Big Brothers Big Sisters

of Hampshire County

Bangs Community Center
70 Boltwood Walk
Amherst, MA 01002

Phone: (413) 259-3345

Fax: (413) 259-3354

Email: bbbshc@chd.org
Program Director: Renee Moss

Share pictures, stories, and fun memories with your Little
Make all about Me posters together -using magazine clippings, makers, paint etc
Teach your Little a sport or hobby that you enjoy then ask them to teach you something
Start a scrapbook of things you've done together

Check out a museum or library
Download cool site: snood.com
Instead of ordering a pizza, MAKE YOUR OWN!
Decorate Easter Eggs
Bake a pie
Create your own valentines
Make a collage with pictures from old magazines and newspapers
Make holiday cards and help your Little address and send them
Think of New Year's resolutions
Have a fun spa day….do finger and toe nails, facials, hair etc.
Try yoga
Roast pumpkin seeds
Make a jack o' lantern
Create and/or brainstorm Halloween costume ideas
Talk about upcoming elections and related topics, obviously appropriate ones,
with your Little regarding the voting process and things of interest to you
Surf the Internet for interesting things; here are a few sites:
www.nick.com, www.pbs.org, www.fivecolleges.edu
Burn a CD of your favorite songs
Go to the movies or rent a video
Paint an original T-shirt that both of you can wear
Go bowling
Write a letter to an author of a book your Little really likes
Learn to count or learn some phrases in a foreign language
Make some yummy cookies
Roast marshmallows over a candle (Please be careful!)
Start a stamp collection
Finger-paint with chocolate, lemon or strawberry pudding
Meditate together
Take turns styling each other's hair