Category Archives: Boredom Busters

Bring Virtual Animals Into Your Home with This Google Feature

Bring Virtual Animals Into Your Home with This Google Feature

We may not be able to visit the zoo right now, but you can bring virtual animals into your home, for free, through your phone. When you search for certain animals on Google using your phone, you’ll see the option to “View in 3D.” According to the blog 9to5Google, these are the animals included: Alligator…Read More

Take a Virtual Vacation

Take a Virtual Vacation

Hotels are offering stunning views to people who need to escape even for just a few minutes. Here are five hotel live streams that will help you get away from it all right now. Malibu Beach Inn: Malibu, California The hotel offers in-person and virtual guests panoramic ocean views where they could spot a whale…Read More

Disney Theme Park Rides Available Via Virtual Reality On YouTube

Disney Theme Park Rides Available Via Virtual Reality On YouTube

Disney has a YouTube channel dedicated to their theme park attractions Viewers can take a virtual tour of all of the park’s roller coasters with 360-degree cameras — shot from inside the car itself, and which is adjustable so you can “look around.” If you have a VR headset, you can hook it up to bring the…Read More

Free On-Line Art Lessons

Free On-Line Art Lessons

The Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence is now offering free lunchtime art classes from his home studio. Mo Willems invites you to virtually visit with him at 1p.m. weekdays for Lunch Doodles, which take “in residence” to a whole new level.   The Virtual Instructor is offering the following recorded Live Lessons to everyone for free for at least…Read More

Free Online Classes

Free Online Classes

54 free online courses from the best colleges in the US — including Princeton, Harvard, and Yale. Online learning sites like Coursera and edX allow you to audit any course for free. You get access to course materials and follow along with the class as it progresses. For an additional $40 to $160 (depending on…Read More

Visit Museums, Zoos, Parks and More Virtually

Visit Museums, Zoos, Parks and More Virtually

Broadway Shows The streaming platform BroadwayHD offers a seven-day free trial, so theater fans can watch musicals like “Kinky Boots” and “Cats” and plays including “King Lear” and “A Doll’s House” from their couches. Performances range from Broadway productions to shows from London’s West End to regional offerings from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Museums The Smithsonian Museum offers…Read More

Workout From Home With Free Virtual Videos, No Equipment Needed

Workout From Home With Free Virtual Videos, No Equipment Needed

With gyms across the country closed, many are looking for at-home workouts. Local gyms like One Life Fitness and the YMCA of Southampton Roads are offering on-line classes to members. Peloton is giving new users free workouts for 90 days – no bike needed. Users can choose from classes such as yoga, meditation, strength training…Read More

“Netflix Party” Lets You Watch Movies With Your Friends While Social Distancing

“Netflix Party” Lets You Watch Movies With Your Friends While Social Distancing

A Google Chrome extension that lets you watch the same show or movie as your friends at the same time. who wants to watch movies on netflix party pic.twitter.com/BE9aBMOkx7 — H (@hifoei) March 17, 2020 According to their website, Netflix Party is for “watching Netflix remotely with friends, e.g., for movie nights with that long-distance special someone.”…Read More

Download Free Coloring Pages For Kids and Adults

Download Free Coloring Pages For Kids and Adults

We’ve created some fun and FREE coloring pages for kids AND adults. Download here: Coloring Page 1 Coloring Page 2 Coloring Page 3 Coloring Page 4 Coloring Page 5 Coloring Page 6  And a special thanks to North Carolina based artist Ken Hobson for contributing a custom drawing just for us! Coloring Page 7.  Read More