301 Amazing Things For Your Bored Kids To Do During The Summer
Attention All Bored Kids!
Never Again (During The Summer) Hear Your Kids Say, “I’m Bored!”
301 Amazing Things For Your Kids To Do During The Summer
By Life Coach Darryl L. Mobley
Summer is here! I know this because my kids, my nieces & nephews, and the kids of my friends would always remind me of the exciting possibilities of the no-school season every single day as the summer approached. And to be honest, I still hold a special spot in my heart for the season. I remember playing sports all day with my buddies, going out early in the morning with an empty burlap bag and my dog, and returning at dusk with a bag full of wild snakes (some poisonous) and turtles; climbing to roof tops of old buildings and parachuting with bed sheets; and digging a tunnel – with my friends – that was bigger than my bedroom. Creative? Yes. 
Dangerous? We didn’t think about that. Fun? Absolutely! How did we ever do without smart phones, Ipods, staged play-dates, Twitter, Facebook, the ‘Gram, Snapchat, Pinterest, birthday gifts to every kid attending the birthday party, minivans, or Evite? We were never bored!
“Boredom just might be the root of all evil when it comes to kids.”
~ Life Coach Darryl Mobley
Anyway… Every parent has heard their kids say – with the incredible freedom of Summer all around – “I’m bored!” As a life and executive coach, I find that every Summer I am asked by my clients who are parents to tell them what they should do to keep their bored kids active, engaged and not bored during the greatest three months of the year (for kids).
Many parents are sick of hearing their kids say, “I’m Bored!”
Okay. I’m on it!
You know how it works. Your children are excited about the upcoming Summer as the school year comes to a close. Then, for the first week or so they are all fired up and balls of energy. Then, in short order, they run out of energy and things to do. And you hear the whine, “I’m bored,” and “What should I do?”
Forget the kids for just a moment: Your Summer has just turned ugly.
First of all, let me say that it is easy for kids to get bored during the Summer because they have so much freedom. But childhood freedom often becomes the strongest of all chains; a slave master who uses mind-numbing boredom as punishment. My study has shown that kids do not need unfettered freedom. Kids need structure in order to grow and feel fulfilled.
Think of this as 301 Amazing Ways To Get Rid Of Boredom
Here’s my simple 3-step process for eliminating your child’s boredom during the Summer months.
Step 1
You should sit down with your kids before the school-is-out-for-the-Summer season hits and write a list of their GOALS for the Summer. Setting goals is the most important step you can take to keep your child from getting bored during the Summer. Ask your kid these questions (and have them write down the answers):
– What new sports do you want to learn?
– What new challenges do you want to tackle?
– What new books do you want to read?
– What new sights do you want to see?
– What new skills do you want to learn?
– What area(s) do you want to improve in?
Step 2
Next – using the goals as your guide, you and your kid(s) should write out a week-by-week schedule of Summer activities that lead to accomplishing the goal(s). (To eliminate any opportunity your child will have to whine about their Summer, I actually recommend you schedule out the entire Summer, day-by-day. But, that’s just me.)
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Step 3
Then, follow the schedule.
My kids have not uttered the phrase, “I’m bored,” since I began this approach to their Summers. They are too busy, engaged and happy to be bored! You too, will be happy. And I know that your kids and mine will look back someday (as we parents do) and say how great this or that Summer was because of what they did. Getting rid of “bored kids syndrome” means happier, healthier kids.
To help you get rolling, I am providing you a list of 301 Amazing Things That Your Kid Can Do During The Summer (below). Surely your bored kids will find at least a few things on the list that they want to go after. If not, send your boring kids off to a working ranch for the Summer. (That’ll teach them to get bored!)
“Childhood freedom often becomes the strongest of all chains; a slave master who uses mind-numbing boredom as punishment.”
~ Life Coach Darryl Mobley
Many of my list of 301 Amazing Things Your Kid Can Do During The Summer are low cost or no cost. Some will even make money. This list makes sure that no kid need ever be bored.
So, you might be asking: “Did Darryl develop his list to help the kids or to help parents?” My answer: “Yes!”
