Usually, around this time of year, people are planning a spring vacation. Last year it was all about the “Staycation,” or the need to stay close to home in order to preserve your budget. This year, everyone seems to be planning a “Naycation,” as in not planning a vacation at all.

Does a Naycation have to be all kinds of boring? No! If the vacation is about going somewhere new and the Staycation is about doing things in your hometown, the Naycation is about everything cool you can do at home. Before you shrug off the notion that there is nothing fun to do at home, think about all of the times you have been at work and wished you were at home. How about the times you have been on vacation, supposed to be having fun, and you also wished you were home? What would you do at home if you had a week? Fun things only. No work, bills or cleaning. Here are some ideas:

Take a Nap

I love nothing more than to take a nap on the couch in my living room while
the afternoon sun shines in and the dog lounges on her back, belly to the sun, snoring. I could sleep for hours—if nobody else is home.

Read a Book

I always read all of those surveys that say some huge percentage of Americans only read one book a year. That is a darn shame. Books are one of the best ways to instantly transport yourself into another world and learn something so that you are (or at least appear to be) smarter when you go back to work.

Make Art Projects

This one is especially good for kids. I love seeing the adorable pictures of my friends’ toddlers covered head to toe in paint. It also makes me so relieved to not have to one of my own yet to clean up after, that there are certain things I WON’T be doing during my Naycation. If you can scan the art project to a high resolution (300 DPI at size) image and submit it to us, we can print the kids’ creation on a shirt for them to sport after their Naycation.

Cook Weird Food

“Baked Alaska” always sounds fun to me. It is something I would not generally attempt because it requires more than five seconds to yank the top off of something and throw it in the microwave to create this meringue-topped ice cream dessert that bakes in the oven. Ice cream in the oven? Cool! I mean, hot! I mean, Yummy!

Play Bananagram

This is my new favorite game. It is a bunch of tiles with letters on it that you carry around in a zip-up banana. Each person draws 21 tiles and then tries to make their own words, scrabble-interconnecting style. There are not too many instructions, but you do have to use correct terminology. Yell “Split” when you all turn over your tiles at the beginning of the game. “Peel” is when you have run out of tiles and you need another one from the bag. “Dump” is when you get rid of a tile you can’t use and draw three more. The winner yells “Bananas!” Who does not love a game when the winning call is “Bananas!”

Every Vacation Needs a Shirt, Even a Naycation

How can you prove to your friends and family that you had an awesome Naycation? With a shirt, of course. There are several options for your shirt. You can design the shirt while on your Naycation. You can take pictures of your activities and have them printed on the shirt, or you can commission Queensboro to design a special shirt to be worn during the Naycation. The picture with this post is one of our Logo Specialist’s Naycation shirts. Want one? Drop us a line. We’ll make it happen.