Do your kids ever say “Mom, I bored”? I put together some activity boxes for my kids so when they felt bored they could pull one out and use their creativity and stimulate their minds.

Here are just a few ideas of different activity boxes that you can put together.

*Card Games – Fill the box with your kids favorite card games. Some favorites are:

Wig Out

UNO Card Game - Original

*Create-a-Card – Fill the box with markers, stamps, colored pencils, stickers, glue, glitter and plain cardstock foldable blank cards. Your kids will be creating their own greeting cards in no time.

*Mad Libs – One of my favorite forms of entertainment when I was a child and even now. It’s even educational as you fill in the blank and discuss what noun, pronoun, adverb or adjective should go in the blank.

*Magic Pen activity books – Who can forget these great books that entertained me for hours as a child? Each book comes with a magic pen that makes things magically appear in the activity book. Books include such things as hangman, baseball, basketball, trivia [yes and know] and there are a whole series of Disney related activity books.

*Reading Box – This is a great way to get your kids motivated to read! Include a reading chart for each kid so they can log their minutes.

*Coloring books – a classic pastime for all ages. Fill the box with books for all ages and interests.

*Draw it! Box – filled with pencils, pens, markers, crayons and colored pencils. Add stencils to this box for even more fun and maybe some “how to draw” books. Ed Emberley is a great author who has made drawing accessible to everyone.

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