No Bored Kids Allowed
The following list of 301 activities will help your kid, your family, and you – take full advantage of the warm weather season and spark the creativity that makes Summer the best time of the year! Your kids can look over the list and choose any activities they are interested in and then, get started! Some of my suggested activities require parental permission, but most are suitable for your kids to complete on their own. With this list, no longer will your bored kids have a deficit of imagination.
Darryl Mobley’s
301 Amazing Things Your Bored Kids Can Do During The Summer: The antidote to boredom
1. Act in a play
2. Adopt a pet
3. Attend a concert
4. Bake cookies
5. Barbecue shrimp
6. Become a model
7. Become a photographer
8. Become an expert cupcake, cookie or brownie baker. Give them a funky name and sell them. That’s how Wally ‘Famous Amos’ got started
9. Become an expert on something. Choose a topic you interested in and study it a little everyday. By the end of the Summer, you’ll be one of the leading experts
10. Blow up balloons and give them to your friends and family
11. Build a sandcastle
12. Build a tree house
13. Build an electric train model
14. Build your own plane from a kit
15. Buy a DVD projector and host a movie that you project on the side of your house at night
16. Call a president of a large company and interview him/her about what they do
17. Check out the stars with a telescope
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18. Clean up a nature trail
19. Clean your room!
20. Climb a tree
21. Collect sea shells from the seashore
22. Cook something you’ve never cooked before
23. Cook your breakfast on an outdoor fire
24. Create a family photo album of Summer activities
25. Create a terrarium
26. Create a treasure hunt
27. Create a web site
28. Create your own holiday – a Festivus-for-the-Rest-of-Us
29. Create your own science club with friends
30. Design a new clothing line
31. Determine 10 goals you have for your life.
32. Dig for fossils
33. Do 25 jumping jacks each day
34. Donate some of the toys and clothes you no longer use
35. Draw a self-portrait
36. E-mail a friend you haven’t spoken to in awhile.
37. Send your questions about life success and life’s challenges to Coach Mobley at https://BoomZip.com/coach. Coach Mobley will answer your questions.
