It's raining it's pouring....and you
are stuck inside! Here are some ways to bust your bored mood without
TV or Videogames.
Build a Time Capsule: Make your mark in
history by building a time capsule to open 5 years from now. Cut out
newspaper stories, write about your favorite memories and where you
think you will be 5 years from now, include pictures, or any other neat
item. Decorate your box and don't open it for 5 years.
Origami: grab some paper and let the
origami fun begin, make anything from paper cups to the famous paper
cranes. The library has origami books to help you along as well!
Make a Bird Feeder: Gather big
pinecones from outside then take peanut butter and put some on the cone.
Then sprinkle the pine cone with bird seed. Take yarn to hang your
birdfeeder on an outside tree when it stop raining and go bird watching!
WARNING: Need a parent or adult to assist you.
Redecorate your Room: Is your room
boring? Then spruce it up, clean it up while listening to music
and add some cool home made accessories to your room, hang pictures or
family and friends, create a homework station, anything you can think
of. The Headquarters library even has a book for girls on how to
redecorate their room!
Make Your own Card for Someone Special:
Using paper, markers, crayons, or anything you want make a card for
a special friend that may be sick or tell your mom and/or dad how much you
love them. Don't know anyone who needs a card? then create
one for a senior citizen at a nursing home or a solider and cheer them
up. (Ask your parents to mail it for you)
Make Playdough!
WARNING you
need a parent or adult to assist you. Use this easy and
simple to recipe to make your favorite art toy, and make fun shapes such
as a castle, bugs, playdough people!
Click here for the
Recipe
Play a Board or Card Game: Play the new
game your learned, or pull out a game of Monopoly, Game of Life, Shoots
and Ladders, or Candyland!
Learn a New Card Game or Learn to Play Chess:
ever wanted to learn how to be a
chess champ or play a cool
card game; check out these sites to learn a new game and play with
your friends.
Put on a Play: Make up a story or
recreate your favorite book, assign parts, create some costumes from old
clothes and entertain away. The library also has several books
about putting on a home play.
READ A BOOK! Travel to new
lands, live a new life, battle evil, anything you want, books can take
you there..... Here are a few of our favorite rainy day books Click here
