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Offline Activities
Not everything in this article complies with social distancing, but it has some great ideas including:
- Bake something new from a cookbook.
- Find something in your room that you enjoyed when you were younger and try it again, just for fun.
- Play a board game.
- Color, draw, or paint.
- Walk a dog (yours or a neighbor’s).
- Think of someone you know who might be lonely, and what you could do for them.
- Call a grandparent (you’ll make their day).
- Do a crossword puzzle, Sudoku, or word find.
- Ride a bike, skateboard, or scooter.
- Write in a journal.
- Write fanfic based on your favorite book or movie.
- Shoot hoops (or pucks).
- Have a bath.
- Make slime.
- Do origami.
- Play darts, ping pong, or air hockey with your parents or siblings.
- Have a Nerf gun war with your parents or siblings.
- Try to figure out how to fix something broken in your home.
- Read. Find a book in your house you’ve never read before.
- Cuddle with or play with a pet. Teach them a new trick.
- Go for a run or walk.
- Paint your nails.
- Go sledding or have a snowball fight with your family.
- Start or tend a garden.
- Brainstorm business ideas.
- Nap.
- Create an obstacle course or scavenger hunt.
- Do a jigsaw puzzle.
- Ask if there are extra chores you can do for cash.
- Knit, crochet, or rainbow loom.
- Think of one adulting thing you don’t know how to do, and find out how to do it.
- Practice or learn an instrument.
- Try to identify the birds in your neighborhood.
- See if you can set a record at something.
- Find or create a geocache (yes, we know there is minor screen involvement).
- Plan one dinner you’d like to try making.
- Now that you’ve planned a dinner, make it.
- Paint a room.
- Make a bucket list.
- Bake cookies
- Go through your drawers and make a pile of clothes that you want to donate.
- Write a short story.
- Build something with toothpicks.
- Build houses with playing cards.
- Teach yourself a new card game.
- Learn how to do an updo.
- Practice yoga.
- Try to stand on your head or do a cartwheel.
- Tour the house looking at all the things on the walls and tables like you’re at a museum.
- Teach yourself cursive/calligraphy.
- Make a scrapbook of your last year’s adventures.
- Teach yourself to whistle using your fingers.
- If it’s snowy, build a snowman or snow fort.
- Clean your room and argue for an allowance.
- Play croquet in the backyard.
- Get a book out about trees and learn to Identify them.
- Go for a hike.
- Practice your free throw.
- Give yourself a facial mask.
- Learn how to juggle.
- Design a family crest.
- Look through family photo albums.
- Make a photo collage for your room.
- Play with sidewalk chalk.
- Organize your shoes.
- Make homemade ice cream.
- String lights across the ceiling in your room.
- Learn to write your name in calligraphy.
- Make a friendship bracelet.
- Become an expert in some obscure trivia.
- Drive around town to explore.
- Ask your grandparents about their childhood.
- Read a magazine or newspaper you have never read before.
- Dream about where you’d like to be in five, 10, or even 20 years.
- Do an extra chore and surprise your parents.
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