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Description

Learn what makes a good friend with a game and craft

Resources

Pens or pencils
Coloured paper
Scissors
String
Hole punch

Instructions

Put two signs at either end of the meeting space. One sign should say ‘a good friend’ and the other should say ‘not a
good friend’. You could also use smiley and sad face emojis, or different colours.

Play a game
1. Gather everyone together in a circle.
2. Ask everyone what it means to be a good friend. They may have ideas like sharing, helping people who are
struggling, and being kind and helpful.
3. Everyone should stand in a line in the middle of the space.
4. Read out one of the 'Friendship scenarios'.
5. Everyone should take a moment to decide whether the sentence is about being a good friend or a not so good friend.
6. Count to three. When they reach three, everyone should move to the sign that matches the sentence - either if they
think it’s something a good friend would do, or something not a good friend would do.
7. Everyone should move at the same time. Try to encourage people to make up their own minds, and not just copy their
friends. Remind people it’s OK if people have different opinions. Being a good friend involves listening and respecting
differences, and friendship can be complicated.
8. Ask some people why they decided to move to that sign. They may think about what’s likely to happen next in the
situation or how the friend made other people feel.

Make a Friendship Circle
1. Beavers draw round their hands on coloured paper and cut out.
2. Write their name in the hand and a 'quality' they like in a friend.
3. All the paper hands should be joined together with string (use a hole punch).
4. Tie the ends of the string together with a reef knot to mimic our World Membership badge.

Tags

• friend
• friendship

Badge Links

• Teamwork - Friend