Parents Offer Creative Summer Activities to Combat Boredom in US

In Pleasant Grove, Utah, mother Stacey Peterson keeps her four children occupied during the summer with a rotating schedule of projects such as quilting, beekeeping, baking and outdoor play, saying the kids now generate many of their own ideas.

In Langhorne, Pennsylvania, mother Kristi Gases created a highly detailed hopscotch game that combines traditional squares with prompts to spin, stomp, “floor is lava,” spell names and other actions. A video posted by her husband went viral, amassing tens of thousands of likes and shares and inspiring neighbors to replicate the game. Both families illustrate how parents are turning boredom into structured, imaginative play for their kids.