What do you do with your kids when you’ve watched all the movies, done all the puzzles, read all the books, or are just so bored of doing all those things in lockdown that you have no ideas left? It’s a question being asked by many parents right now.
One Ontario, Canada family came up with something to help keep boredom at bay, and their inventive efforts have gone viral.
Award-winning author Joel Sutherland shared a video of his family recreating “The Simpsons” intro, complete with costumes, to social media on April 8.
“Social Isolation, Day 23. Kids: We’re booooored! What can we do? Wife *cleaning basement*: What are we ever going to do with these Simpsons Halloween costumes we only wore once?” Sutherland wrote alongside the video. Within a few hours, the entertaining clip had more than 100,000 views.
Social Isolation, Day 23
Kids: We're booooored! What can we do?
Wife *cleaning basement*: What are we ever going to do with these Simpsons Halloween costumes we only wore once?
Me: pic.twitter.com/6oLiyvdcWu
— Joel A. Sutherland (@joelasutherland) April 8, 2020
Sutherland later wrote on Twitter that he and his family were “overwhelmed” by the response, and revealed that it wasn’t something they spent a huge amount of time planning. In fact, most of the shots were done in just one take!
Thanks for the high praise! The kids were excited to have something fun and creative to work on as a family. We rehearsed each shot once or twice and then started recording, and we got most in one take!
— Joel A. Sutherland (@joelasutherland) April 8, 2020
Twitter users were quick to praise the Sutherlands. User @eriktmclaughlin was one:
We need quarantine Oscars for this kind of creativity.
— Clint Beastwood (@eriktmclaughlin) April 8, 2020
Other users, like @theresa_basile, naturally used GIFs from the show to express their appreciation.
You are the heroes we need in this time. pic.twitter.com/SjNCsM0Wb0
— Theresa Basile (@theresa_basile) April 8, 2020
The icing on the cake was a retweet from Al Jean, “The Simpsons” showrunner who is also in charge of the show’s official Twitter, at @The Simpsons. “Quarantine creativity level [100%],” Jean wrote.
Quarantine creativity level ð¯ https://t.co/1dFFaXzRx7
— TheSimpsons (@TheSimpsons) April 8, 2020
Meanwhile, everyone’s favorite cartoon family (or their Twitter account, at least) has a reminder for everybody during this difficult — and yes, often boring — time.
Stay home, watch TV, save the world. You got this.
ðº: https://t.co/n2Xd75qWSu pic.twitter.com/0DCg50haac— TheSimpsons (@TheSimpsons) March 23, 2020
“Stay home, watch TV, save the world. You got this,” was the caption to a picture of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie sitting on their couch in front of the box.
We love seeing this family get so creative and have a good time doing it! Hopefully, it’ll inspire others, too.
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Checkout Simplemost for other great tips and ideas to make the most out of life.
