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Some may ask, “What is wrong with TV & video games?”. The answer is…nothing! TV & video games are great in small measure. However, lots can be learned from going without TV & video games. Sometimes, we find we are more creative, spend more time talking to the ones we love & do more active things which are good for our health. Also, spending too much time watching certain television shows or video games can make us sad or anxious. Getting active & getting some fresh air can improve our mood and our health! Ahh!  So, take our unplugged challenge. Can you go for 7 days without television or video games? Here are some fun ideas to do instead of watch TV or play video games. Unplug! Have an idea not listed here? Send it to us at campgirlz777@gmail.com & we will add it to our list!

1. Put on some music & dance
2. Write a poem
3. Make a fort in your living room or outside
4. Make pottery out of clay or mud
5. Find out how full the moon is & track it for a few days. Check out this link   http://www.calculatorcat.com/moon_phase/phasenow.php
6. Make some cookies
7. Make snow ice cream (recipe)
8. Make a mobile out of things you find outside.  Hang them from strings on a hanger
9. Make your own chewing gum!  This is fun & yummy.  www.gleegum.com
10. Clean your room.  EEK! Better move on to #11!
11. Cover a pine cone with peanut butter, roll it in bird seed & hang it in a tree.  Watch which birds find your feeder.
12. Go for a bike ride with a family member
13. Roller skate
14. Play Monopoly
15. Phone a friend
16. Go for a walk
17. Write a story
18. Look up a couple of easy yoga moves & try them out.  Get a family member to join you.
19. Give your dog a belly rub
20. After a rain, go see how many worms you can find.
21. Karaoke
22. Learn a magic trick & show your family member
23. Draw a family member a card, thanking them for something they have done
24. Paint a watercolor picture.
25. Make paperdolls out of the models in catalogs for clothes.
26. Style your hair into weird hairdos.
27. Read a book
28. Swing!  My favorite!
29. Jump rope
30. Ask a family member to take you ice skating.
31. Go count how many things are under your bed.  wow!  When was the last time you checked?
32. Play UNO
33. Ask a family member to take you canoeing or kayaking or paddle boating
34. Go camping!
35. Paint your toenails all different colors
36. Go fishing
37. Go find some rocks & paint them to look like ladybugs or other bugs.
38. Lay on a blanket & see what shapes you can find in the clouds.
39. Look up what poison ivy and other itch plants look like & try to identify them so you can avoid them.
40. Rake a pile of leaves & jump in them.
41. Ask a family member what their favorite thing to do was when they were your age.  Do it together!
42. Make cards for people in nursing homes.
43. Make a cat toy for an animal shelter
44. Decorate a jar to save your change in…then donate it to your favorite cause.
45. Go see a play
46. Better yet, make up your own play & perform it for your family
47. Plant some seeds.
48. Take some pictures of your family & make a scrapbook.
49. Make a collage out of old magazines.
50. Do origami
51. Fly a kite
52. Make a sandcastle
53. Make a friendship bracelet
54. Play charades
55. Clean out your sock drawer…(NOoooo!) Move on to…#56
56. Play Simon Says
57. Make a Gods Eye
58. Make an ornament
59. Practice skipping rocks..my second favorite thing!
60. Learn to do a square knot
61. Listen to a new kind of music
62. Be a reporter..interview someone in your family or town
63. Visit a kids museum
64. Play Twister
65. Try yo-yoing
66. Play in the sprinkler
67. Go to a swimming pool
68. Plan & cook supper with your family member
69. Do paper machei
70. Play with dolls
71. Make a poster for your room & hang it up.
72. Visit an animal shelter
73. Go to the library
74. Take pictures of your family making funny faces.
75. Make s’mores
76. Play drums on a variety of containers
77. Make your own playdough
78. See if you can find the Big Dipper in the night sky
79. Can you find the North star?
80. Play pirates
81. Learn a new card game
82. Do a crossword puzzle
83. Play I Spy
84. Walk around your neighborhood & try to find 5 things you never noticed before
85. Play marbles
86. Play jacks
87. Have a campout in your living room
88. Pretend you are going on vacation & pack a suitcase.
89. Put a piece of candy in an open area & watch how fast the ants will find it.  (If you live in an area with fire ants…skip this one)
90. Set up an obstacle course with friends.
91. Play catch
92. Play SPUD
93. Plan & go for a hike with a family member
94. Make a candy campfire
95. Make a potion.
96. Make a snack for your family, like ants on a log
97. Make a comic book
98. Learn some jokes & tell your family
99. Start a rock collection
100. Make a first aid kit
101. Go geocaching
102. Dress up like a princess and take pictures of yourself (Slug, age 7)
103. Pretend like all carpeting is hot lava.  Use rugs, carpet squares and furniture to move around the house.  If you hit the carpeting, you are in the hot lava (JJ, age 10)