Go on a walk and collect interesting rocks, leaves, etc

Card games: Uno, Crazy 8, Old Maid

Play badminton or croquet

Go for a walk, scavenger hunt

Visit a pet store

Scrapbook together

Read books

Go Bowling (All Star Lanes coupon)

Go to a roller rink

Play board games: monopoly, Life, Sorry, Hangman, charades, checkers, chess, etc.

Go to a Museum: Dahl Auto Museum, Children’s Museum, La Crosse Area Heritage Center, Minnesota Marine Arts Museum, Watkins Museum, Police Museum, etc.) 

Ask to visit a local fire or police station

Visit the humane society and offer to walk the dogs

Play computer/video games together

Shop for a cook a meal together

Bake a treat

Try mastering something difficult: juggling, watercolor painting, etc

Paint portraits of one another

Start a hobby together: astronomy, sewing, music, singing, drama, dance, stained glass, painting, poetry, woodworking

Start a collection: stamps, rocks, coins, comics, bugs, dolls, figures, sports cards

Walk, train, and play with your dog

Build a model car, plane, or rocket

Create a book club for you and other matches

Visit the public library

Work with clay, or paper mache

Research your family tree

Attend your Little’s school play or sporting event to cheer them on!

Watch the same TV show each week, then call to talk about it

Do a science project together using household products

Make a volcano

Go to a Trampoline Park

Watch a local sports team! (UWL Athletics, Viterbo Athletics, Loggers Game, etc)

Help your Little with a school project

Take your Little to your place of employment

Pretend to go camping in your backyard and create a fire, set up a tent, and roast smores

Create or paint pottery at All Glazed up

Try an escape room (The Great Escape La Crosse) with other matches

Go stargazing (on the bluffs!)

Make a Log Cabin or other creations out of popsicle sticks

Try a new restaurant together

Try a new food together

Go to the La Crosse movie theater

Do a puzzle together

Play arcade games together

Make your own T shirts with fabric markers and colored glue

Go to the YMCA and play basketball, swim, etc.

Teach your Little valuable life skills, including maintaining a bike (replace chain, repair brakes), changing oil in a car, jump starting a car, changing a tire, tying a tie, etc.

Eat lunch with your Little at school

If comfortable, visit your littles church or your church. 

Have your Little teach you something

Volunteer together! Ideas: Habitat for Humanity, Salvation Army, deliver food for Meals on Wheels, help out at a homeless shelter or food pantry, nursing home, or volunteer at a BBBS event

Visit the UW-La Crosse Planetarium

Go to a coffee shop and read together

Go shopping at the mall

Do a get to know you game/competition

Do Buzzfeed quizzes together

Go to Goodwill and thrift an outfit for one another

Attend a Big Brothers Big Sisters Agency Sponsored Activity (link)

Make a calendar to schedule outings together and plan ahead!

Keep a journal of all your outings together and what you liked/disliked about each

Make friendship bracelets

Visit a local courthouse and observe a court hearing

Make paper airplanes

Go rock climbing or try out a ropes course

Go to a gem and mineral show

Create a puppet show and show your friends/family

Create a movie or trailer on iMovie

Play chef/restaurant

Run errands with your Little and teach them about grocery shopping, budgeting etc

Write a letter to your Little on your match anniversary telling what you have noticed about him/her in the last year. (ex positive change, growth)

Learn a new language together. 

Look up new words in the dictionary

Plan for a money-earning project and save money for a special event

If your Little is a teenager, practice completing job and college applications

Play a musical instrument or learn one together

Spend time on a college campus

Teach your Little good phone etiquette, how to leave messages, how to use emergency phone numbers

Take a first aid class together

Build and bury a time capsule

Paint a fence or room

Go to a dance performance, concert, or art show