Boredom Busters - 4th 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
Neighborhood scavenger hunt
Getting out and exploring your neighborhood is good for the mind and body, so why not make it a little more exciting? Take this list of items for a neighborhood scavenger hunt and make it your own by adding things that make your neighborhood unique. Maybe even make it a race - for older kids and adults - to see who can find everything first!
Indoor Activity
Year-round herb garden
One of the best ways to instantly elevate your home cooking is the use of fresh herbs, but it can get costly and wasteful to buy fresh from the grocery store. This easy tutorial for a 10 herb indoor garden will allow you to deliver gourmet cooking, even in the dead of winter.
Kids
Ice painting
As it starts getting warmer outside, here's a fun family activity that flexes the kiddos creativity and also cools them off. Ice paints are incredibly easy to make- with just a few materials- and provide hours of fun, with a potentially frameable end result.
Recipes
Whipped coffee
The trend that is sweeping the globe makes your morning coffee look like it's straight out of a coffee shop with ingredients you already have at home. Whipped coffee is quick and easy to make, and also delicious. Try your hand at this new trend and don't forget to snap a photo!
DIY
Repurpose candle jars
As many people have been cleaning up around the house lately, you've undoubtedly come across some candle jars with not quite enough wax left to properly burn but just can't bring yourself to get rid of the beautiful jar. Check out this mind-blowing way to easily remove the extra wax in your jar to repurpose for other things!
Game Night
Best Games for Video Chat
Not everything has to be an online version to be enjoyable and easy. Here's a list of 15+ classic games you can easily play over video chat with your friends and family - from Charades to Scattegories- including Extreme Spoons!
Read
Lawnmower Battery
Did you know the average lifespan of a lawnmower is just 3 years? If you dusted off the lawnmower this year and hear that dreaded dead air after turning the key, here are 6 easy ideas for ways to stretch the useful life of your lawnmower battery.
Watch
10 Funniest Movies on Netflix
They say laughter is the best medicine and something most of us could use a little more of right now. Thankfully The New York Times has compiled a list of its top 10 Funniest Movies on Netflix for our viewing pleasure, some classics (Tootsie), some more recent (The Other Guys), and some hidden gems you may have forgotten about. So bust out the popcorn and get ready for your face to hurt from smiling.
Listen
Disney Orchestra & Piano Collection
This Volume 1 Disney Collection highlights classic songs from your favorite movies that will bring you back to when you first watched Aladdin, Pocahontas or Mary Poppins as a child. Featuring over 15 songs, put this on, sit back and share the magic with your own children or best friend.
Learn
Take a Class with a Celebrity Expert
If you're looking to take an online class, why not learn from a celebrity. From Julianne Hough's course on KINRGY to Mayim Bialik's take on neuroscience, flex your brain and body muscles and dive into these StarCourses, amongst others than range from subject to grade level.
