I’m bored!
Bet you’ve heard that more than once during lockdown? Or even when there’s no lockdown.
We hope you enjoy the ideas below to help you and your children find the fun in family and staying at home.
Things to do Offline
Outside
Camp Australia have some great ideas for exercise here
Collect rocks to paint then leave them around your neighbourhood – The Kindness Rocks Project has some great ideas
Grow fruits and vegetables from your scraps then plant a vegetable garden 🙂
Take a book outside and read
Create a scavenger hunt. There are heaps of ideas on Pinterest, then make some art from your finds.
Teach your dog some new tricks
Meditate in the garden
Things to do online
Galleries, Museums and NASA
- We can’t travel at the moment, so why not take a look around Australia for inspiration:
- Do you love a good museum or Art Gallery? See some of the best in the world here:
- Van Gogh Museum
- The Met
- Dutch Postal Museum
- Melbourne Immigration Museum
- National Museum of Natural History (thanks Sam and Jake)
- Visit a Zoo:
- Are you a budding astronaut or have a fascination for space?
- NASA
- Slime in Space – this is cool! (thanks Sam and Jake)
- Virtual Planetarium (thanks Sam and Jake)
- NASA
Some cool links from Sam and Jake!
Sam and Jake live in the USA. They found our page during their lockdown and loved visiting the links we recommended. They have sent us some new links to add. They hope you all enjoy seeing a bit more of the world.
- Travel the world
- Nature
- Virtual Nature – garden field trips for all ages
- Games (Educational)