3 Afterschool Activities That Cure Boredom

Sam G
Our Oakland Magazine
3 min readDec 9, 2022

Let me paint a picture, a picture that might be pretty familiar for a lot of people, you go home and realize that you are very bored, so you look around your house to try and find something to do and there’s nothing to do. That’s where this article comes into play. I will be providing you with games and activities to do when you get home from school.

1. Crossword puzzle

A person works on a crossword puzzle in the subway — NYC, 2008 by: Wil540 art
A person works on a crossword puzzle in the subway — NYC, 2008 by: Wil540 art (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Crossword puzzle is a very popular type of puzzle game.

The game consists of the play area which looks like a bunch of squares, some of the squares have numbers in the top left corner that is how you know which row/column is which, some of the squares go down and some go across that will come in handy later. You might notice that on the bottom there are a list of description under two subcategories the first one being ACROSS and the other being DOWN, now look at the number in either the across or down sections now find the column or row of squares with the matching number, and try to figure out what word the description is describing. I personally love crossword puzzles and find them very fun. Alright now that you know how to play give it a try in the link below:

Crossword Puzzle

2. Cook

Photo by Bread Ahead
Bread Ahead Baking Courses by: Bread Ahead (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Another fun thing to do when you get home is cook. You can either cook for your family or just for you. Cooking has been something humans have been doing forever so why not continue the tradition. Not only is cooking something tasty and fun to do, it can spread culture. A lot of people enjoy cooking in their past time and spend a lot of time doing so. cooking runs in my family so I love cooking and can tell you that it is very fun and is a great way to pass time. I have linked a good source for recipes below:

Recipes

3. Draw

File:Person holding a drawing by: Wayne National Forest (CC BY 2.0)

Drawing is something a lot of people really enjoy doing and its one of those things that the more you do it the better you get, so if when you start and you’re bad just give it some more time and soon you will get better. Drawing comes in many different styles so there will always be something that suits you but even if there isn’t you can make your own style. I have linked some good drawing tutorials bellow for you to follow along with:

Drawing Tutorials

Thank you very much for reading this article and I hope that you have found a cure to your after school boredom.

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