22 Activities You Never Thought For Teens (Instead Of Watching TV)

Do you encourage your tween or teen to watch less TV? Try giving him this list of ideas to get him off the couch. Every time he hears the “B” word (boring), remind him how much fun life can be when you live it yourself instead of watching it on TV.

Play the guitar. If you don’t know how, it’s time you learned!

Read a good book. Dust off that library card! Inspire your reluctant reader with some Lemony Snicket

Write a letter to a friend. Yes, the snail mail type.

Bored? Play a board game. Star Wars Monopoly anyone?

Practice juggling. One of the easiest ways to learn is with plastic bags.

do 20 push ups

help wash clothes

write a poem

Play Mad Libs

Find change under the sofa cushions.

have an arm wrestle

Put vinegar in baking soda and stand back.

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Get a parakeet and teach it vocabulary words

Learn how to make espresso, cappuccino, and regular coffee

Make a lego movie! This is where you lead your Lego men through fantastic adventures and capture it all on videotape.

Make a permanent artificial sandcastle with a paste made from sawdust and glue.

go on a treasure hunt

Put a mushroom cap on a piece of paper, wait a day and find a spore ring.

Climb a tree and act like a nut

make your own soda

And now, for the 22nd, the most important thing to do instead of watching TV…

Have a burping contest

Have fun!