*This is a resource and activity idea page for our
​active Community Based Bigs and Littles. 

​(You can click on all of the underlined items.)

MATCH ACTIVITY IDEAS & BBBS MONTHLY EVENTS

Upcoming BBBS Events that your little might enjoy!
 MATCH EVENT CALENDAR

More GREAT places to check for activity ideas!

Shelby County Library

Sidney Alive

​Greenville Libary

Main Street Greenville

Shelby County Matches

Your Match Support Case Manager is Mandi Croft or Betty Miars.

Activity Log

Help your program coordinator know what activities you are doing and how things went on your outings. This will really help us with Match Support Contacts, and also help us to give other Bigs ideas for outings.

Activity RSVP​

Let us know when you and your little plan on coming to an event so we can plan accordingly. 

Match Support

Every month we have a schedule of matches that need to be contacted for regular match support. If you get a call or message from us, please respond accordingly. 

Darke County Matches

Your Match Support Case Manager is Becca Cotterman.

Activity Log

Help your program coordinator know what activities you are doing and how things went on your outings. This will really help us with Match Support Contacts, and also help us to give other Bigs ideas for outings.

Activity RSVP

Let us know when you and your little plan on coming to an event so we can plan accordingly. 

Match Support

Every month we have a schedule of matches that need to be contacted for regular match support. If you get a call or message from us, please respond accordingly. 

More Activity Ideas!

Indoor Activities

• Play chess, Chinese checkers, or card games. If you do not know how, learn together.
• Put together a jigsaw puzzle. You might even want to frame it together.
• Do a crossword puzzle or a word search.
• Build with Lego blocks or a building set.
• Make your own cards or gifts for people that you care about.
• Start a scrap book or journal of your time together.
• Learn to draw, paint or sculpt.
• Decorate a room.
• Write a story or a poem together.
• Call the library about story hours or have your own.
• Build a model, hook a rug, or make puppets.
• Carve soap sculptures.
• Learn how to make your own clothes.
• Visit a classroom, have lunch at school with your Little, confer with teachers (Be certain to obtain parent permission).
• Read the paper. Learn about current events, the economy, candidates, etc.
• Work on a resume.
• Do a pretend job interview.
• Talk about where to find a job, or how to plan a career.
• Set up a work internship.
• Tackle some homework together.
• Talk about college.
• Talk about the future.
• Talk about relationships.
• Learn about pop music.
• Sing or dance to music.
• Bake bread or make your own pizza.
• Cook a fancy turkey dinner.
• Pop popcorn, make ice cream floats and watch a Movie at home.
• Make your own ice cream.
• Learn to cook ethnic food.
• Arrange for your Little to meet professionals you know in fields of interest to talk about what they do and how they got there.
• Come to the Big Brothers Big Sisters Halloween Party or other event.
• Bake a pie, cookies, cake, etc.
• Design an exercise program and work out together.
• Go to you local library and research a topic you are both interested in.
• Walk through the shopping malls.
• Make a scrapbook of your experiences together.
• Enter a contest together.
• Choose an organization and volunteer together.
• Write an essay or a poem and send it to your social worker at BBBS.
• Go to a family function or relative’s birthday party together.
• Invite your Little to visit your office.
• Take tours of friends’ jobs.
• Visit your local YMCA or Community Center.
• Visit the site of your first job, or a similar place. Discuss your experience.
• Go to a movie.
• Go to a museum. 
• Visit antique, costume or second-hand stores and brainstorm ideas for Halloween costumes.
• Teach courtesy, respect for others, values. Talk about ways to handle different issues. Use “What if” Scenarios.
• Teach personal hygiene-personal cleanliness, eye, teeth, hair and body care.
• Learn to iron and wash clothes.
• Learn to shop for groceries.
• Talk about dream vacations.
• Take a personal motivation course together.
• Learn a foreign language together or study another culture.
• Attend a City Council meeting, a Commissioners meeting, or Legislative sessions.
• Learn about where community resources are and how to obtain them.
• Take a life-saving course together.
• Meal Prep for a week of lunches.

