Here is a list of fun free or cheap things to do on the internet when you are bored!
- Create Art: Procreate: use your iPad to sketch and paint (one time $12.99 purchase in the Apple App Store), Midjourney: use A.I. to generate text to image art (the basic plan is $10 a month), use Krita to paint
- Virtual Museum Tours: Louvre, Google Arts & Culture, The Museum of Flight, Museum of Pop Culture
- Live Animal Cameras: San Diego Zoo, Smithsonian’s National Zoo, Mangolinkcam, EarthCam, Youtube Live Nature Cams, Monterey Bay Aquarium cams
- Ocean Shark Tracker : OCearch
- Listen To The Radio: iHeart, Radio Garden app
- Print Off Adult Coloring Book Pages To Color: Crayola, HP Printables, Etsy: there are a lot of pretty designs you can purchase, or use A.I. to create a coloring book page
- SuperCook: find recipes to try based on ingredients you have
- Watch Documentaries: Documentary Heaven, Documentary Storm
- Ebooks / Audiobooks: Project Gutenburg, Libby using your library card
- Stream a T.V. Show Or Movie: Hooplah, Kanopy using your library card
- Take A Course: Coursera, edX
- Learn A language: Duolingo, Mango through your library card
- Play Games: play card games, Cool Math Games
- ASMR Videos: videos on life and home (kaeli mae)
- Watch House Tours: Homeworthy
- Online Events: eventbrite
- Cooking Classes: Bon Appetit, Serious Eats, Ina Garden, Institute of Culinary Education, Masterclass
- Start A Blog
- Listen To A Live EMS, Fire, Police, Aircraft And Rail Scanner: Broadcastify
- Meditate: headspace app
- Personality Test: Meyer’s Briggs, Big Five
- Love Language Quiz: 5 Love Languages
- Create A Mood Board (you can use Canva to find a template)
- Learn About Space: NASA Interactive, Heavens Above
- National Park Virtual Tours
- Read A Blog: Nomadic Matt, Horderly, Rachel Parcell
- Scroll Through Positive Affirmations On Pinterest
- Read Inspirational Quotes: BrainyQuote
- Listen To White Noise: Rainy Mood, Simply Noise
- Watch 90’s TV: My Retro TV’s