Boredom Busters - 3rd Edition
If you’ve finished binge-watching all the shows on your must-watch list, organized every room in your house, and you’re still looking for something else to do, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite boredom busters – from quick and easy recipes to socially distant game night ideas with friends and family - to help make quarantine a little more enjoyable.
Outdoor Activity
Giant homemade bubbles
Always wanted to make your own giant bubbles? Now is your chance! This tutorial covers all the bases with not only the bubble recipe, but how to make the bubble wand as well! A perfect afternoon activity for kids, families or inquiring adults.
Indoor Activity
Virtual Tour: Star Wars- Rise of the Resistance ride
Are you ready to join the resistance? Find out by hopping on a virtual ride through the latest Star Wars attraction at Disney. Featuring some of the newest ride technology and techniques out there, it’s sure to have you feeling ready to take on the Republic.
Kids
Sidewalk Foam Paint
A very popular activity right now- sidewalk chalk has been used to convey messages of love and support in local communities during quarantine. Now it's time to take your sidewalk chalk to the next level with sidewalk foam paint. This activity will provide endless entertainment not only making the paint, but using it for hours afterwards.
Recipes
Mickey Beignets
To the delight of fans across the globe, as a quarantine treat, Disney unveiled the recipe for their fan-favorite Mickey Mouse shaped beignets. These light and decadent powered sugar dusted deep-fried delicacies will be gone before you can say Mickey.
DIY
How to Weave/Macrame
If you've always wanted to take up weaving/macrame as a side hobby but never had the time, now is the perfect opportunity! This step-by-step video takes you through the simple steps that will leave you with enough scarves for holiday gifts come wintertime!
Game Night
Air Console
An online video game console where your browser is the console and your smartphone is the gamepad. Over 5 million players and access to 140+ games can't be wrong. Great for individual play but especially for groups, it's a great way to have some fun with your besties while you each stay at home.
Read
What the MERV?
If you've ever had to purchase an air filter for your home furnace, you may be familiar with what a minimum efficiency reporting value (MERV) is. Find out how the MERV rating plays a major role in your health, air quality, and system efficiency and where yours ranks on the scale.
Watch
Chanhassen Dinner Theater- Variety Slam!
Our local Chanhassen Dinner Theater showcases their free 25-minute online variety show featuring their talented actors, friends and employees (and CDT Alum and Tony-nominated Broadway star Laura Osnes) in a culmination of songs, dance, stories and more called the CDT Variety Slam!
Listen
Finding Fred
We could all use a little more kindness and compassion these days. And no one fits the bill more than Mister Fred Rogers himself. This 10-part series discusses the life, thinking and work of radical revolutionary Fred Rogers.
Learn
How to Play Guitar
Fender Play teaches you how to play guitar online within minutes with step-by-step instructions. You can start by selecting your style, from acoustic to electric, and choose from 100s of songs in your favorite genre ranging from rock, pop, blues, or country.
