cover image Family Fun Boredom Busters

Family Fun Boredom Busters

Deanna F. Cook. Disney Editions, $24.95 (223pp) ISBN 978-0-7868-5361-8

A companion to Family Fun Parties: 100 Party Plans for Birthdays, Holidays & Every Day, Family Fun Boredom Busters: 365 Games, Crafts & Activities for Every Day of the Year, ed. by Deanna Cook and the staff of Family Fun magazine helps while away the hours. Grouped by category (Backyard Games, Rainy-Day Play, Brain Boosters, etc.), the activities (spiral-bound inside a hardcover casing) include playing a game of Octopus Tag (#66, ""a cross between red rover and tag""), staging an ""Indoor Camp-Out"" (#118) and performing an ""Amazing Eggs-periment"" (#324), which uses the laws of physics to stuff a hard-boiled egg through the neck of a milk bottle.