(UPDATED) Possible Summer Boredom Busters

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Posted by: Jeremy & Amanda | Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 ( 6:45am)

Have you started to hear "I'm bored" yet this summer? If you have, here's a healthy list of some great ideas of things to teach your kids that will bust the boredom and teach them a life skill!

• Clutch a motorcycle
• Set a wooden mousetrap
• Throw a baseball
• Throw a frisbee
• Strip the end of a wire
• Siphon gas with a hose
• Drive a stick shift vehicle
• Start a safe campfire in the woods
• Change a flat tire
• Change a spark plug on a small engine
• Set a worm on a hook
• Calculate the square feet in a small room
• Use a hammer and nails
• Bake a cake
• Peel a pineapple
• Mash Potatoes from scratch
• Use a drill
• Balance a checkbook
• Iron Clothes
• Sort laundry
• Check oil in the vehicle
• Pick good produce 
• Sew a button
• Turn the water heater off/on
• Meal plan
• Hook up a trailer
• CPR
• Clean a dryer exhaust
• Write a resume
• Change out the toilet, faucet
• Caulk a shower
• Use a propane grill
• Tie a tie
• Change Sprinkler head
• Change tube on a bicycle
• Patch a hole in a wall
• Cooking measurements
• Clean oven and stove
• Use a fire extinguisher 
• Address an envelope 
• Repair a fence
• Count back change
• Read a tape measure
• Write a check

This list was shared from Officer Gomez on Facebook!

If you have younger kids, this mom is doing "How to be a Person Camp" with tasks designed for younger kids.

Also, don't forget that allowing boredom can help your kids discover ways to be creative!

~Jeremy & Amanda

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