HELPING OUT your BIG
Wash Bigs car
Help big decorate room (painting, curtains etc)
Wash dishes/do laundry together
Change oil in Big’s car
Clean house
Rearrange a room
Yard work
Clean out the fridge
ANIMALS
Wash and/or groom the dog
Walk the dog or walk dogs at Humane Society
Go check out pets at Pet World
FOOD
Make doughnuts
Cook favorite meal together
Tea party
Picnic
Make a meal from a different country
Make a meal you only eat with your hands
OUTDOOR FUN and EXERCISE
Exercise/lift weights together (free at community cntr.)
Play catch
Play soccer
Feed ducks at park with old bread
Feed the squirrels/birds
Plant flowers in flower box or planter
go fishing
go camping/set up a tent
Plant a tree
Ride bike trails or levee
Rent a canoe/kayak at lake
Golf/Putt Putt
Skeet shooting
Horseback riding/take lessons
Go to Clinton/Lone Star swim/build sand castles
GOOD DEEDS
Arrange flowers to take to a friend
Pick up trash around neighborhood
Decide on a simple way to change the world—do it.
Volunteer at Operation Wildlife 785-542-3625
Volunteer at a soup kitchen
Gather food or pass out food: Eckan Inc. 841-3357
Create a small donation fund
Still more below…
CREATIVE IDEAS
Paint pottery
Write book together
Scrapbook your pictures
Make Soap (craft store has supplies)
Make candles
Make a stepping stone
Sew together or learn to knit/crochet/embroider
Take dance lessons together
Make magnets
Music lessons/art lessons
Paint a piece of furniture like a chair
Make earrings/jewelry together
Model airplane/car
Create a short video
Make CD of your favorite songs
Build a bird feeder or bird house
Try to learn Braille or some Sign Language
Learn Calligraphy
Make cards and send to friends
Read to each other
Start a unique collection together
Insect collection
Paint each others nails/hairdos
Journal
Paper Mache
Stained Glass
Build a Pinata
OUTDOOR FUN and EXERCISE
Exercise/lift weights together (free at community cntr.)
Play catch
Play soccer
Feed ducks at park with old bread
Feed the squirrels/birds
Plant flowers in flower box or planter
go fishing
go camping/set up a tent
Plant a tree
Ride bike trails or levee
Rent a canoe/kayak at lake
Golf/Putt Putt
Skeet shooting
Horseback riding/take lessons
Go to Clinton/Lone Star swim/build sand castles
Keep going….
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Take first aid class together
Start a bank account/make a budget
Learn how to change a tire
Save up to take a trip together
Driving lessons
Get an international Pen Pal
EXPLORE
Antique shops
Go to a live auction in the country
Check out a junk yard
Walk Mass
Visit art galleries downtown
Visit a bee farm
Visit an old cemetery
Visit a Greenhouse
Visit historical places
Visit a museum
Go to Garage Sales
go shopping at Goodwill or Social Service League
Visit a Taxidermist
Identify star constellations
Hope that’s enough!