bored

Here are some family suggestions for getting ‘unplugged’ from the television tube which I copied from the back of a corn flakes cereal box.
You could...
volunteer your time at a soup kitchen
work on a jigsaw puzzle
try a new recipe
go for a walk together
play catch
arrange photos into a family scrapbook
plan a day trip
research your family tree
play board games
Or:..
clean out your closets and hold a family yard sale
ride bikes
fly kites
plant some flowers
go for a drive
play cards
go on a picnic
play charades
catch fireflies
go bowling
roller blade
ice skate
If you’re still bored...
go to a park
visit a museum
go to the zoo
window shop
read aloud a chapter from a book
play miniature golf
have a water balloon fight

Or like my neighbor you could , in the pouring rain, pick dead bark from a dead tree plunking the pieces into a barrel.

Or like me who has tried all of the temporary solutions listed above at some time or other, you could choose the ultimate, self-satisfying past time - reading a book. AND NEVER BE BORED.