones with really high numbers of replies tend to be very entertaining.
Captcha says gnnu. Like a gnu.
(December 17, 2013 - 5:10 pm)
I'm personally a fan of decapitating Barbie dolls, and hurling them out of windows at unsuspecting annoying neighbors. (Does this just help enhance my social insecurities?)
Do you play video games? I recommend Kingdom Hearts.
(December 17, 2013 - 8:45 pm)
Red likes video games so we play them sometimes. I've seen one of my friends play Kingdom Hearts and it looks pretty cool. I have a GBA and I can use my sister's DS because she pretty much ditched it for a 3DS. Which one would you recommend?
(December 17, 2013 - 10:21 pm)
Write the most ridiculous stories you can think of!
Walk around the area near your house!
Sing at the top of your lungs!
Reread good books, or look at one of the many threads on BaB for ideas for new ones!
Like Ruby said, knit or similar crafts!
Make paper snowflakes!
Invent a game based on pieces from other games in your house!
Play solitaire!
Build a fort!
Spin around in circles until you feel dizzy!
NOTE: these activities have not necessarily been certified by the FDA.
(December 18, 2013 - 4:22 pm)
S.E., there's an awesome website where kids can post crafts and other cool stuff they make. Plus it's got a million IDEAS of things to make!
Also, have you read Any of the Hocus Pocus Hotel books? They're really good :)
~Violet~
P.p.s @admins: can you post the link?
Sorry, Violet, we can't post the link. There are good things there, but there are videos posted by users, too, and we can't check and control all of those. Plus there is a store with things for sale.
Admin
(December 21, 2013 - 8:09 pm)