Family Fun Jar

Have you read “Bedtime for Felix” on page 36? You can bring smiles to your family any day of the week! Make a jar full of fun ideas to try.

Cut out the ideas below and put them in an empty jar.
Add your own activity ideas.
Pick a paper from the jar when you’re bored or just want to have fun! Then write and tell us how it went. (See page 39.)

Act out a scene from a book or movie while others try to guess it.
Look at pictures or videos from a favorite family vacation.
Draw a picture of a temple to hang in your room.
Create a collage out of pictures from old Friend magazines.
Use binoculars to spot as many birds as you can.
Go for a walk and point out five things you never noticed before.
Mail stars to the Friend about how you let your light shine like Jesus asked us to!
Put on a flying show with decorated paper airplanes.
Ask your parents to help you cook a family recipe.
Toss a ball back and forth as far apart as you can.
Make puppets out of paper bags or socks and put on a play.
Build a fort out of chairs and blankets big enough for your whole family.
Write nice notes and hide them around your house.
Dress up like scripture characters and act out a scripture story.
Hide a treasure and make clues for others to find it.
Play a board game, or create one of your own.