1.
Fly a
kite in the schoolyard.
2.
Surprise
your mentee by celebrating his/her half birthday.
3.
Make a
thin layer of Jell-O and carve it into letters, numbers, figures, etc.
4.
Together,
write a family newspaper for friends and relatives.
5.
Take a
walk around the school grounds with a memento bag and collect interesting
leaves, rocks or junk.
6.
Pick up any garbage littering the schoolyard.7. Design your own cards for various occasions.
8. Have a picnic lunch/snack together.
9. Weave a ring out of grass.
10. Pick shares of stock and watch them make or lose money.
11. Look up new words in the dictionary.
12. Use a globe to locate friends, travel destinations and current events.
13. Make a collage of your lives with pictures cut from magazines.
14. Make giant soap bubbles.
15. Plan an imaginary vacation.
16. Learn a simple magic trick and amaze your friends.
17. Show your mentee your high school yearbook picture.
18. Paint an original T-shirt.
19. Compliment your mentee’s character and skills.
20. Find all the living things on a one-foot square of grass.
21. Make a bug cage and catch bugs.
22. Learn to count to 10 in a foreign language.
23. Write a letter to your mentee on you’re your match anniversary telling them what you’ve noticed about him/her in the last year.
24. Make homemade potpourri with dried flower petals.
25. Help your mentee make a list of everyone who loves them.
26. Paint a special message on a wooden cutting board as a present for mom.
27. Make a calendar of the big events of the year.
28. Write a poem about your mentee and read it at a special occasion.
29. Find and feed the birds in the schoolyard.
30. Look through a book of house plans and pick out your dream house.
31. Help your mentee write a letter to the author of their favorite book.
32. Start a coin or stamp collection.
33. Go on a camera scavenger hunt. Let your mentee take the pictures.
34. Tape record messages to send to loved ones.
35. Read biographies of people who did great things and let your mentee know that they can do great things too.
36. Look up Big Brothers Big Sisters on the Internet.
37. Finger paint.
38. Make mini pizzas using buns and other tasty ingredients.
39. Make paper mache maracas or a pinata filled with treats!
40. Donate old toys and clothes to a community shelter.
41. Check out a tree identification book from the library and discover which trees grow in the schoolyard.
42. Using the letters from a big word, see how many smaller words you can create.
43. Role play meeting new people so your mentee will have more confidence in unfamiliar situations.
44. Learn about another country.
45. Use a book of names to find the meaning of your names.
46. Build a log cabin out of popsicle sticks and glue.
47. Use a magnifying glass to examine all kinds of little things.
48. Write a poem about Big Brothers Big Sisters of Winnipeg.
49. Write a story about your match and send it to your Caseworker at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Winnipeg.
50. Squeeze fresh orange juice.
51. Tape record yourselves reading your favorite stories.
52. Learn about the history of Winnipeg.
53. Share photographs of yourselves as children.
54. Carve a pumpkin and roast the pumpkin seeds.
55. Read books written by local authors.
56. Speak highly of the people in your life.
57. Read books about famous inventors.
58. Research the events that occurred in your birthday years.
59. Enjoy a fresh coconut, pineapple or other fruit that cannot be found in the area.
60. Build and paint a birdhouse.
61. Learn to tap out your names in Morse code and sigh your names in sign language.
62. Watch a Chia pet grow.
63. Learn how to do tricks with a yo-yo.
64. Make a video movie.
65. Get a chemistry set and perform your own experiments.
66. Build a house of cards together.
67. Make pancakes.
68. Learn to identify three constellations.
69. Learn 10 new words in a foreign language.
70. Drink hot chocolate together.
71. Have a monopoly tournament.
72. Surf the Internet and learn about new subjects.
73. Bake and frost cookies.
74. Assemble a model.
75. Make food from around the world.
76. Learn about your own cultures.
77. Learn to meditate.
78. Maintain a scrapbook of all the things you do together.
79. Research an important event or issue at the library.
80. Learn how to dance.
81. Decorate eggs…not just at Easter!
82. Learn some Yoga moves.
83. Tell each other stories. Star by giving the other a starting sequence such as “I was walking to school the other day and I saw…”
84. Create a bead necklace or bracelet.
85. Think of ways to be kind to others.
86. Take out a book on drawing and learn to draw together.
87. Paint self-portraits.
88. Read each others palms.
89. Do crossword puzzles together.
90. Do word search games together.
91. Create your own game.
92. Learn about different career opportunities.
93. Learn a new joke.
94. Learn to use a compass.
95. Plant seeds and care for the plants throughout the year.
96. Make masks.
97. Talk about how your day/week has been and any interesting highlights.
98. Read about your astrological signs.
99. Make Play-dough sculptures.
100. Make a list of things that make you happy.
101. Discover each other’s interests and brainstorm activities to do together.
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