Bored? Try some of these ideas.

Start a journal for the new year.

Play tag on skates.

Have a swap party. Tell each guest to bring one thing to trade.

Clean out your room. Make room for all your new Christmas stuff!.

Make a time capsule. Include newspaper clippings about the new millenium. bury it for someone to find one day.

Have a contest to see who can make the biggest snowball. Be sure to take pictures!

Have a picnic in winter. Be sure to bundle up!

Visit a museum. Some museums have "free" days - call and ask them.

Tired of the cold? Make your room look like the tropics! Hang paper flowers all over, and play some hawaiian music on the cd player.

Did you make any new years resolutions? Grade yourself on how well you keep them. Each week, write how you did. And remember, even if you have trouble keeping them in the beginning, maybe you will get better at it!

Help put away the Halloween decorations.

Organize your friends to collect canned goods for a food drive.

Find a recipe that you can make by yourself for the family Thanksgiving dinner.

Make a "sign in" book for friends and family to sign when they visit. Ask them to list what they are thankful for.

Go over your Christmas list - both the one for what you want, and the one for what you are giving others!

Go to the library and find a book on a craft you've never tried but would like to try. Now's the time!

If you're having Thanksgiving dinner at your house, plan the table decorations.

Make a family tree poster. Use photos, or draw pictures of all the relatives you can find out about.

Find out if you're psychic! Each morning write down your predictions for the day. See if they happen.

Write a poem. Even a short one.