25 Ideas for Our Bored Jar

I am making my first attempt at having a slightly more structured summer this year. I have come up with some rules and a making a Bored Jar this year for my 8-year-old son. Here are the ideas that I have come up with so far.

1. Make paper airplanes
2. Write a list of players for your ideal sports team (you pick the sport)
3. Organize your bookshelf
4. Do a puzzle
5. Go outside and find 3 different bugs
6. Play with sidewalk chalk
7. Invent something (You can either try to create it or just draw a picture and explain how it would work)
8. Go outside and find 3 red things in nature
9. Put your clothes away
10. Pull weeds in the garden
11. Read for 10 minutes
12. Write down 5 dinner ideas (Things you would like us to make for dinner)
13. Draw a uniform for a sport team
14. Write a letter
15. Play a game on the computer from one of your school sites for 20 minutes
16. Go feed the ducks in the duck pond
17. Play an Xbox game that you have not played recently
18. Watch a TV show with Dad that you both like
19. Hide a treasure and make a treasure map
20. Make your bed
21. Water the flowers
22. Play football outside
23. Put your toys away
24. Make a sock puppet
25. Practice catching pop-flies

While there are some fancy versions, mine will probably be something simple like this with folded paper inside. 

Picture courtsey of www.todaysmomma.com

If you have any to add, please do so in the comments. I would love to hear your suggestions.