Make a ‘Feed The Monkey’ game based on a traditional side-show game
Craft
Make banana shaped invites to invite your friends to a monkey themed party
Craft
Monkey is the 9th animal on the Chinese Zodiac. People born in the Year of the Monkey are said to be creative. Get creative and try a new craft of your choice
Craft
Turn your meeting place into a jungle hideout. Make a den or decorate using recycled materials
Craft
The world’s smallest monkey is the size of a hamster, make a tiny pipe cleaner monkey to cling to your pencils and pens
Craft
Make a monkey door hanger to keep all those mischievous chimps at bay! You can find templates on line or make your own
Craft
Find out about why we celebrate Christmas and tell others
Other
Find out what other faiths believe in/how they celebrate ‘Christmas’ and ‘New Year’
Other
Take part in the Samaritan’s Operation Christmas Child
Other
Go carol singing locally around your area. Why not see if you can visit a residential home - the residents will love to hear you singing?!
Other
Hold a Christmas concert in your unit with each member participating in some way
Other
Make some Christmas themed pairs cards and see who can match all the pairs the quickest or play snap
Games
Have a snowman/Santa themed beetle drive
Games
Have a race to make your own Toilet Paper Snowmen
Games
Have your own eco-friendly indoor snowball fight with balls of old recycled newspaper
Games
Play ‘Fruit Salad’ but swap the fruits for: Holly, Snowmen, Robins and Santas and for ‘Fruit Salad’ shout ‘Christmas’. Alternatively play the game and make up your own names
Games
Make reindeer biscuits or decorate cupcakes to look like Rudolf you can use a gingerbread man upside down to make Rudolf biscuits - have a go!
Food
Make some mince pies! You can also make ‘chocolate pies’ in the same way replacing the mincemeat with chocolate spread!
Food
Make a snowman on a stick using marshmallows.
Food
Make chocolate dipped spoons for a super tasty Christmas hot chocolate
Food
Make some Chocolate truffles to give as a gift
Food
Either buy a kit or make your own gingerbread house and decorate it with sweets/icing
Food
Make some simple sweets and put them in pretty packaging to give as a gift
Craft
Make some scented bath bombs as a gift to give
Craft
Fill your own clear glass baubles to make a unique decoration
Craft
Make your own advent calendar - be as creative as you like!
Craft
Make a salt dough Christmas ornament for your tree/door or fire place don’t forget to make it individual and unique
Craft
Use hand painting to create a Christmas wreath
Craft
Make a Santa hat/outfit for your Teddy Bear
Craft
Decorate some Teddy Bear themed Christmas cards
Craft
Using old jam jars - make your own snow globes creating a fun Christmas snow scene with glitter
Craft
Hold your own relaxing pamper night. Why not invite a local beautician to teach you how to massage?
Other
Find out which religion doesn’t eat pork and why
Other
March 1st is National Pig Day - celebrate and mark the day with some of your Year of the Pig activities!
Other
Pig squeals can reach up to 130 Decibels (Db) and a jet engine can reach 120Db. How loud can you be?
Other
Do a Random Act of Kindness for someone you don’t know. It could be as small as smiling at someone you don’t know or buying a hot drink for a homeless person
Other
Pigs are generous and considerate. Donate toys/games to a local charity shop
Other
Think of others and do a good turn each day of the week between your meetings. Record what you did and who you helped.
Other
Grow your own Marguerite flowers - the lucky flowers of those born in the Year of the Pig
Other
Test your aim and throw balls into ‘pitcher plants’
Games
Test your intelligence with a range of puzzles, quizzes and clues
Games
Pigs squeals can reach up to 130 decibels. See how quiet you can be with a game of Chinese Whispers
Games
Play a game of ‘Sleeping Pigs’ (‘Sleeping Lions’ to you and me!)
Games
Pigs have a very long memory. Test yourself with a memory game
Games
Pigs have very poor eyesight. Have a go at a nightline or complete an obstacle course blindfolded
Games
How fast can you run through a zig-zag of cones?
Games
Play the game ‘Feel Good Flip Dots’ using the resource from our website
Games
Play 2 truths and a lie. See if people can guess which is which!
Games
Have a go at baking your own fortune cookies, either write your own fortunes to give to a friend or print some off from the internet
Food
Pigs are used to hunt truffle. Try truffle/truffle oil
Food
Pigs sense of smell is thought to be 2000 times more sensitive than humans. Can you identify different foods just by their smell?
Food
Pigs are social. Organise a dinner party for friends. Why not make a stir-fry and spring rolls and turn it in to a Chinese banquet?
Food
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