Activity Ideas

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• Come to a BBBS event! • Cooking/baking • Fort Wayne • Tour Amish Country • Read newspaper Children’s Zoo • Little River Wetlands cartoons • Mad Ants • Eagle Marsh • Read comic books basketball • ACRES Land Trust preserves • Visit area • TinCaps baseball • Saloman Farm Park attractions • Fort Wayne Pinball • Downtown Walking Tour • Bargain hunting • Foellinger- • Lindenwood Cemetery • Lemonade stand Freimann • July 4 Fireworks • Science project Botanical • Visit the Old Fort • Used book store Conservatory • Tour Sweetwater • Start a collection • Walk about Parkview Field • Johnny Appleseed Festival • Scrapbooking • See show at the • Lifetime Sports Academy • Farmer’s market Embassy Theatre • Wildcat Baseball • Fort Wayne • Ice skating • Check out the Minion near Aviation Museum Ossian • Black Pine Animal • Creative Women of the World • Visit Markle water town Sanctuary Smiley Face • Laser X • The History Center • See World’s Largest Egg in • Roller Dome North • Lakeside Park Mentone • Science Central Sunken Rose Gardens • Visit meeting point of Ohio, • Fort Wayne Michigan and Indiana in Museum of Art • Three Rivers Steuben County • Fort Wayne Festival • See nation’s second-largest Komets hockey • Karpeles flag on Coliseum Boulevard • Fast track racing Manuscript Library Museum • See the Batmobile on a pole at • Fort Wayne Auburn’s Kruse Plaza Philharmonic • Tour Chief Richardville House • Check out Berne’s • Fort Wayne Youth Muensterberg Plaza Theatre • Bass Mansion tour • See “Oscar” the Beast of Busco • Putt Putt Fun • Try Fort Wayne Curling Club • Check out the Frog Rock on Center Ardmore Avenue • TAG Art Company • Fox Island • Combat Ops Laser • Watch goalball at Turnstone • Tokens ‘N Tickets Tag • Explore River Greenway • Ultrazone • Lindenwood Nature Preserve • Hanson Observation • Bisque It Pottery • African/African- Deck/Limestone quarry Painting Studio American • Check out covered bridges Historical Society

• Heritage Park at 122nd Fighter Museum Wing Air National Guard Base Virtual • Fort Wayne • Memorial Park Firefighters • Foster Park flowers • Take an online Museum • Veterans Memorial National tour • Drive-in movie Shrine and Museum • Read a book theatres at Garrett, • Tour Fort Wayne murals together Wabash and • Take a walk • Tour online Huntington • Play catch/shoot baskets museums • Garrett Historical • Frisbee/Cornhole • Check out NASA Railroad Museum • Crafts • Tour national • Hoosier Air • Visit the library parks Museum in Auburn • School events • Virtually tour • Mid-American • Play cards theme parks Windmill Museum in Kendallville • Play a board game • Tour National • Toboggan Run at • Chess/Checkers/backgammon Aquarium Pokagon State • Puzzles • Take virtual roller Park • Painting/drawing/sculpting coaster ride • Movies • Write a story together • Take an online class • Eat • Build a model • Help with • Ice cream • Splash pad homework • Concerts • Pretend job interview • Online exercise • Sporting events • Work on homework class • Summer fairs • Listen to music • Tour landmarks • Museum • Meet professionals from their like Eifel Tower, • Malls areas of interest Taj Mahal, Sidney • Go to the • Bring a Little to work day Opera House beach/pool • Work out together • Play brain teasers • Bowl/Join a league • Research topic • TikTok dances • Take CPR class • Enter a contest together • Painting lesson • General car care • Family function from Bob Ross class • Program your electronics • Try out podcasts • Visit state park • Teach manners • Explore Mars • Take a class • Personal hygiene • Great Barrier Reef together • Dream up vacations tour • Holiday shopping • Grocery shopping • Ask Allen County • Visit farm • How to sign checks/finances Public Library and • Pumpkin patch • Iron/wash clothes • Play 20 questions Science Central for • Tour haunted • Volunteer ideas house • Host birthday party for pet • If you can imagine • Golfing/Driving • Roller blading it, it’s out there range • Biking • Batting cage • Visit your past favorite spots • Rent a canoe • Learn to juggle • Build something • Paper airplanes together • Visit airport • Auto racing • Visit a train station • Eat some more • Car show • Fishing • Picnic • Clean up litter • Four-leaf clovers • Snow shovel • Snow sledding • Trace a family tree • Write your own play • Look at cloud shapes • Talk about life • How to fill out job application/build resume • Build a fort • Catch lightning bugs • Feed ducks • Walk a dog • Church service • Watch high school/college sports/events • Meet other Bigs/Littles • Check out Parks and Rec activities • Check out charity events • Tour your own city • County fairs • Start a garden • Field trips • Study the stars • Take pictures • Adopt a grandparent at retired home • Bury a time capsule • Celebrate half birthday • Local parade • Write a family newsletter • Design holiday card • Visit police/fire departments • Make a collage • Bonfire/roast marshmallows • Paint or draw a T-shirt design • Attend art show • Wash car/water war • Make a calendar • Mow the grass • Watch YouTube • Make homemade pizza/cookies/ice cream • Write a letter • Chemistry set • Visit a college • Build house of cards • Decorate eggs • Carve pumpkin • Decorate Christmas tree • Try pickleball • Fly a kite • Take an art class • Camp out in the backyard