Jar of Playa little jar of big ideas
✦ LESS “I’M BORED.” MORE PLAY.

A little shake.
A big idea.

Something silly, something cozy, something new. What will your jar pick for you?

More choices

Age and time are guides. Choose what suits your players and space.

Filling your jar…

Or press Space when no control is selected

A SURPRISE IS WAITING

Let's find your fun.

Give the jar a shake. One little paper, one lovely idea.

165 ideas. No account. Just play.
A WHOLE JAR OF POSSIBILITIES

Find your kind of fun

165 ideas

All the ideas

Your choices above apply here. Hidden ideas stay out of your jar.

A little help

Pick. Play. Make it your own.

Choose where, who, and how much wiggle. Shake the jar for one matching idea. The jar avoids repeating ideas until you've seen your matching choices, then brings back the oldest ones.

Seen means you opened an idea. Only We did it! marks it completed. Hide skips an idea in future picks; restore it in the Hidden view. Your favorites stay saved even if you hide one.

Just on this device

No account, ads, analytics, or tracking. Favorites, choices, seen ideas, and completed ideas stay in this browser. No names, birthdays, photos, or location permissions are collected. Clearing site data removes your saved choices. A different browser or address has separate saves.

Older favorites and hidden ideas are kept. The old automatic “tried” list becomes Seen, not completed.

Take your jar offline

Open the site online once and wait for “Ready for offline play.” Then the activities, artwork, and fonts work offline. Install from your browser's menu if offered. On iPhone or iPad, open in Safari and use Share → Add to Home Screen. Installation needs HTTPS (or localhost for testing).

A jar you can hold

Save some favorites, choose Print my jar, and select the slips you want. Print them or choose “Save as PDF” in your print dialog. Cut and fold the slips with a grown-up, then pop them into a real jar.

Use a comfortable pace and suitable space. Grown-ups can adapt age guides and help where an activity asks. The app respects your device's reduced-motion setting.
FROM YOUR SCREEN TO A REAL JAR

Print your favorites

Choose your slips. Each includes the steps and supplies. Paper size and color are up to you in the print dialog.

Your browser can also save these as a PDF. Nothing is uploaded.