ARE U BORED? try this!

1. Buy a disposable camera and take portrit shots of the car, your bro' or your local neighbourhood. You never know, they could end up in an art gallery.

2. Give yourself an at home-pedicure, including a foot scrub, some body butter and the neatest polish job ever.

3. Shock your parents and wash and vacuum their car ( for cash, of course)

4. Learn to Knit a scarf.

5. Plant some flowers outside your bedroom window.

6. Organise all your CDs and boos into individual "mood" categories.

7. Do a changing rooms and transform your bedroom into a funky lurve den.

8. Teach the dog to fetch your ave mag and bring it to the sofa.

9. Customise a piece of clothing you'll never wear again into something that you'll wear non-stop.

10. Bake the fanciest cake your family's ever seen ( eat it all yourself ).

11. Invent a new cocktail. Make sure you add an ice-cream.

12. Hunt down the number of your favourite soap stars.

13. Cast a spell to capture the heart of your crush.

14. Get a pic of your fave celeb, then re-create her hair and make up yourself.

15. Give yourself a full facial: exfoliate, cleanse, mask, moisturise and face massage included.

16. Find a comfy spot in the garden and sketch the house.

17. Find a piece of old furniture that's been gathering dust and transform it into something fantastic, by sanding, polishing and painting.

18. Bead your own necklaces, bracelets and earrings.

19. Re-organise your bedroom so you know where everything is.

20. Sort through all the junk in your room, and donate all the stuff you don't need to a charity.

21. Set up a spot for meditation in your room, and soothe your soul for a while.
22. Interview your brother or sister and ask them all the stuff you never bothered to - you might stumble across tonnes of potential ammos!

23. Play grown-up dress-ups by putting skirts, tops, jeans and boots together in combos you've never tried before.

24. Enter your dog or cat into an imaginary pet compt - shampoo, condition, clip their nails, trim their beards, then add a ribbon ( without getting clawed in the process! )

25. Write a plan of everything you want to achieve this year - complete with monthly goals and week to-do list.

26. Find some cardboard, raid Mom's wrapping paper and make a batch of customised birthday cards.

27. Interview your grandpa or grandpa about all the stuff they did, the bad clothes they wore and trouble they get into when they were your age.

28. Find a cause you're passionate about and do something about it.

29. Revive an old t-shirt by adding a funky transfer or some crazy needlework.

30. Make up a dance routine to go with your fave song.

31. Snip off a branch from a frangipani tree and plant it in your garden.

32. Write your own episode of Bold and the Beautiful.

33. Direct your little brothers and sisters in production of Romeo and Juliet.

34. Stage a few entries for funniest home videos.

35. Hit the shopping centre and see how many free samples you can score in one hour.

36. Sit in front of the mirror and chat yourself up with teashing smiles, flirty looks and sexy pouts.

37. Borrow a yoga book from the library and get stretching.

38. Find a set of curlers and give your hair a temporary makeover. or, if your hair's curly, blow dry it straight.

39. Create your own vegie patch - complete with herbs.

40. Spend a couple of hours writing a funny poem about a mate whose birthday is coming up.

41. Write your own children's story book - complete with illustrations.

42. Read up on something you'd never be bothered with . The mating habits of rhinos, the great plague, the history of the Irish Setter..

43. Go online and look up your name on Google - you never know where you might turn up.

44. Re-discover your inner child and do the world's largest finger painting.

45. Create a family tree, going back to your great, great grandparents.

46. Make a music compilation of your own personal Top 20.

47. Create a quiz or flow chart that rocks.

48. Set up your own market stall in the front yard and shout "everything must go" to passers by.

49. Learn a couple of new words from the dictionary ( your friends will think you're so intellectual - or a jerk!)

50. Re-organise your photo album with captions that capture the moment, so you can giggle about that dorky boy you liked in 20 years time.


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