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Revamp and Repair- Take time to catalog minor home improvement and decoration projects. Can you do it with minimal materials, perhaps something found around the house.

• Create new storage from coffee canisters, tin cans, and glass jars

• Create wall decorations from toilet paper tubes

• Paint your room

Card Games- put your mind to work with solo card games you already know or learn some new ones. See if you can borrow a library book to learn all about them.

• Solitaire card games

• Other single player card games

Hopscotch- try this classic DIY game for some easy jumping exercise

• How to Hopscotch

• Ultimate Hopscotch

Get outside and exercise- while you can go for a run or bike ride there are also other ways to work your body in the outdoors.

• Weed or start a garden

• Clean up garbage while walking around

• Create and run an obstacle course in your back yard

Spend time with your pet- pets like to be active and joining them can add a greater degree of fun.

• Teach your pet a new trick

  • Dogs: Tricks

  • Cats: Tricks, Fetch

  • Rats: Tricks

  • Ferrets: Games

  • Parrots: Games

  • Horses: Tricks

• Play "find the treat"- hide treats for your pet and see how long it takes for them to find all the treats. Increase the difficulty by hiding it inside an object they'll have to work at to get the treat out of.

• Hide and Seek- hide from your dog and once hidden call them. When they find you do a little dance and praise your pet. You'll see just how smart your pet really is.

• Train your pet to go on walks. Training a pet to wear a harness or walk with a leash can take some time, but if you have the time the experience can be very fun.

  • Harness train your cat

    • Video tutorial

  • Walk your bearded dragon