Outdoor Activities

• Try all kinds of sports: football, basketball, boxing, jogging, karate, etc.
• Go fishing.
• Blow bubbles.
• Ride bikes in a local Park.
• Toss a Frisbee or fly a kite.
• Jog or sprint around a local track, field or park. Learn to use a stopwatch.
• Go roller-skating, roller -blading, or ice-skating. If you don’t know how, learn together.
• Rent a canoe (Make sure everyone wears life preservers and is able to swim).
• Take dancing, music, swimming or tennis lessons.
• Go to an amusement park.
• Go horseback riding.
• Play tag.
• Play Hide-And-Go-Seek.
• Go rock hunting. Glue your rocks together and paint them to make sculptures.
• Make and fly paper airplanes.
• Just hang out.
• Play catch.
• Play cards or a board game outside.
• Teach yourselves to juggle.
• Take pictures.
• Have a water-balloon fight.
• Go to a garage sale or browse through a flea market.
• Build a tree house.
• Wash your car.
• Mow the lawn.
• Visit a State Park.
• Go to a game, car show, dog show, or stunt car races.
• Cut your own Christmas tree.
• Read outside.
• Have a picnic.
• Look at cloud shapes.
• Clean up litter.
• Talk.
• Look for 4-leafed clovers.
• Eat some fruit.
• People-watch.
• Trace a family tree.
• Try out for a play at the Drama League or Children’s Theater.
• Write your own play.
• Talk about how to look for a job.
• Find a summer job.
• Talk about dressing for success.
• Sit in on some evening classes.
• Talk about life.
• Fill out a work application.
• Build a fort.
• Catch frogs or bugs.
• Come to the Big Brothers Big Sisters Picnic or other event.
• Make lemonade. Set up a lemonade stand and talk about running a business.
• Fix-up a bicycle.
• Feed some ducks.
• Pick wildflowers.
• Walk a dog you know.
• Visit a college and walk around.
• Go bargain hunting.
• Learn about and celebrate a religious holiday.
• Go out for dinner together.
• Get together with friends from work.
• Go holiday shopping.
• Go to a house of worship.
• Check your local parks and recreation department for fall foliage walks or activities.
• Check local college and high school sports schedules and choose an event to attend.
• Check out lesser-known sports such as field hockey, rugby or rowing. Some colleges may have youth days or special activities through their athletic departments for community members.
• Visit your city’s web site for a list of free summer activities like concerts or plays in the park, festivals and fairs.  
• Pretend you are tourists in your city. Visit the typical sites and write a letter to the editor of the local paper or city magazine about the experience.
• Go to a baseball game. If your workplace has a softball team, invite your mentee to a game.
• Visit your state or county fair.
• Volunteer together to mow an elderly or disabled person’s yard.
• Visit a “You Pick it Farm”, to pick the latest vegetables and fruits.
• Learn beginner’s auto mechanics. Fix a flat tire or change the oil in your car.
• Learn to read a road map, use an atlas, a globe or a compass to find someplace you have never been.
• Start a stamp, rock, or arrowhead collection.
• Start a garden. Learn about soil and plants, vegetables and fruits.
• Attend school activities with your Little (sports, games, plays).
• Field trips: historical places, police and fire departments
• Cultural Events: attend a play, program, ballet, symphony, or concert.
• Go to the airport and watch planes take off.
• Learn how to use jumper cables.
• Use a slide rule, telescope, camera, microscope.
• Study the stars.
• Adopt a Grandparent at a local nursing home.
• Join a bowling league. Some leagues are for adults and children to join together.
• Get involved in special events together, like: walk-a-thons, community fairs, Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl For Kids’ Sake, Special Olympics, etc.
• Enter a “fun-run”, fishing tournament, or bike race.
• Talk to other Bigs and Littles about their favorite activities.
• Make a Time Capsule and bury it in your yard so that the people who find it will know a little about you and the current events at this time.
• Volunteer at the Animal Shelter