Be Silly

How to Be Silly -50 Ways

Here are 50 ways to silliness because some silliness is essential for a happy life. People use silliness to laugh and laughter is a good antidote to stress. Silliness is different from humor because silliness has not point, no insult or insight. Silliness is innocent and light hearted and involves no injury.

We laugh at cartoon characters falling and comedians doing Pratt falls because we know no one is injured. Silliness often involves the unexpected or unusual like the unexpected sensation of a tickle. Often there is a risk, or hint of danger like the drop in a roller coaster. Absurd things are silly like singing vegetables that tell stories. You can turn any ordinary activity or situation silly.

Here are some specific suggestions for you to try:

Wear a funny hat
Sing a silly song
Tickle someone
Do a silly dance
Do something backwards
Stand on your head or try to
Talk gibberish
Put on a funny nose
Put on a mask
Juggle- or try to
Make a funny face
Make up a funny poem
Skip around
Spin in a circle
Dress in funny clothes
Make up a funny story
Startle someone gently
Put unrelated foods together
Put clothes on your pet
Paint or draw a silly picture
Communicate only in pictures
Communicate only in sign language
Talk normally but substitute some words in a funny way like blue for every color or teapot for every third noun.
Tell a joke
Make a pun
Color a picture but use absurd colors like a purple or yellow sky
Spin in a circle
Wear bright or unusual colors
Wear your clothes backwards
Give yourself and your friends nick names
Make your fingers into puppets
Use toys to act out a scene
Make an exaggerated laughing face, then an exaggerated sad face
Do a summersault
Do a cart wheel
Fall down (on purpose and gently)
Talk in a funny accent
Talk in a funny voice
Eat like a dog with no silverware
Act like an animal is some way
Laugh for no reason
Make pictures or patterns in your food
Put unrelated pictures together, like a cartoon character in the middle of a group of landscapes
Wear unrelated styles, like a tiara and blue jeans or a frilly apron with a suit.
Blow bubbles
Do a cheer in the middle of a regular conversation
Put up colored streamers or balloons
Finger paint
Finger paint with soap suds in the shower or bath
Laugh in as many different styles as you can

What ever method you use to inject a little silliness into your happy life, be sure to indulge in silliness at least once a day. We hope our list of 50 ways helps you to be silly today.

For more information on how to be silly, you might try the book, Keeping Your Sanity in an Upside Down World by Jim Kellan