Boredom

What does boredom feel like in your body and mind?

Does time feel like it's moving super slow or super fast?
Do you feel sleepy, restless, or something else?
What does your body want to do when you're bored?

When you're bored, what's the first thing you usually do?

Do you look around for something interesting to play with?
Do you go find someone to talk to or play with?
Maybe you just sit there and think about what to do next?

If boredom was an animal, what animal would it be and why?

Would it be a slow-moving animal like a sloth, or something else?
What would this boredom animal spend most of its day doing?
Would it be big or small, loud or quiet?

Can you think of a time when you felt super bored? What was happening?

Maybe it was waiting somewhere, or during a long car ride?
Was it when you had nothing fun to do?
What made that moment feel especially boring to you?

Do you think boredom is always a bad thing, or can it sometimes be good?

Maybe when you're bored, you come up with new ideas?
Could being bored help you discover something new to do?
What good things might happen when you have nothing planned?

What's your secret trick for turning a boring moment into something fun?

Do you use your imagination to create games or stories?
Maybe you find someone to help make it more interesting?
What's the most creative thing you've done when you were bored?

All players get up and run in place as fast as they can for five seconds.

Quick movements can wake up your body and mind!

Laughter is a great way to get energized. Everyone makes funny faces in 3... 2... 1…

Stretch your face muscles, make silly expressions, and enjoy the laughs.

Everyone in the group stands up and makes binoculars with their hands. Look around together and find something unfamiliar: a color, shadow, texture, or shape.

Notice details you usually don’t pay attention to, like small patterns or new colors.

Find a very bored character on the board and mimic their behavior. Your group has to guess who it is.

Look at their body language and facial expression to mimic them.

Let’s get energized! Everyone puts their right hand on their head and left hand on their belly. Pat your head and rub your belly in circles. Then switch.

This fun exercise can make you feel focused.

Make a bored face and then an excited face. Ask your group to describe how your expression changed.

Focus on changes in the eyes, mouth, and body posture.

When feeling bored, we often have low energy. Everyone from your group lies on the floor and writhes like a snake.

Imagine you’re snakes waking up from a nap, slowly gaining energy.

Name a color that comes to your mind when you think about boredom. What color would you use to paint it?

It could be gray, blue, or maybe a surprising color like green.

Create a story about the character closest to your pawn on the board. What did they do today? Work together with your group if needed.

Imagine they had a funny accident.

What can you do when you feel bored? Let everyone in the group share one idea.

You could play a game, dance, draw, or take a moment to notice the world around you.

Is it okay to feel bored sometimes? Why?

Boredom is a normal feeling that gives your brain a chance to rest and find new ideas.

Show the most boring activity you’ve had to do. Let the group guess what it was!

It could be something like waiting in a long line or cleaning up.

Sloths are known for their lazy movements. Everyone raises their hands as slowly as they can and yawns like a sloth.

Stretching and yawning slowly can feel relaxing!

Look at the characters on the board. If you could invite one of them on an adventure, who would it be and what would you do?

Think about what they might enjoy doing with you.