Coronavirus checklist: Neighbors create list of 40 activities to do during stay-at-home order

Neighbors Kaylie Davis and Kenzie Ortscheid are working together to complete a 40-item "quarantine to-do list." (Photo via WSOC-TV)

Neighbors Kaylie Davis and Kenzie Ortscheid are working together to complete a 40-item "quarantine to-do list." (Photo via WSOC-TV)

A lot of people are running out of things to do while at home these days. But two young neighbors made sure that wouldn’t be the case for them.

"I knew that once I got bored, it would be harder to figure out things to do. So I thought, 'If day one I create a long list, then I can never tell myself that I'm bored,'" Kaylie Davis, a high school student from North Carolina, told WSOC-TV.

Davis teamed up with her sixth-grade neighbor, Kenzie Ortscheid, to help her complete the 40 activities.

“It feels really good when you cross something off because you know that you’ve been maybe doing something that’s very active," Ortscheid.

The two are most proud of accomplishing their goal of walking a marathon.

Ortscheid's father, Tim Ortscheid, told WSOC-TV he's happy for the friendship Davis has cultivated with his younger daughter and he's proud of all they've accomplished.

“You can do things within [stay-at-home] guidelines that still make you smile, still make you laugh,” Tim Ortscheid said. “And that’s really important to me. Kaylie really helped with the mental health of my child and herself, I’m sure.”

Here are some of the activities on Davis’ list that many people could enjoy:

  • Camp outside
  • Tie-dye T-shirts
  • Read
  • Complete a puzzle
  • Learn a card trick
  • Watch the sunrise and the sunset
  • Walk a marathon
  • Plan a family game night
  • Build a bird house
  • Do some yardwork
  • Sing karaoke
  • Bake
  • Make jewelry
  • Workout
  • Organize rooms
  • Learn a dance
  • Paint or color
  • Go for a bike ride
  • Make a scrapbook
  • Make a fire pit

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