Five At-Home Activities to End Kids' Boredom

"Mom, I'm bored." Three little words you don't want to hear, right? I know that when my kids utter those words, I give them the usual speech of playing with their toys in their room or making up their own games. Sometimes they come up with something to do and others they need a little help. So I tried to figure out some inexpensive ways to keep them busy to keep them from getting bored. Here are just five ideas you could use for your own kids.

Kids Boredom Buster #1: Bubble Wrap

Save the bubble wrap left from moving, packages received, or leftover scraps from shipping your own packages and place it in a box. Once your box is full and the kids are bored drag it out and let them have some fun. This should keep them busy for at least ten good minutes and is a great stress buster as well. To make the fun last longer you can turn the bubble popping into a game for the kids to play. Have each kid try and pop as many bubbles as they can within a set amount of time. Or have them create bubble art by popping certain bubbles to make a picture.

Kids Boredom Buster #2: Make a Snack

Many kids enjoy spending time in the kitchen making their own food, with a little help from mom or dad. Kids can spend some time making their own snacks in order to kill the boredom for at least half an hour. Kids can help pour different ingredients into different bowls to make their own trail mix. Raisins, cheese crackers, pretzels, M & M's, cereal, dried bananas or apples, bagel chips, and more can be added to the bowls for the kids to use to create their own custom trail mix. The pouring of the ingredients into bowls, set up, mixing their own trail mix, and finally eating it should eat up some time and keep the kids from becoming too bored.

Kids Boredom Buster #3: Newspaper Arts & Crafts