52 Creative Boredom Busters for Families

By Chronicle Books

Shake up the routine and bring the family together with 52 fun creative activities! 
New in the bestselling 52 series (over 6.5 million copies sold across the line!), this handy deck of cards packs a year's worth of creative entertainment that the whole family will enjoy. Bond over activities like inventing a new board game, creating a personalized map of your neighborhood, or going on a photographic scavenger hunt. These 52 project ideas with an arty twist will spark imaginative play for all ages and banish rainy day blues.
 
CONVENIENT AND FUN TO USE: Keep this pocket-size deck close at hand for rainy days or whenever boredom needs busting. Or establish a creative habit as a family and pull a card from the deck each week for a year.
SPARK IMAGINATION: These projects encourage drawing, crafting, invention, and observation. Hands-on and often screen-free, these activities are a great way to jump-start your family's creative engines.
FAMILY TOGETHERNESS: These activities are fun for all ages. Unplug to connect!
THOUGHTFUL GIFT: This deck offers a year's worth of family bonding. It makes a great stocking stuffer or add-on gift for anyone looking for fun family activities.
Perfect for:

• Parents looking for inexpensive boredom buster ideas
• People seeking gifts for parents

• Language: English
• Publisher: Chronicle Books Digital
• Release date: Aug 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9781797216621

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Sweet Sculptures

Materials:

Toothpicks

Gumdrops, grapes, or mini marshmallows

What can your family build with toothpicks and something soft and small? Towering skyscrapers, molecular models, or structures that would make an architect’s head explode? Once you’ve gotten the hang of building with these items, try challenges like limiting the number of toothpicks and fasteners, or building the tallest tower. Cleanup is easy: just disassemble and eat!

Supersized Self-Portraits

Materials:

Large roll of paper (like butcher or kraft) or large sheets of paper taped together

Pencil

Markers, paint, or crayons

Have each family member lie down on their back on a sheet of paper that’s at least as long as they are, and trace around their body with a pencil. Add details (clothing, hair, and facial features) with markers, paint, or crayons. Find a spot in your home where your family’s self-portraits can hang together. (And when you find a youngster’s portrait several years later, you’ll wonder, Were they ever so small?)

Tower of Paper

Who can build the tallest freestanding tower from nothing but paper? Get creative by trying out different structural techniques. Will you stack the paper? Create a house of cards? Create a pile of crumpled-up paper balls? Then see whose creation can