The "I'm Bored Jar"

Summer's here and for the past month I've been stressing over how I'm going to keep my kids entertained. There's a fine line between too much stuff going on and not enough. The days stuck in the house worried me....my kids don't do well keeping themselves busy well, the non killing each other/driving me crazy type of busy. So I came up with the idea of the "I'm Bored Jar." In concept it seems great...we'll see how it works! So far it's all Katie wants to do and I may just run out of cards by tomorrow at this rate!

There are rules to the jar.
1. Mom has veto power!
2. Child does not...whatever she pulls she has to do (the items aren't all fun!)
3. She has to do the activities for a minimum of 30 minutes

This morning she pulled "Swing" so off she went for 30 minutes. Could it possibly be that easy???? And this afternoon she pulled "Paint a Canvas" and she did great! It turned into a wonderful little art lesson. I couldn't have asked for a better outcome. Ryan even participated...for about 2 min ;)


Here's a list of some of the things in the jar...
Wash the car
Coloring Prompt: Draw a picture of your favorite place to visit
Felt Boards
Puzzles
Watercolor
Make Bookmarks
Dust Furniture
Make Your Bed
Coloring Prompt: Draw a picture of your bedroom
Make a music video with the iPhone
Water the outside plants
Slip N Slide
Bob Books
Practice Sight Words
Doodle Book
Seek and Find Book
Decorate Your Letter
Paint Ceramics
Playdoh
Play a Game
Video Game
Dress Up in 5 Silly Outfits
Dress up in 5 Pretty Outfits
Coloring Prompt: Draw a picture of your pets
Coloring Prompt: Draw a picture using only Red, White and Blue
Coloring Prompt: Draw a picture using only blue, purple and green
Tag Reader
Leapster
Write the ABC’s and Numbers 1-10 in Sidewalk Chalk
Kids Yoga DVD
Paint Cardboard Forts
Paint a Canvas for the Playroom
Clean the window sills
Vacuum up Jack hair
Barbies
Quiet time in your Bedroom
Bath time during the day
Hide and seek
Simon Says
Free coloring
Journal Writing
Clean up the backyard
Treasure Chest
Bubbles
Coloring Prompt: Draw a fish family
Swing
Play Structure Obstacle Course
Dance Party
Ride Bikes
Mom's Choice

I did my best to incorporate things we already have around our house that may have been forgotten about as well as buying some new craft goodies and some fun things for a "treasure chest." She's dying to pull the treasure chest one!!