Boredom Busters!

I came up with a list of boredom busters for you. You can use these ideas any time. They're especially good for days when you're snowed in or a Saturday where you don't have anything planned. 

1. Make up a song or dance routine  to your favorite song, then dress up and video it!

Materials:

Video camera (an iPhone or an iPad with a video app would work fine too)

iPod 

Crazy dorky outfit
2. Start an embroidery project. I know, I know. It sounds really boring and old fashioned, but it's really fun! The best part is that you can do it while you're watching TV! You can embroider any design on it, or a quote. 

Materials:

Embroidery Hoop (you can find one at any craft store)

Small square of fabric in any pattern

A design that you can either iron-on or trace on (again, both can be found at any craft store)

Thread

Embroidery Needle (no different than a regular hand-sewing needle except that it's usually thicker and has a duller tip)

3. If your mom is anything like my mom, she probably gets a lot of design magazines and catalogs, like HGTV, Better Homes and Gardens, Coastal Living, Ballard Designs, and Potterybarn to name a few. Anyways, find all of the magazines like that you have lying around the house. Ask your mom if she's done reading them so you don't get in trouble later on. Cut out all of the furniture or entire rooms in it that you like, then glue them onto a sheet of paper. Now you've got your dream house. You can arrange things by room or something, or just have a giant collage!

Materials:

Old Magazines (that your mom is TOTALLY done with)

Paper

Glue or Tape

Scissors

A Sense of Style

4. Making a list of what your dream life would look like. 

Here's mine:

• Married to my crush
• Living on a horse farm in the country
• Beautiful colonial or craftsman
• 2 dogs: a Golden Retriever and a Poodle
• 2 cats: an Egyptian and a Calico (One's really thin and the other's fat so they balance each other out!)
• 5 kids, some of them adopted, named Pearl, Audrey, Jeanne, Ben, and Sam
• Being a stay-at-home-Mom
• Blogging
• Owning and running an online interior designer business
• House will have 4 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, family room, home office, 3 bathrooms, and a craft room

Materials:

Paper

Pen

An Idea of What You Want To Do With Your Life

5. Think of one of your favorite movies. Now, write down all of the characters in it. Even down to the little parts. Now give all of the people, say, at your school, a part. I took everyone from "The Hunger Games," like Katniss, Peeta, Gale, Haymitch, Effie, and Cinna. Then I gave parts out to people I knew. It was so much fun! But maybe it's just me. I do like something interesting. 

Materials:

Pen

Paper

Favorite Movie (that has a lot of parts)

An imagination