What should an 11 year old girl do when she is bored at home?

Question

What should an 11 year old girl do when she is bored at home?

Answer 1

do sumtin other than be at home

Answer 2

Go on the internet, draw, write stories, watch tv, read, or take a nap. They can listen to music too.

Answer 3

be out side reading.

Answer 4

you are eleven years old and on yahooanswers. ahha nice

uhhh read?draw blanks in your head?listen to music?go on yahooanswers?talk to your friends on AIM?

i dont knoww..... my brain hurts...

Answer 5

read

talk to friends online

listen to music

Answer 6

listen to this!!!!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=z67lqxBGPFY

Answer 7

Have her help you clean the house, prepair dinner.  Or get her a craft from Michael's and have her work on that.

Answer 8

Clean your room.

If thats clean clean some other room in the house.

Answer 9

put on the jonas brothers CD and sing in front of the mirror!!!LOL

Answer 10

Hockey practice in hallway

Answer 11

I would encourage you to allow boredom...  When my 11-year-old complains that he is bored I respond, "Hmm.  Maybe the TV you watched or the computer game you played harmed your imagination. Maybe 30 minutes per day is too much and we should cut down further!"  He quickly goes off and finds something to do.

Also, boredom is a good part of summer for kids.  They need to stare at the sky and daydream.  Being really bored can lead to imaginative solutions, especially if you make it clear that you are not responsible for her entertainment.. she is! Show her that you are OK with her being bored.

I do believe too much TV/electronic gaming makes kids passive and makes them expect to be entertained instead of finding their own fun.  Is she indulging too much?

She can craft, bake, scrapbook, organize all the family photos in that shoebox, hold her own garage sale, repaint an old picnic table, make a comic book, find a pen pal, research her dream vacation (tourist boards will send free brochures if you ask), write a letter of complaint or praise to a snack food company and see if she gets a coupon back, draw on an old shirt with fabric pens, put her hair in curlers, learn to knit or needle felt (instructions from a library book or on line), sew buttons or ribbons on an old pair of jeans, build an obstacle course for her hamster, see if she can make it from her bedroom to the kitchen without stepping on the floor, put on music and dance.

Sit with her and brainstorm a huge list and then never entertain her complaints again...

Answer 12

Paint or draw? Read a book :) Write your own book :)

Re-arrange your room :)

Clean your bathroom :)

Something useful or constructive with your time, instead of wasting in on Yahoo! Answers, like i am!?

Answer 13

Well there are many things she can do. I wonder if you are the 11 year old or if its your mom posting here. Besides the obvious of watching TV, you can read. Some of my favorites, that i can remember are The thief lord, Boxcar children,Magic tree house, the Jungle book,any collection of fairy tails. Ask your parents to take you to the library and just pick out what takes your fancy. Or you can do some artwork such as drawing a picture, using watercolor and so on. there are also things called paint by the numbers which are cheap and easy/fun to do. It can be of anything, your pet, family, favorite place etc. Also you can bake stuff(like cookies or pancakes, but make sure a parent is at least in the kitchen with her.There are also are also many crafts she can do http://crafts.kaboose.com/holidays/seaso...

Whats always fun though is inviting a friend over and letting them do whatever their imaginations tell them.

Answer 14

Play outside and have her try and make friends. let her try and find something to do instead of depend on other people all the time. or you can try a question game maybe you guys can ask each other questions about whatever she can learn and think she is having fun at the same time.

Answer 15

How about tidy out your closets and have a little fashion show of your own.  Decide what you have grown out of and put it in a bag for a charity shop.

Have a look on answers and see if you can help out on the homework section. It may be summer holidays on the northern hemisphere but it's winter here in Australia and the kids are still in school.

See if your mom needs help.

Answer 16

Read a book, watch some t.v, or get on the internet. My daughter likes barbiegirls.com or bratz.com. But then again, she's only 7.

Answer 17

Read!!! a book...

Answer 18

pick up a book and start reading.  Pick up a dust rag and funiture polish and help her mother out by dusting the furniture, vacumn, mop, sweep, clean the bathroom, do the dishes.

Answer 19

color, watch tv, take a nap, listen to music, have a friend over, go on yahoo and answer questions hehe : ]

Answer 20

Clean your room.  Clean the house.  Prep dinner for the parents.  Clean the yard.  (hope for a bigger raise on the allowance).  Listen to music and watch yourself dance in the mirror.  Walk the dog/lizzard/cat/critters.  Study up on making fresh bread or simple summer dinners.  

Try foodnetwork.com       and

epicurious.com

I can teach you a simple recipe for fresh bread for dinner.  just email me at      [e-mail].

I do that almost daily.  Only takes minutes, but it's SSSOOOOO Good!

Answer 21

Talk to her friends on yahoo messenger or go on aim and talk to them.

Answer 22

Go on bored.com! or other random stuff on the internet

Answer 23

Well you can ask your parents if there is anything you can do to help them around the house.  If you don't want to do chores I would try not to tell you parents that you are bored. Sometimes then they will give you chores to do so that you stay busy and help them. You can try to work on creative skills like drawing and painting. Even reading a good book. The Harry Potter Series is a good one.  Or American Girl Books are good I enjoyed them when I was your age. You could even make homemade cards with buttons and beads for your friends birthdays.  These are just some of the things that I used to do when I was bored.

Answer 24

Answer questions on here:)

Answer 25

Get busy, cleaning the  house, washing dishes vacuuming or just go outside and enjoy the day.

Answer 26

I always told my kids if they whined to me how bored they were I would find some chores for them to do around the house.  Funny how kids can find ways to entertain themselves.

Answer 27

Dust, laundry, and vacuum.

Make your mom proud of you.

Answer 28

Read some books.

Learn to sew

Crafting of any sort (Crochet, knitting, hemp)

Go outside and play

Clean

Answer 29

read a book outside in the backyard

invite friends and go to park

answer yahoo questions :)

bake a cake

go to sleep

Answer 30

Read. (I know it sounds boring but, this is what I'm doing!)

AIM

Y!A

Play outside!

Answer 31

chant:  Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

             Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

And Be Happy  :)