To ban 'I'm bored'

[Mrsknackered]

I've had enough!
We are in fucking centre parcs. I saved my arse off so 4yo DS can have a proper bloody holiday as we all deserve after a crappy start to 2017, but his constant declarations of boredom are driving me up the wall.
We've had breakfast al fresco, cycling, play park, swimming and a 20 minute activity and I decorated gingerbread men with him. I am now cooking tea. All I can hear is 'I'm bored' being chanted. Has been the song of choice constantly today, including in the activity. I've told him repeatedly that it's rude. Starting to seriously regret all the efforts I have made. Blood is boiling.
What more do you want?????
Should've just bought him a fucking iPad
Just needed to vent

We have an "I'm bored" jar. It's filled with chores or activities or skills to practice (juggling/catch or times tables for example), some fun and some quite dull, all lasting about 20mins. They mention anything about being bored and they have to select one. It was fairly well used one summer but doesn't get called upon much now.

OP - www.parentmap.com/article/im-bored-what-your-child-is-really-telling-you

Wando that is interesting.
The 'I am bored' thing is quite new, but he's had quite an unsettling time recently and I have noticed that I'm bored is used more often when I am feeding DS2 or other things for the baby.
To try and avoid this I get him involved, so nappy changes and bath times he helps (too the best of his ability) and then make sure he gets 1 on 1 time when and where I can.
However, I am only 1 person and sometimes I need a minute just to breathe and the compulsive 'boredom' can be very tedious - especially when you've put in a lot of effort to ensure they have lots of attention/fun!

If it's evening time or mid afternoon just try and give him a cuddle for a bit and colour with him or something and see if that works. If it's increased with new sibling then he's deffo using it to mean something else a lot of the time.

My mother's catchphrase was "Bored? I've got something for you to do, you can get the vacuum cleaner out." How quickly I found ways to entertain myself!

At four, he's probably a bit wee for the vacuum cleaner, but I bet there are loads of fun chores you can dish out when he decides he's "bored".