50 Things To Do When You’re Bored

photo credited to Sachi K.

Are you bored? Then, try these pointless activities.

Carly F., Savanna A., and Angelina D.
May 14, 2017

  1. Go outside…haha just kidding
  2. Go on your phone, nevermind you’re already on it all the time
  3. Create a pillow fort, where you can hide from your problems
  4. Become a ninja-pirate-beauty guru (we’re not sure what that means either, but we needed a #4)
  5. Learn the lyrics to your favorite song, again.
  6. Look up videos to see if you’re not like other humans. You are, we’re just all weird.
  7. Take a nap.
  8. De-seed a strawberry.
  9. Drink cranberry juice out of a wine glass and pretend like it’s wine.
  10. Try to lick your elbow.
  11. Take a mental age test. My mental age is 15, in case you were wondering.
  12. Put a Dora doll in Walmart and yell, “Swiper no swiping!”
  13. Prank call Taco Bell and Pizza Hut then put them on the phone together.
  14. Connect a bunch of straws together and sip your drink.
  15. Ask the pizza delivery guy to deliver a cup of water to you.
  16. Call Gamestop and ask them about the meaning of life.
  17. Lay on the floor and roll around.
  18. Deal with the boredom.
  19. Become a prank master at the expense of a little sibling.
  20. Try to find Narnia
  21. Say ‘m’ with your mouth open…Ha! You can’t.
  22. Build a time machine and try to convince a friend that it works.
  23. Make slime.
  24. Slide around the house in socks.
  25. Dance.
  26. Write a note that says, “Sorry for the damage to your car” and put it in the windshield of your parents’ car.
  27. Walk up to a random person and say, “I’m so sorry to bother you but your sock is untied.”
  28. Train for Jeopardy.
  29. Become a DIY-er.
  30. Make cookies.
  31. Throw your Rubix cube at your wall because you are so frustrated from not completing it.
  32. Post #31 on Instagram.
  33. Try to move an object using the force.
  34. Go to McDonald’s and order diet water. When they give it to you, spit it out and yell, “I said DIET!”
  35. Make a Bucket List.
  36. Hide from your parents and see how long it takes them to find you.
  37. Have an argument with Siri.
  38. Pretend to be a lizard.
  39. Post #38 on Instagram too.
  40. Play with your fidget spinner (if you don’t have one, buy one).
  41. Shave off your eyebrows.  It’ll look great, don’t worry!  Actually, it won’t.  Don’t be this stupid.
  42. Do pancake art.
  43. Try to impersonate Disney characters.
  44. Go look at puppies at Petsmart on Saturday.
  45. Q-tip your ears and then marvel at the disgusting Science Fair project-like goo.
  46. Create a scrapbook.
  47. Give yourself a glo-up.
  48. Prepare for the zombie apocalypse.
  49. Make a sockpuppet and name it Mr. Apodaca.
  50. Make a list of 50 things to do when you’re bored.