Friendship
Here are some ideas on the theme of friendship
1.
Make a friendship poster by using the names of all the Beaver Scouts and
decorating it.
2.
Ask the Beaver Scouts to draw a picture of their best friend.
3.
Make a 'friendship collage' using pictures of the Beaver Scouts
4.
Make friendship bracelets.
5.
Ask the Beaver Scouts to make some cards for their friends.
6.
Make cardboard roll puppets that look like the Beaver Scouts and put on a
puppet show!
7.
Make a Friendship Mobile.
8.
Make this Friendship Gallery craft.
9.
Make
a friendship necklace or a Friendship Pin.
10.
Make some folded Friend Paper Dolls
11.
Discuss what makes someone a good friend.
12.
Discuss good ways to make friends.
13.
What should you do to be a good friend?
14.
Ask the Beaver Scouts to name all their friends. Ask why are they their
friends.
15.
Have a picnic invite other people and make new friends
16.
Find a pen-pal to be friends with.
17.
Ask the Beaver Scouts to write a story about themselves and their
friends. Draw pictures to go with the story.
18.
Try this 101 Things Friends Do activity.
19.
Write some Friendly Poetry.
WHAT TO DO
1.
Ask the Beaver Scouts to think about and name different
elements of nature, such as sun, moon, stars, wind, rain, snow, fog, rainbows,
water (including oceans, lakes, and rivers). Then ask them to talk about how
these different elements can be considered friends. You might volunteer a
suggestion, such as - the rain is my friend because it helps me sleep at night.
2.
Then have children draw and cut out shapes representing
their friends in nature (or cut pictures from magazines, mount them on
construction paper). When children have cut out three or four shapes, they can
punch a hole near the top of each one and attach them to a hanger, using
different lengths of yarn.
3.
Next, have the Beaver Scouts copy sentences from the chart
that describe the friends on their mobile.
4.
They can mount this page on a piece of construction paper
and draw a picture of themselves on the back. Then they can attach it to the
mobile as well.
WHAT YOU NEED
WHAT TO DO
1.
Chat to the Beaver Scouts about the kinds of activities that
friends do together. Here are a few to get children started: a team sport,
eating lunch together, playing a board game, sharing a secret.
2.
Have them work in pairs to create friendship portraits. One
child in each pair lies on a panel of paper, and the other traces his or her
outline. Then partners switch positions and repeat the process so that each
child has an outline.
3.
Children begin by labelling their portraits with their
names. Then they fill the outlines with scenes of activities they especially
enjoy doing with friends. Children can draw right on the paper or make small
drawings and attach them to the outline.
Cardboard Roll Puppets
Materials Needed:
Instructions:
Very Simple!
1.
Decorate the cardboard rolls to make different people or
animals
2.
You can even cut them to different heights.
3.
Use the misc. craft supplies to make hair, clothes, mouths,
etc.
Be creative!
4.
Glue the lolly sticks inside the bottom edge of the
cardboard roll for handle.
These necklaces are a great way to
use up bits of fabric craft materials left from other projects! We made these
for our 'bring-a-friend' night. The Beaver Scouts
made them at the beginning of the evening, and had to exchange them with
three other people over the course of the night. Everyone ends up with a
necklace and a neat reminder/welcome to Beaver Scouts
Materials: (for one necklace)
Directions:
1.
Tie wool ends together in simple double knot.
2.
Spread a thin layer of white glue on roughly half of one
side of the felt - this will be the side that holds decorations.
3.
Place your centrepiece wherever you like in the glue
4.
Go wild with the seed beads, ribbon scraps, etc... ! (The
Beaver Scouts don't keep the one they made, so encourage them to be generous
decorators!)
5.
Lay flat and let dry a bit.
6.
Meanwhile, take the ribbon length and place one of the large
beads at the end. Tie a knot around the bead or in some other fashion so it
doesn't come off. Thread the other 3 pony beads onto the ribbon.
7.
Play a game and let the glue dry for 10 minutes.
8.
Take the felt piece and fold it in half over the 'bottom' of
the wool loop. Glue the ribbon length at the bottom of the felt piece, and the
two ends of the felt piece shut. (Attaching it around the wool loop.)
9.
Let it dry again for a bit. Beaver Scouts may have to hold
it shut for a minute while the glue gets tacky. For the impatient, try staples.
10.
Beaver Scouts can either wear their necklaces throughout the
evening, or just during a "friendship game/song" at the end of the
meeting.
This craft can be speeded up by
pre-cutting felt, wool, and ribbon lengths, and pre-tying the loops of wool.
Depending on how well your Beaver Scouts 'share',
it may be faster to give each one a small pile of 'decorations' rather then have
them pick through a selection on their own - someone is bound to be left out of
the sequins, etc.
Materials:
Directions:
1.
Cut card board into desired shape using cooking cutters as
template.
2.
Trace design on back side of denim fabric.
3.
Glue denim to cardboard, add pin to back.
4.
Beaver Scouts can then decorate with fabric paint.
WHAT YOU NEED
WHAT TO DO
1.
Ask the Beaver Scouts to chat about characteristics that
make a good friend. Then explain that these characteristics will be used to
create a poem. You may want to write the following sample poem on the board to
get them started:
Good Friends
A good friend
Plays with you,
Laughs with you,
Shares with you,
Talks with you,
Listens to you,
And NEVER,
NEVER,
NEVER,
Tells your secrets