After my tween grew out of some of the activities in our old bored jar, I made her a bored jar fit for a tween! It’s filled with ideas to keep her occupied over the Summer and I’ve even made a free printable for you so you can print off the ideas and use them to make a jar of your own.
One of my all-time most popular blog posts is a post from a few years ago where I told you all about our Bored Jar and shared 80 ideas with you in case you wanted to make your own version. Ours has seen us through rainy days, school holidays and after school blues and we still have it now. Sadly though, my two have pretty much grown out of a lot of the ideas I shared back then so it’s definitely time to update it…
At aged 10 and 12, they don’t enjoy crafting as much these days and their interests are very different so our bored jar of old has needed a bit of a revamp recently. I decided to make a new Jar for each of the kids so I could tailor the activities a bit although they often play together and do activities from each other’s jars.
Today I’m going to share with you the ideas that we have in Miss Frugal’s Jar and you can click on the photo below to get a free printable version if you want to use the ideas for own tween girl bored jar (you can use it for a boy too but you might like to take some of the ideas as most boys may not want to paint their nails ;-))….
I printed out four copies on different coloured paper so I had a few of each option. Once I had them printed, I cut them out and folded them in half once. For the jar itself, I used a small Kilner jar that I picked up from Morrisons for about £1.60 and as you can see, from the photo below, the four sheets were just enough to fill the jar.
She’s over the moon with her updated bored jar and I know it’s going to be well used next week!
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Insecure Housewife says
This is a great idea. I need to get a bored jar made up soon so I can get my son to curb his boredom without me trying to come up with things for him to do on the fly.
Liv says
Hi! Can you please update this for teens!
modranx says
what a fantastic idea!
gloria says
lol love it
yandere simulator says
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agario.im says
This is really amazing and inspiring idea! I will also follow it.
@hscraftymama says
Brilliant idea! Thanks for sharing, I have a little lady who could do with one of these! #pinitparty
@karenattwinlife says
This is a great idea #Parenting-pin-party
Ickle Pickle says
This is such a great idea for my tween – and teen!! Thank you for sharing. Kaz x
romanianmuminlondon says
Such a great idea Cass! Thank you for linking with the #pinitparty
twinkletwinklehereyouare says
Great idea #ParentingPinItParty @TwinkleHereYouR
Jaime Oliver says
LOVE LOVE LOVE this .. i have a just turned teen who would still do these so it would fit well .. thanks for sharing x
globalmouse says
I absolutely LOVE this – packed full of inspiration, perfect. Thank you for sharing!!
Lori says
Ooh I like the customize and item of clothing one, I used to do it lots in uni. x
sam@happyhomebird says
Brilliant! I have a friend with a tween that will love this, such a great idea and the suggestions sound fun.
Jayne says
I absolutely LOVE this idea! I may need to adjust a couple for a 6 year old but even making the jar together would be a great way to banish the boredom. Thanks for sharing.
belledubrighton says
I love this idea, and might adapt it for my little one when she's a bit older than the toddler she is at the moment, and then change the activities each year!
Keri-Anne says
Such an amazing idea! It could so easily be adapted for smaller children and for families in holidays where you pick our a surprise adventure 🙂
helen gandy says
This is a fantastic idea, I may have to steal this and adapt this for my toddler, perfect for rainy days.
Helen x
Erica Price says
I do like that – I could adapt that for my H.
rachel says
Amazing ideas, I should do this for my mister x
Sarah Bailey says
What a fantastic ideas, I remember being a very bored tween.
@Lisasbeauties says
oh i do love this idea would be great for my kids
Charly Dove says
That is brilliant Cass, such a great idea and what a great mix of things to do as well. I had this hilarious image of my four year old painting my toe nails, there are some things on this list she could do too though with a bit of help 🙂
Anne says
That's a brilliant idea. There is nothing worse than a bored tween and the endless options you can offer them, all to be refused.
Sarah says
You have such brilliant ideas – I think this could be marketed to parents of tweens. It's so clever and I can just see thousands of parents thanking you for the inspiration….