38. Enter a chili cooking contest (or host your own)
39. Find a new favorite author or book
40. Find a pen-pal
41. Find the cheapest flight you can to a foreign country and go on a vacation
42. Fly a kite
43. Get a job as a lifeguard at the local pool
44. Get a job or an internship
45. Get a ride on a paddle wheeler
46. Get a Summer job with a friend
47. Get a temporary tattoo
48. Get in better shape! Exercise everyday
49. Get in touch with a cousin you’ve never met
50. Give your dog a bath.
51. Go backpacking
52. Go beachcombing for driftwood, shells and stones
53. Go bird watching
54. Go boating
55. Go bowling
56. Go camping in a national park
57. Go camping in your backyard
58. Go camping on the beach
59. Go canoeing
60. Go deep sea diving
61. Go explore caves
62. Go fishing
63. Go for a hike
64. Go go-karting
65. Go hunting
66. Go on a boat ride
67. Go on a glass-bottom boat ride
68. Go on a hayride
69. Go on a long bike ride
70. Go on a rollercoaster ride
71. Go on a walk and take pictures of trees, flowers, dogs, etc.
72. Go out for lunch with one of your parents
73 . Go outside and find 20 different kinds of flowers
74. Go paddle boating
75. Go parachuting
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76. Go prospect for gold
77. Go river rafting
78. Go sailing
79. Go swimming
80. Go to a baseball game
81. Go to a camp
82. Go to a museum
83. Go to a national park
84. Go to a new restaurant
85. Go to a party
86. Go to a pre-season practice being held by your local pro team
87. Go to a science camp
88. Go to a Shakespeare festival
89. Go to a waterslide park
90. Go to an amusement park
91. Go to an antiques show
92. Go to an opera
93. Go to the fair
94. Go to the movies with friends
95. Go to the movies with your siblings.
96. Go to the playground and swing or play on the monkey bars
97. Go to the top of the tallest building in the nearest big city
98. Go to work with your parents and observe
99. Go vegetarian for a week
100. Go whale watching
101. Go window-shopping at the most expensive stores with a friend
102. Go without email for a day
103. Go without TV for a day
104. Hang a bird feeder
105. Have a bonfire and roast marshmallows
106. Have a bubblegum blowing contest
107. Have a ‘classic movie’ night with friends
108. Have a family game night
109. Have a paper airplane contest
110. Have a picnic
111. Have a sleepover with your best friends
112. Help an elderly person with house or yard work
113. Hike to a waterfall
114. Host a 24 hour soccer game for charity or just for fun
115. Host a 5k race to benefit charity
116. Host a dance and you be the DJ
117. Host a real clambake
118. Host a scavenger hunt in the neighborhood or with friends at a park
119. Host a water balloon fight
120. Host a yard sale
121. Increase your vocabulary. Learn 5 new words each day from the dictionary
122. Invent a new dance
123. Invent your own board game
124. Invite friends over and have a tea sandwich party
125. Keep a journal of what you do during the Summer
126. Learn a foreign language
127. Learn a martial art
128. Learn a new card game and play it a lot
129. Learn about fireworks
130. Learn CPR
131. Learn how to be a comedian
132. Learn how to make balloon animals
133. Learn how to make crafts
134. Learn how to make jewelry
135. Learn how to make sushi
136. Learn how to play chess
137. Learn how to play the conga drums
138. Learn how to play the guitar
139. Learn how to rappel down mountains
140. Learn how to refinish antique furniture
141. Learn how to sail
142. Learn how to sew
143. Learn how to sew or knit
144. Learn how to snorkel
145. Learn how to swim
146. Learn how to throw a boomerang
147. Learn or teach a new sport with someone
148. Learn origami
149. Learn some new outdoor games
150. Learn to how to paint
151. Learn to windsurf
152. Listen to a motivational audio program
153. Look for sand dollars and shells at a beach
154. Make a bird feeder
155. Make a collage from magazine photos and words
156. Make a delicious ice cream float
157. Make a fire plan for your home
158. Make a new kind of sandwich
159. Make a scrapbook of everything you do this Summer
160. Make a scrapbook of your baby pictures.
161. Make a smoothie so tasty it makes your toes curl!
162. Make a time capsule and bury it in your backyard
163. Make an obstacle course in your back yard
164. Make dinner for your family
165. Make homemade fruit juice.
166. Make homemade ice cream
167. Make popsicles in your freezer.
168. Make purses and sell them
169. Make something from recyclables
170. Make the world’s best root beer float.
171. Open a savings account at your bank
172. Organize a bike safety clinic
173. Organize a scavenger hunt
174. Paint your family
175. Plan a trip to Disney World
176. Plan the vacation you want to take next Summer.
177. Plant flowers in your yard.
178. Play a computer game
179. Play backgammon
180. Play badminton
181. Play croquet
182. Play crossword puzzles
183. Play in a Summer sports league
184. Play monopoly
185. Play pool
186. Play pool volleyball
187. Play putt-putt golf
188. Play soccer
189. Play Twister
190. Play volleyball
191. Play Wii
192. Play with the family pet
