The fabulously talented blogger Steph from Somewhat Simple is here to save the day with a, “Mom I’m Bored Jar.”

Steph writes…

By about the second week of summer, moms all over the world have one thing in common- we are all sick and tired of the age-old phrase, “Mom, I’m bored!”
Last summer, my friend told me that every time her son said he was bored, she would give him a baby wipe and pick a room of the house and have him dust all the baseboards in that room! It didn’t take him too long to find something else to do and stop telling his mom he was bored!
I loved this idea and decided I needed to make my own go-to jar with lots of ideas on how to keep my kids busy. Some of the ideas are fun, some of the ideas are not, so before my kids decide to have me entertain them, they really need to decide if its worth it or not! They might get “Make cookies with Mom”, or they might get “Pull weeds.” They could get “Play in the sprinklers”, or they could get “Do a chore of Mom’s choice!”
Here is how I made it:
• I simply took a plain cookie jar- you could even recycle something from a spaghetti sauce jar or something you already have.

• I filled the jar with strips of paper with printed “activities” on each of them. Here are the activities I used. Feel free to print them out and use them if you’d like! (click on the photos to enlarge)

• I tied some ribbon around the neck of the jar for some added color. (Tip: You’ll notice in the picture below, I tied only 1 thin ribbon around the entire neck of the jar so that the lid will still close and the ribbon won’t be in the way. Then I tied other ribbon onto that 1 ribbon just at the top.)

• Lastly, I added this image to the top of the lid.

And that’s it!
The perfect Summer Boredom Buster!
For more great ideas please visit Somewhat Simple. You also don’t want to miss Steph’s new blog, Crazy Domestic!
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  1. Hey growing up my siblings and I always knew never to say I’m bored to my mom. It always meant doing chores.
    Though I think this is a really good idea.

  4. I’m hearing this already, and school’s not even out until tomorrow! Printing the activities now! I think I’ll make the jar while I’m finishing up our teacher gifts this afternoon!

  8. This is the best idea everrrrr! I have been struggling to figure out how I can balance activities with managing the house and this is just perfect. My girls are young but I can totally make this age appropriate. But this gets my wheels turning! I am so excited about it and I give you a humungo thanks for it! You have no idea how timely this was for me! Big Hugs!

  9. Love it! Will probably change a few. My kids are reading through it right now!

  10. I am so doing this!!! Even after summer is over this will be great! My kids constantly say “I’m bored” or “I don’t know what to do” so this is perfect.

  11. I have always had each kid make a “summer list”, a list of things they would like to do with their summer. It can be as simple as chewing a whole pack of gum at a time, sleeping on the tramp or going camping. When they’re bored, I make them look at their list and try to cross something off.

    Your jar is so adorable! What a way to be prepared for the inevitable. I do think it is ironic that moms never have time to be bored. 🙂

  12. The best idea! My girls just read the lists and agreed to it. I’ll be making it today!!!

  14. Awesome idea! I’ve got our “I’m bored” list on a chalkboard but this might be more fun…and more surprising!

  15. This is absolutely perfect!! I don’t know if ours will be exactly like yours or not, but we will have one on the counter by the weekend. GREAT idea!!!

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