The two places where people can become most bored is at either home or at work. Next time you are bored don’t take a nap or go for a coffee break, get creative instead. Time magazine has highlighted studies that prove that boredom can spark creativity. These studies show that boredom can lead to daydreaming which then leads to creative ideas. Here are 55 examples that show how creative people can be when they get bored. Hopefully, these ideas might start your own creativity.
1. Snow day
This snow day had everyone stuck in the house. This sparked the house’s creativity by letting everyone know the snow monster makes it impossible to leave, it is swallowing cars. They even gave the snow monster a deadly red glare.
2. Chips of the World
This bored chip break led to a whole new chip world. Well, maybe not a new world but our world made out of chips. The person was only able to nibble on this chips to get them into the correct shape.
3. Sheep Followers
These cauliflower sheep have met their new leader, king tomato. Their future behind the king does not look too bright. You might not have been able to play with your food as a child, but its all fun and games once you become an adult.
4. Hot Potato
This is an entirely new take on a hot potato. The creator of this hot potato even came up with a name for its outfit, a “peelkini”. Now the potato just needs some oil on it, so it does not burn…in the fryer.
5. Warm Water
All this person wants is warm water, but with only a hot water or cold water faucet it is hard to come by. All it took was for a house guest to get bored for this warm water faucet contraption to be created. Ingenious.
6. Save the Toilet Paper
One employee took a longer break in the bathroom compared to the others. At least they made their time useful by creating a small piece of art for the next bathroom visitor. How was the person able to create such funny art on such thin paper?
7. Scorpion War
If there is copper wire around the next time you find yourself bored, see what type of art you will be able to make. This person created three scorpions that are at the ready to attack. It is all in the details and he made sure to include pinchers and stingers too.
8. Paper Clip Tree
All it took was for this employee to get a hold of the paper clips to relieve his boredom. He was so proud of his artistic creation that he keeps it at his desk. His fellow co-workers have come to start asking about its watering needs.
9. Tiny Soldier
This soldier might be tiny in size but he is big at fighting boredom. How many pieces can you find that make up this soldier? I have found at least nine.
10. Excel Worksheets
Who knew you could create art even in Microsoft Excel? I sure didn’t and I don’t think this person’s boss meant this when she told her employee to work on Excel. Mike Tyson might be proud but don’t accidentally e-mail this to the boss because she probably will not be.
11. Gummy Bear Fights
Gummy bears are not only delicious to eat, they are also a great source of inspiration during boredom. Those little bears can be formed into anything your heart or mind desires and this person had fighting in their mind. I wonder if one of those gummy bear men is the employee’s boss?
12. Seedless Strawberry
Have you ever wondered what a strawberry looked without its seeds? You do not have to wait no longer because this bored person carefully removed every single one. You have to wonder how long this took and did she use her hands or some sort of small tool.
13. Window Art
This creative Post-It art is letting everyone who walks by find their inner child again. All people passing by gets to find Waldo at least one more time in their life and they don’t even need the children’s book. This is creative and gets to be enjoyed by more people too.
14. Zombie Apocalypse
Only the strong chicken are going to be able to survive their own zombie apocalypse. It is every nugget for themselves as they all run for their lives, straight into the stomach of one very bored person. It seems as if there is no winning for the nuggets in this situation.
15. White Out
When work was slow the best idea this person thought of was to white out an entire banana. This is the now the chosen banana in the office and should be treated as gold. The only concern is the office will have a hard time realizing when it goes bad.
16. BBQ Star Wars
The employee that was bored at work had a great creative caption to go along with his creation.
“Bored at-at work?”
17. Skittles Art
He found himself bored at work with a bag of skittles and that was all it took to spark his creativity. He must have been ready to leave work and start playing Super Mario Kart. Let’s just hope no one shook that table until he was ready to eat his art.
18. Tennis Match
One has to have a morbid point of view to create this tennis match while being bored at work. There is always other people with the same sense of art, so he has an audience with some for this creation. I just want to know, who was declared winner?
19. Need a Seat?
When you are living on a budget your mind has to get creative. This student made his own version of a bench without having to spend too much money or maybe no money at all. Would you trust this bench to sit on?
20.Work Out
When mechanics get bored at work, they have a bit more materials to get creative with. These mechanics welded this little workout guy together to pass the time. They even gave him eyes that show how hard he is working out, hilarious.
21. Super Mario Fan
Is Mario or Luigi going to get the mushroom first? This bored employee made sure to brighten up the break room for everybody with some Post-It Note art. This is one project that everyone gets to enjoy, let’s just hope they are Super Mario fans.
22. Be Careful
This is one project that only the brave with steady hands should try. This is not an art installation, this is stacked plates from an employee bored at work. It does look like it belongs in an art museum though, well done.
23. New Beard, New Me
There is no reason why anyone cannot include themselves into their bored ideas. This co-worker made himself a new beard, made completely with paper clips. He has become one with the office.
24. Gummy Bear Warfare
All is fair in love and war, but this war just took a brutal turn. This bored employee created an entire guillotine situation with her gummy bears. Those poor little guys are about to lose their heads.
25. Knight in Cardboard Armor
There always has to be one person that rises above all others to be knighted. This gentleman was the chosen knight for his workplace. Will he be chivalrous or will he be evil? He must defend the sodas at all costs.
26. Throne of Motherboards
This employee might have Game of Thrones on their mind because they have created their own version of the Iron Throne. Instead of swords they used what they had at the office, motherboards. Only the strongest of computer technology knowledge is allowed to sit on this throne, may the best person win.
27. Time for Vacation
This is one employee that needs to take their vacation days ASAP. Their creativity is just getting more and more angrier at their job. Maybe when the person gets back from vacation their creativity will be a bit more lighthearted.