193. Play with your siblings
194. Produce and direct your own movie
195. Put up a basketball hoop in your driveway
196. Read 25 (or 50 or more) books this Summer
197. Read a book about a famous super-achiever
198. Read a book based on a movie you have seen
199. Read a story to someone
200. Read the newspaper (your favorite parts) everyday
201. Recycle bottles and donate the money to a local charity
202. Re-decorate your room
203. Rent a bicycle-built-for-two and go for a ride with a friend or family member
204. Rent a houseboat
205. Research your family tree
206. Ride a mechanical bull
207. Ride a rollercoaster
208. Ride every ride at the carnival
209. Ride on a train
210. Roast marshmallows
211. Set up a lemonade stand
212. Share your favorite DVD with a friend
213. Shoot 100 free throws
214. Show off your green thumb! Buy some flower seeds and plant them in your own garden
215. Sign up at your local library for their Summer great books reading program
216. Spend time with your grandparents
217. Start a babysitting business
218. Start a band
219. Start a blog
220. Start a business
221. Start a collection of something you find interesting
222. Start a diary and write in it everyday.
223. Start a dog pooper-scooper business
224. Start a dog-walking business
225. Start a grocery shopping business
226. Start a herb garden
227. Start a lawn care business
228. Start a magazine for kids your age
229. Start a snow-removal business. (Send out flyers now so everyone remembers when the winter season comes)
230. Start a tutoring business
231. Start a yard cleaning business
232. Start an errand running business
233. Start an internet based business
234. Start an investing club with your friends. Buy stock. Sell stock. Make money!
235. Start practicing to become an Olympic Athlete
236. Start saving for a trip to Europe (or Canada, Hawaii, Alaska, Japan,…) next Summer
237. Start your own soccer camp
238. Stay at a Dude Ranch
239. Stay in a hostel
240. Stay up and watch the shows that air from midnight to 7am
241. Study a school subject during the Summer
242. Subscribe to a new magazine
243. Swim with dolphins
244. Swim with stingrays
245. Take a boat ride
246. Take a course on mountaineering
247. Take a dance class
248. Take a family vacations
249. Take a first aid class
250. Take a helicopter ride
251. Take a jeep tour in the wilds of Arizona or New Mexico
252. Take a math class
253. Take a ride on a dinner train
254. Take a singing class
255. Take a trip in an RV
256. Take a vacation on a cruise ship
257. Take a walk and listen to the sounds of nature
258. Take a yoga class
259. Take an orienteering class
260. Take flying lessons
261. Take Pictures of interesting buildings, homes, birds, trees, waterways, cars, roads…
262. Take up golfing
263. Take up trampoline jumping
264. Take your dog for a walk.
265. Take your dog to dog-obedience school
266. Tale a class on animation
267. Teach your grandparents to use email
268. Throw a cultural heritage party in your neighborhood
269. Tie-Dye a t-shirt
270. Track the moon phases
271. Train for running your first marathon
272. Try to break a Guinness Book of World Records record
273. Use a compass or GPS to map your neighborhood
274. Visit a farm
275. Visit a National Park
276. Visit a tourist spot near your city
277. Visit every professional baseball or football stadium in the country
278. Visit Mt. Rushmore
279. Visit the aquarium
280. Visit the desert
281. Visit the Grand Canyon
282. Visit the Great Wall of China
283. Visit the Rocky Mountains
284. Visit the zoo
285. Visit Washington, DC
286. Visit the U.S. service academies (West Point, Annapolis, Air Force Academy, Coast Guard Academy…)
287. Volunteer at a local nursing home
288. Watch a cricket match
289. Watch a favorite TV show with your friends
290. Write a book
291. Write a comedy TV show
292. Write a fairy tale
293. Write a letter to your best friend
294. Write a letter to your grandparents telling them how much you love them
295. Write a list of the 10 most important questions you want to ask you grandparents. Then ask them the questions
296. Write a list of the 10 most important questions you want to ask you parents. Then ask them the questions
297. Write a play and get your friends to act it out
298. Write a poem
299. Write a song
300. Write a speech on something you find interesting
301. Write letters on airplane air-sickness bags and mail them to your friends
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There you have it: 301 amazing ways to banish bored kids forever. Please feel free to send me your suggestions to add to my list. With your help we can get the list to 400. Send me your ideas at: https://BoomZip.com/coach .
Remember – You DO deserve to live a great life.
Enjoy Life!
About Darryl L. Mobley
You may contact Coach Mobley at https://BoomZip.com/coach. Known as the “Bulldog of Work-Life Balance,” Darryl Mobley is a top Life Coach, an in-demand Executive Coach, a Business-Growth Consultant, a Professional Speaker, host of The Darryl Mobley Show: Your Life Coach On The Radio, and co-founder of BoomZip.com. For more info, visit www.CoachMobley.com . © 2019 Darryl L. Mobley.
