Activities
Activities for Girls 6-8
- Strong, Smart, and Bold Card Game: This game challenges girls to be strong through exercise, uses their minds to question what true beauty really is, and dares them to be bold through silly challenges!
- Learn a Hula With Mila!: Take a fun trip to virtual Hawaii and learn the hula!
- Stuffed Animal Workout: Grab your favorite stuffed animal and follow along with this interactive and fun physical activity!
- Make Your Own Mancala Board Game: Girls will DIY their very own mancala board game using a few simple household items.
- My Special Talents: With the support of a trusted adult, girls will explore the talents that make them unique and create a Talent T-shirt.
- Five Senses Empathy Experiments: Let’s practice empathy in a fun way by using our five senses to understnad how others feel!
- Drawing Using a Reference Photo: This activity is focused on learning how to use a reference photo to draw an animal.
- Indoor Scavenger Hunt:Â Girls will conduct a scavenger hunt searching for common items in their rooms and living areas.
- Letter to a Friend:Â Write a letter to your good friend, put a stamp on the letter and send it through the mail! Maybe you’ll get a letter back!
- ABCs of Saving: Girls will learn about the importance of saving and make a plan to save for an item of their choice.
- Science Exploration with Wow in the World: Girls will explore the wonders of the world with the kids’ podcast, Wow in the World.
- Family Put-Up Party: Let’s make posters to reminder our family how loved and special they are!
- Rainbow Poem: Girls will express creativity and make a poem using rainbow colors and words.
Activities for Girls 9-11
- Vision Board: Girls will visualize goals through pictures, drawings, and media.
- Get Movin’ with Girls Inc.!: This activity is designed to get girls up and moving with physical activity and fun!
- Interview Time: Girls will spend time interviewing a woman in their life to learn more about her history, successes, challenges and more.
- Nature Walk: Spend some time outside and observe the beauty of nature.
- Let’s Get to Business!: Interested in starting your own company? Download this activity to learn how to create a simple business plan to get you started!
- Make Your Own Mancala Board Game: Girls will DIY their very own mancala board game using a few simple household items.
- Five Senses Empathy Experiments: Let’s practice empathy in a fun way by using our five senses to understnad how others feel!
- Rube Goldberg Machine: Girls will design and build their own Rube Goldberg Machine while reflecting on how machines and engineering contribute to our everyday lives.
- Drawing Using a Reference Photo: This activity is focused on learning how to use a reference photo to draw an animal.
- Weave Your Own Bookmark:Â Learn to make a loom and weave endless amounts of custom bookmarks!
- Egg Shell Geode:Â Girls will use recycled eggshells to create homemade geodes and experience what it is like to be a geologist.
- Science Exploration with Wow in the World: Girls will explore the wonders of the world with the kids’ podcast, Wow in the World.
- Family Put-Up Party: Let’s make posters to reminder our family how loved and special they are!
- Leopard Print Nail Tutorial: Learn how to do leopard print nail art!
- Self-Esteem Meter: Learn to create and personalize a meter to fit your self-esteem journey.
- Love Tree: Girls will create a “love tree” to practice speaking positively to themselves.
- Coffee Cup Mother’s Day Card: Let’s make a Mother’s Dya card for all the strong, smart, and bold women in our life!
- Floral Nail Art Tutorial for Beginners: Learn how to do beginner floral nail art!
- Paper Bead Art: Make your own beads from paper and glue! Create a necklace or bracelet for someone special in your life.
Activities for Girls 12-14
- Vision Board:Â Girls will visualize goals through pictures, drawings, and media.
- Create Your Dream Space, Session 1: Girls will explore and map the space they live in, then design their own dream living space.
- Create Your Dream Space, Session 2: Girls will explore further how to create their dream living space!
- Seven Day Journal Challenge: This activity allows girls to explore different forms of journaling with a different writing prompt every day.
- Positive Thoughts and Affirmation Station: Learn how to thinking and speak positive affirmations to yourself.
- Professional Development: Learn how to turn your goals into trackable habits!
- Nature Walk: Spend some time outside and observe the beauty of nature.
- Easy DIY Nail Art Activity: Use items around your house to create fun and easy nail art!
- Drawing Using a Reference Photo: This activity is focused on learning how to use a reference photo to draw an animal.
- Egg Shell Geode:Â Girls will use recycled eggshells to create homemade geodes and experience what it is like to be a geologist.
- Ombre Nail Tutorial:Â Learn the basics of creating ombre nails!
- Discovering Your Core Values:Â Follow this guide to find out what really matters to you.
- Leopard Print Nail Tutorial: Learn how to do leopard print nail art!
- Genetic Traits Study: Girls will analyze genetic traits and learn how genes affect characteristics such as hair color, earlobe shape, dimples and much more.
- Science Exploration with Short Wave Podcast: Explore science and creativity with an episode of the exciting podcast, Short Wave!
- Self-Esteem Meter: Learn to create and personalize a meter to fit your self-esteem journey.
- Encyclopedia Womannica: Girls are often introduced–or re-introduced– to the powerful women leaders often left out of history books with the podcast Encyclopedia Womannica.
- Floral Nail Art Tutorial for Beginners: Learn how to do beginner floral nail art!
- Weather Tracking: Girls use their five senses and other tools to track and record the weather.
Activities for Girls 15-18
- Vision Board:Â Girls will visualize goals through pictures, drawings, and media.
- Meditation Moment: Girls will learn to manage their stress in healthy ways.
- Full Plate: Girls will learn the importance of time management and produce a schedule for the week.
- Seven Day Journal Challenge: This activity allows girls to explore different forms of journaling with a different writing prompt every day.
- Professional Development: Learn how to turn your goals into trackable habits!
- Nature Walk: Spend some time outside and observe the beauty of nature.
- Personality Testing: Teens can take online assessments to understand their personality and leadership styles, and incorporate the results into their career goals.
- Skin Glow Sugar Scrub: Teens will make a homemade sugar scrub to practice self-care and relax.
- Drawing Using a Reference Photo: This activity is focused on learning how to use a reference photo to draw an animal.
- The Native Beauty of Hawaii:Â Learn about a few of the native flowers that grow on the island of Oahu and their uses in Hawaiian culture!
- Discovering Your Core Values:Â Follow this guide to find out what really matters to you.
- Leopard Print Nail Tutorial: Learn how to do leopard print nail art!
- Science Exploration with Short Wave Podcast: Explore science and creativity with an episode of the exciting podcast, Short Wave!
- How Can We Vote, Part 1: Explore how non-eligible voters can talk to their friends and families about voting.
- How Can We Vote, Part 2: Discussion and information about the Census and how it can benefit us.
- Writing a Short Story: Use this guide and your imagination to create an exciting, short story.
- Self-Esteem Meter: Learn to create and personalize a meter to fit your self-esteem journey.
- Encyclopedia Womannica: Girls are often introduced–or re-introduced– to the powerful women leaders often left out of history books with the podcast Encyclopedia Womannica.
- Floral Nail Art Tutorial for Beginners: Learn how to do beginner floral nail art!
- Positive Parent or Guardian Affirmations: Girls will create uplifting and encouraging messages for the loved ones that care for and inspire them.
- Comic Strips: Girls will create a character and make their own three-panel comic story.
- Weather Tracking: Girls use their five senses and other tools to track and record the weather.
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