20 things to do instead of watching Television!

1. Go for a bike ride with your friends.
2. Take the dog for a walk around the neighborhood.
3. Play a card game with your family.
4. Help around the house by vacuuming.
5. Practice your musical instrument.
6. Write a letter to a pen-pal, your grandparents or other family member.
7. Help plan your lunch box meal for the upcoming school week.
8. Help do the laundry – you can separate whites from darks, fold socks and put clothes in their drawers.
9. Use rubber stamps, construction paper, glitter and stickers to make a birthday card.
10. Go to the library and search for a book you’ve never read before.
11. Send a thank you card to someone who has done something nice for you.
12. Spend time playing with you pet – pets need a lot of attention.
13. Try doing 10 pushups in a row. Practice if you can’t do it on the first try.
14. Head outside and start a rock collection.
15. Cut snowflakes out of paper to make holiday ornaments.
16. Volunteer to clean up the neighborhood by collecting litter or trash.
17. Clean out your closet and find clothes you don’t wear anymore – donate them to a local shelter.
18. Help sort through photographs and put them into a family album.
19. Watch the clouds float by and say what shapes and animals they look like.
20. Do something special for someone you really care about like making them breakfast in bed, writing a poem, washing their car or making a gift out of crafts you already have at home.