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Build Your Own Analog Bag: Hobbies to Lower Your Screentime
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items Creating an analog bag has made a huge difference on lowering my screentime this year. These are some easy to reach for, screen-free activities to help you stay off your phone.
Sections
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Brain Games & Activity Books
Arts & Crafts
Pen to Paper
Board Games & Solo RPGs
Coloring & Sticker Books
Brain Games & Activity Books
A collection of brain games, logic puzzles, and activity books put your brain to work in a way that somehow feels both challenging and fun.
A collection of logic & deduction puzzles that get harder as the book goes on!
Murdle: Volume 1: 100 Elementary to Impossible Mysteries to Solve Using Logic, Skill, and the Power of Deduction
This is such a fun book! You start with 46,000+ suspects and 18 clues. As you work through the book, you gradually narrow it down to one final suspect. Could easily spend a weekend working on this. Would definitely recommend keeping highlighters hand...
The Killer Isn't Alice: Murder Mystery Puzzle Book
These wordplay puzzles are designed to be solved quickly. I'll pull this book out when I'm having my morning coffee or I have a few minutes to kill, rather than picking up my phone. Each chapter is a different type of puzzle and they get harder as th...
Minute Cryptic: Wordplay Puzzles to Decipher, Unlock, and Untangle
The New York Times put together a collection of all their puzzle games — Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Mini Crosswords, Sudoku, and other puzzles I haven't even seen before. Would make a great gift for anybody who loves the NYT puzzles.
Puzzle Mania!: Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Minis and More!
If you're just looking for a really good mix of puzzles, this book is great choice. I'd actually suggest starting with this one to see which types of puzzles you enjoy most and help you decide which book to get next. It has logic puzzles, sudoku, cry...
The Ultimate Fun Adult Activity Book
Highly recommend for any fantasy lovers out there! You work your way through fantasy themed quests with the help of some clues. It's the first time I've done a puzzle book like this and I enjoyed it! Each puzzle gradually got harder as the book went ...
Bordergrams: A Quest for the Queen
Another fantasy-themed puzzle book, but unlike Bordergrams, this one is a mix of different types of puzzles all varying in difficulty.
Puzzles & Perils: The Crystal Quest
Arts & Crafts
For those who want to spend less time scrolling and more time creating, these are craft kits for beginners. They come with all the supplies you'll need and step-by-step instructions.
Such a fun project that you can work on over a few days! Plus it makes really cute decor for your bookshelf. There are so many different designs to choose from, so you can find scenes for different book genres if you wanted! Also makes a great gift.
Book Nook Kits
The perfect craft for if you want something mindless. When I just want to turn my brain off, I'll reach for one of these instead of doomscrolling. Add an audiobook and I could do this for hours.
Diamond Art Kit
Unlike other crochet kits I've tried, this one actually feels doable for beginners. I also love that you make something you'll actually use.
Crochet kit for Beginners
These mosaic kits are surprisingly affordable and they have so many different kinds you can try. They have purely decorative pieces, but you can also make more functional things like coasters, trays, and picture frames.
Mosaic Kits
I love these kits because they're small enough to finish in one night and they come with a frame! I glue small magnets on the back of mine and put them on my fridge.
Mini Paint-By-Number Kit
Pen to Paper
These are a collection of journals and activity books that foster creativity through writing or drawing.
This book comes with 200 different writing prompts that you then use to write a story. I personally write my stories in a different journal, so then I can always come back to prompts later on. It's fun to see how many different stories you can come u...
Create a Story: A Prompt Journal to Help You Write a Story
Each page has an outline of a different drawing for you to fill in however you'd like. Some are obvious of what they're meant to be, while others are open to interpretation. I personally like to challenge myself to use a different style/medium for ea...
Complete the Drawing Book
This book comes with 200 different stories started and then you have to finish them. It gives you the opening sentence, usually setting the scene and then you finish it. Again, I love to do this in a separate notebook, so then I can go back and revis...
Complete The Story Workbook
I am not a big drawer, but I found this book to be so much fun! It does provide some tips & guidance for drawing and creating a story, but it's open ended enough to really get creative with it.
Create Your Own Comics Book
I use this oracle deck for journaling prompts on days I'm not sure what to write about. There are 50 different cards with prompts for reflection and self-development
GROW: Pathways to Passion, Purpose & Peace
Board Games & Solo RPGs
All the relaxing fun of cozy games, but IRL. Play with friends or play solo!
Feels like a game that I'd binge on my Switch, except it's a board game! You can play with up to four players, but there's a way to play solo too! Very cozy game where you strategize to collect & organize books.
A Place For All My Books Board Game
If you're a fan of Bridgerton or Jane Austen: this is the game for you. It's a board game where you play one of Jane Austen's characters and strategize your way through Regency England to marry your perfect match. It can be played alone or with up to...
Endearment — Jane Austen Board Game
The best solo RPG I've found! If you love fashion design/sewing games, you'll love this book. It's a mix of journaling and sketching. For each round, you roll dice and pick cards to determine different aspects of your design challenge (customer reque...
Stitchery Faire: A Cozy Solo Journaling & Sketching Game
Coloring & Sticker Books
Coloring books and sticker books to help you relax with some simple, creative fun.
The artwork in this book is stunning. Couldn't be more perfect for fall! The pages are perforated, so you can tear the page out vs. flipping back and forth between the picture and the stickers. All the relaxing fun of coloring without having to get o...
Sticker By Number Vintage Forest
Such a fun concept! This book has the colors already on the page and you add the lines. It has a page of different ideas to help you get started. This is great to take on the go, since you only need one pen.
The Reverse Coloring Book