28. Walk the Dog
He must have been daydreaming about walking a dog to create such a fun creation. If he cannot walk a dog during work hours, at least President Lincoln can. Should we point out that President Lincoln’s dog does not look very happy.
29. Arch of Cups
This Jamba Juice has made it quite clear that it is employees only past the arch of cups. That is one design that is going to be a pain to pull apart. It seems to be at least a two person job, so all those cups do not fall to the floor.
30. Ultimate Oreo
This Oreo creator must be a fan of the filling instead of the cookie. As he put it,
“Sweet satisfaction (and far too much free time).”
31. Braids
Rapunzel, let down your hair…. or your toilet paper. This person was way too bored during their bathroom break that they practiced some hairstyling. They left it for the next person to find, who was amused enough to take a picture of the work. So, it was not all for nothing.
32. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
It seems that Ferris Bueller is not the only person that goes to great lengths to sneak out for a day. One employee is hoping this disguise will let him slip out of work early. We have a feeling that he is not going to get to far before his office realizes that is not him, but nice try.
33. Never Grow Up
Sometimes people just have to go to their roots of their childhood to take a nice break. These workers were able to reconstruct their own version of Tic-Tac-Toe with their machinery. This is what children dream about doing when they get older, but these guys actually did it.
34. New Car
When you are bored, sometimes the best ideas come in the versions of pranks. This prank might have taken a lot of time but was worth it in the end. It also gave them something to do in their boredom instead of sitting around.
35. No Wheels, No Problem
Have you ever wondered what else you could use to ride a bike instead of bike tires? This man must have had that thought because he created wheels completely made out of sneakers. He had the utmost dedication to this bike because he is also wearing the same pair of shoes as the shoe tires.
36. Stuck
If he claims he got stuck in the chairs will they still make him work? This is one trick that he might be hoping gets him out of working even longer. It does not look like the most comfortable situation though.
37. House of Cigarettes
Instead of building a house of cards this employee created a house of cigarette packs. When boredom hits you have to use whatever you have around you, he just happened to have cigarette packs. This is the healthiest use of cigarettes that I have ever seen.
38. Subway Only
If you are trying to get any other food than Subway sandwiches, than you are getting kicked off the cliff, well the make believe cliff. These employees had time on their hand so these sandwich artists took it to a new level. They are not only creating sandwich art they are making vegetable art too.
39. Perfection
This grocery store employee had a lot of time on their hands before opening, so they made sure the vegetable section was perfect. They even created the letter z with the green onions. It looks so pretty that it should not be touched, but it will be as soon as those doors open.
40. Paper Clip Art
Paper clips are one of the go-to’s for office boredom. They not only keep papers organized, they are also handy in defeating boredom. This scorpion paper clip won in the battle against boredom.
41. Bob Marley
This employee must have been staring at these cords for awhile to imagine them as dreadlocks. Once he printed out one picture of Bob Marley’s all he had to do was tape it up. Now everyone can see what he sees when he gets too bored. He is just sharing his bored thoughts in the workplace.
42. Cat and Mouse
This chef had no orders, so he made his own order. This was his own version of playing cat and mouse. If he never received any orders for the night he might have created an entire zoo. Next time he should venture into farmhouse animals.
43. Penny for your Thoughts?
This bored employee must have been offered a lot of pennies for his daydreaming thoughts because he has created a penny sculpture out of them. That creation must have been done with really steady hands. I see a bridge, what do you see?
44. Supermarket Simpsons
This is one creation that must have been completed by multiple employees or one employee had to spend hours on it. Homer does love sitting in front of the television, so they created him in the perfect spot. All he is missing is his Duff beer can.
45. Complaint Department
This office takes office complaints very seriously. So seriously that they have created an entire position to handle any and all complaints. The only problem is that the employee, Mr. Milton, that got the job is actually a cockroach. Those complaints are not going very far.
46. Advisors
When a person is in need of solid advice it is smart to get the opinion of multiple people and not just one. This bored employee can know receive work advice from an entire family, a spoon family. The Belcher family will always be willing to lend some fake advice anytime she needs it.
47. Vacation Revenge
When the coworker is away, the office will play. When a coworker went on a week vacation to England, the office went all in to redecorate his cubby. Any project that will pass the time at work, that is not actually work, is worthwhile. Hope he liked it!
48. Race Car
Every child remembers playing on this rug at least once in their lives. This adult never forgot about the joy of it, he makes sure that he can keep it with him always. His race car track is now the interior of his car. Some people can never let go of their favorite childhood toys.
49. Rock On
This paper clip creation looks like a dinosaur that is raising the rock on hand symbol. He is one dinosaur that loves rock and roll and is not afraid to show it. His rock and roll energy will help anyone get through a long day at work.
50. Makeover
It looks as if President Abraham Lincoln has gotten a makeover. He has always been into a stylish hat, so it only makes sense that he found a new one. He is also representing his boy, President Washington, on his shirt.
51. Office Fighter
This employee fights boredom at work but he has a new fighter alongside him. This little soldier helps combat against all types of boredom and always comes in handy, you just have to make him first.
52. Link
You might not be able to play video games at work, but they cannot stop you from daydreaming about them. This gamer created his own Link while bored at work, he must be craving some game time. The moment it is clock out time, Zelda is going to be played.
53. Dead
Have you ever felt so bored at work that you just feel like death has come? This employee took that literally and moved a skeleton to the door. He is just dying to leave.
54. One by One
This employee wants his snack to last as long as possible. So, she is going to eat the raspberry by every little part. The time it takes to pull it apart and the time it takes to eat them will give her a great chunk of time to kill.
55. Legos
How people can create such art out of Legos is mind boggling! This bored employee not only created a pattern within the Legos, he also made it circular. I cannot even imagine how to do this, do you?
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