23 Boredom-Busting Fun Things To Do At Home With Kids, Friends, and Family!
Updated: Mar 29, 2026
Whenever you feel uninspired around the house, checking out some entertaining indoor activities can easily turn things around. If you are searching for quarantine boredom survival, you are in the right place. After wrapping up your remote work duties for the afternoon, pick up a fresh skill to share online or use it down the road to craft incredible presents for your loved ones. When the weekend rolls around, transform your living space into a safe hangout spot to enjoy virtual activities with your pals. You can host an online game night or a digital wine tasting event, which makes an excellent quarantine birthday celebration. Children can also join the excitement by discovering tabletop games that transport them across famous nature reserves, or by constructing epic indoor forts without ruining the sofa cushions. It is completely normal if your imagination for solo indoor projects has faded after spending so much time inside. Thankfully, this collection is packed with brilliant ideas you will enjoy doing long after the lockdown ends.
Attract Birds To Your Windows With A Bird Feeder
Enjoy nature's television (it's called a window) by sticking this bird feeder out there with some suction cups. Add a little bit of seed and watch the feathered friends flock to your yard. As soon as they hear your spot is the go-to for tasty food, you'll see all sorts of colorful fliers you've never seen before.
Make S'mores
Grab the skewers and the marshmallows, it’s time to make s’mores at home with the fam. It’s easy to do with this indoor fire pit. It’s safe and easy to use, carefully controlling how much air enters the vents to stoke the flames. Plus, it keeps everything contained so there’s not a lot of ashy cleanup.
Make Ice Cream by Playing
Get in a good workout and really earn that ice cream you want so badly with this clever ice cream maker. It's a ball with a soft exterior, so you and the fam can kick it around and the ice surrounding the quart size container will freeze your mix into a nice soft serve.
Play Laser Tag In Your House
Playing laser tag at home is better than playing at the arena for one reason: you already know all the good hiding places at your house. There's enough equipment in this set for everyone to get in on the fun, so plan those hiding places ahead of time.
Become a Craft Brewer
Make like a hipster and create your own IPA with this craft brewing kit. All the ingredients are there, along with a 1 gallon glass fermenter and thermometer. All you need to do is ad water and time and BOOM, you've got a brew that you can't find down at the local dive.
Learn How to Walk on a Tightrope
You've seen it at the circus, you've seen those barefoot hippies in the park doing it, and with this kit, you, too, can learn how to walk on a tightrope. The slackline kit comes with the tools you need to loop it around a couple of trees or posts and test your balance.
Find Your Center
Find some serenity now with a super thick yoga mat that'll help you focus on finding your center rather than how much your feet hurt after digging into the floor. This Gaiam mat is super thick, anti-microbial, won't soak up your sweat and start stinking, and has a pretty pattern on it that'll make you smile.
Code a Lego Robot to Move
Get kids into coding with a Lego Robot that, with enough effort, they can teach how to do some of their chores, like washing off the table after dinner. The 847 piece robot is app-enabled and offers kids tons of options for personalization, creativity and ingenuity.
Make A Time Capsule
Many years from now, you'll be saying you wish you had made a time capsule unless you buy this one right now and start filling it. The stainless steel cylinder is available in 4 sizes and has silicone gaskets that make it waterproof.
Have an RC Car Rally
Remember how much fun racing the kid next door was as a kid? Relive your glory days as an RC car racer! These cool cars are heavy-duty and have a better response time to your directions than the ones you played with as a kid. They also boast better battery life, so you can race longer and stronger.
Play "Hot Ones" With Your Friends
If you thought Truth or Dare was an intimidating game, you better put your big kid pants on for Truth or Dab. The game has 250 questions and a hotter than hot sauce you'll taste as you progress through the prompts and questions. Record your sesh and it'll feel like a real episode of Hot Ones.
Float in the Pool
Soak up some rays and stay cool by floating in your pool. With this float, you'll be one toasty avocado. The pit pops out so you can use it as a beach ball, and the float is wide enough and long enough that you can drape your whole body across it comfortably.
Have A Premium Movie Night
The theater's got nothing you the selection of snacks this box will bring to your house. And, it doesn't cost an arm and a leg. With three different kinds of popcorn and five different flavoring powders, you can mix and match to fit everyone's faves.
Start An Herb Garden
Your dinner game will never be the same after you start a windowsill herb garden. This starter set contains seeds to plant Basil, Cilantro, Parsley, Sage, and Thyme, as well as pots and soil pellets you can grow them in. It's a complete set, so you can start up your garden in the winter.
Train for a Bike Race
Train for that triathlon you've been swearing you could do since your senior year of college. This device hooks up to the bike you already have and adds resistance you might not find on the road, which helps you build muscles and endurance. It's super sturdy and lifts the back of your bike up so you won't scuff the floor.
Catch Up On Your Reading List
You'll be able to check a few stories off your reading list when you've got a Kindle in your hands. Read something entertaining, read something educating, read something entirely different than what you usually do, and do it without glare, on an airplane, or in the tub, it's waterproof!
Complete An Impossible Gradient Puzzle
This gradient puzzle will probably be the hardest one you'll ever complete. Consider it an eye test in puzzle form. Where does the green start and the blue begin? It's impossible to tell. Try to do this 1000 piece brain-scratcher in under a day, we dare you.
Hike in the Great Outdoors
It's time to get boot-scootin' in the hillside. See some amazing views and experience the majesty of nature by lacing up your hiking boots and getting outside. These babies are waterproof, have plenty of tread, and have a stylishly rustic look about them.


















