Here are 33 ideas for fun projects for tweens, and if you run out of ideas then you might also like 21 More Fun Projects for Kids aged 8-12.

Plan a 3 course meal and cook dinner for the family. Check our Food & Recipes section for loads of recipe ideas.

Can you reach 4 or more levels of your card house? Check out this video showing a cool card house technique!

Use your phone or camera to take a series of photos. Pick a theme, e.g. colour or shape, and take a series of photos. You could then try your hand at editing, displaying or using your photos to create a collage.

Or see if you can photograph the alphabet!

Time to learn a new trick or two! Here are some Fun and Easy Magic Tricks to get you started.

Radiolab is a radio show and podcast weaving stories and science into sound and music-rich documentaries. Other recommended podcasts for older kids include AstronomyCast or Stuff You Should Know.

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Here are children’s author Michael Morpurgo’s top tips for writing and a good step by step guide to writing your story.

Start with our beginner’s guide to making a stop motion movie to create your own mini movie. There are lots of great apps for stop motion. that can help you assemble your frames and even add sound files.

You might become a dog walker, pet sitter, bringing in the bins, doing weeding or washing cars. Weebly.com lets you have a free website if you want to take a step further and put up a little website for your business.

Create a blog – Wix and Squarespace offer free websites with limited options but perfect for creating a simple blog. The good thing is you can write about things that you are interested in.

Get out the LEGO and create something amazing. Why don’t you create a stop motion film as you build it piece by piece? There are 50+ projects on this list of LEGO Master Builder projects or try our 30 Day LEGO Challenge.

Geocaching is a modern day “Treasure Hunt”. You use a GPS enabled device (Global Positioning System) or an app for your smartphone such as Google Maps will work too and you go hunting to see if you can find caches near you.

Get out some paper, pencil, pens and create a comic strip. Go wild with your imagination. Aliens! Monsters! People with animal heads!

Try some home science experiments. Make some Slime, try the Pepper and Water Science Magic trick or have some fun with Red Cabbage!

Get the skipping rope out and have a go at skipping 100 times without stopping. Manage that? Aim for 200 now. Check what the current world record is for themost skips in 1 minute. Now see if you can beat it!

Ever played Gin Rummy? 25? Spit? Here are 15 card games to have a go at.

Beggar My Neighbour is also a really easy card game to learn to start with.

Now that you have mastered card games, here are 8 Easy Card Tricks for Kids to wow your friends and family with.

Undo an old toaster or iron and have a tinker with the parts. Now put it back together again!

Build a bridge out of straws that is strong enough to hold 100 pennies. Or build a bridge out of popsicle sticks.

Use your phone or tablet to make a short film or video. Create a script, do your storyboard and don’t forget your director’s chair ;)

Once you have finished your film, set up a home cinema and invite the family to the premiere!

Have a go at Scratch, Alice or another programming language. There’s nothing more satisfying than seeing the end result of your coding efforts. Here are some tips for getting started with coding.

Set up a newsdesk on the kitchen table and plan your newspaper or magazine issue. What are your headline/front page stories going to be? What pictures will you use? What would catch your eye? How about creating some funny ads at the back?

Master a new tune on the guitar or another instrument that you have around. Google Free Easy Tunes for the Guitar and you’ll bring up tons of websites with ideas to get you started.

Do a bit of research with your parents, aunts and uncles and grandparents and create a family tree. Take some time with your grandparents and ask them to tell you some stories from when they were your age and write them down (or put them on your new blog!)

Make your own secret code up and write a message to your friends that they have to decode.

The Pigpen cipher uses symbols in place of the letters. Or use an ancient language called Ogham to make fun secret messages!

Find a shoebox or small box and pick 10 items to make a time capsule and then find a good spot to bury your capsule. Here’s How to Make a Time Capsule.

With glass jars and some soil, you can create a simple ant farm and do some ant-watching.

Or head out into your backyard with a magnifying glass and do some bug hunting.

Ok at first glance not the most exciting but in warm weather this is great fun if you put on your swim togs, get out the garden hose, you’ll need some warm soapy water to start with and get cleaning the car and having a good old time messing about with water.

You never know, you might even earn some pocket money for it!

Download a scavenger hunt and time yourself finding all the things on the list. Create your own hunt list.

All you need is a pot, some soil and some seeds. Pick something you enjoy eating (or have never tried) and how about growing your own pizza garden?

Grab some friends, create your own bubble mix and see who can blow the biggest one or even who can stand inside a bubble! Here’s how to make glow in the dark bubbles for some night time fun!.

Have a go at making some of these different bird treats and then track bird visits over a few weeks to see which birds come to visit your garden. The BirdWatch Ireland website has photos of different species.

Get out the tent and set up a camp out in your back garden for an outdoor sleepover. Don’t forget the headlamps, torches and midnight feast.

And if you’re really still bored after that, then ask your mum or dad to give you a chore to do!