Having Fun at Home

Here are ideas for activities you can at home that require very few supplies and that will make time at home more fun!

Story in Pictures

• Think of a story you enjoy hearing or telling. It can be a true story, a traditional story, or a story you invent.
• Think of six important scenes in the story, including the beginning and the end.
• Fold a piece of paper into six squares. Draw the six important scenes in the boxes.

Find Poetry

• Spend a day listening to the things that you hear people around you say. Write down the words, phrases or sentences you overhear.
• Create a poem by putting the words, phrases or sentences together in any order you like.

Happiness Jar

• Gather positive messages about life and happiness from books you have read, adolescents or adults in the community. Add your own creative ideas for positive messages.
• Write each message on a small piece of paper and put them into a jar.
• Each morning pull one quote from the jar and read it to yourself or others.

Recycled Mosaic

• Find old magazines and newspapers, plastic bags of different colors, or scraps of fabric.
• Cut them into small squares, around 1cm/1cm.
• Make a picture by gluing squares onto a piece of paper.

Imagine a Better Place

• Choose a place in your community.
• Imagine what would make it a better place for adolescents.
• Draw a picture to show your vision.

Imagine an Invention

• Think of a problem that you face every day. It can be a big problem or a small problem.
• Imagine an invention that would make the problem better or solve it.
• Draw a diagram of the invention you imagined. Write an explanation so other people can understand how it would work.

Bird's Eye and Bug's Eye

• Imagine what a place in your community looks like through the eyes of a bird flying above or sitting high in a tree. Draw a picture of what it would see.
• Imagine the same place from the point of view of an ant or a beetle standing on the ground. Draw a picture of what it would see.

Picture Frames

• Find pebbles, scraps of paper or plastic, glue, and large rectangular pieces of paper or newspaper.
• Glue pebbles, scraps or paper or plastic around the border of the large rectangular pieces of paper. Let it dry.
• Cut out the centre of the paper and use it as a picture frame.