Visit a museum

-          Museum of Art at BYU. Housed in one of the largest facilities of its kind in the west, this museum features a family interactive center, print study room, theater, art study center, a 75-seat restaurant, bookstore and gift shop. Frequent host of international exhibitions. Lectures, gallery talks and education programs are on-going. (801-378-ARTS)

-          Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. Houses an extensive collection of biological specimens and exhibits. Supports public education programs such as reptile shows, children's programs and a hands-on playroom, gallery presentations, and outreach presentations. (801-378-5051)

-          BYU Museum of Peoples and Cultures. With collections as old as 50,000 years, the museum displays artifacts of prehistoric Utah, the American Southwest, Mesoamerica, and Polynesia. (801-378-6112)

-          BYU Earth Science Museum. Dinosaur lovers of all ages will love this museum housing one of the nation's most extensive fossil collections. (801-378-3680)

-          BYU Planetarium. Construction on the new BYU Planetarium has been completed. The grand opening for the new planetarium is March 22-25. To see a schedule of free public presentations from March 22-March 25 and reserve seats, see website. [http://planetarium.byu.edu/] Cost is normally $2.00.

      For more information, visit www.byu.edu then click on “Arts & Museums”

Visit Ageless Animation and Secret Lab Studios at Thanksgiving Point. - The company specializes in the development of animated children’s films and stopmotion (claymation) production. Current projects include a series of Holiday classics like ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas and originals like Cupid –The First Valentine’s Day. Tours are welcome during museum hours of 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children. For more information call 801-885-2814.

Visit historical sites and talk about the important events that happened. [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/UT/Utah/state.html]

Be part of the studio audience for a local talk show called The U.C., hear concerts by local artists, or watch a free movie at the Tahitian Noni Visitor’s Center in Provo. Everything is free. Check out [http://www.visittni.com] for more information.

Learn about a culture then make food from that country or taste that food at a local restaurant. Try fried bananas with beans and crème at the El Salvadorian Restaurant on Provo Center Street.

Go to the Peppermint Place Candy Factory in Alpine; See how they make Kencraft candies—155 E. 200 N. Alpine.

Work on a hobby together (scrapbooking, collecting, models, etc.)

Play a sport together (Frisbee, football, soccer, baseball, jump rope, etc.)

Play catch.

Challenge another mentor and mentee to two-on-two basketball.

Go skateboarding.

Play Ping Pong.

Exercise together. The Orem Rec. Center has good facilities. $3.50 for adults. $2.50 for children under 14.

Go swimming (Orem Rec. Center or Veteran’s memorial park in Provo in the summer).

Go fishing.

Have a water fight.

Jump on a trampoline.

Help your mentee learn a new talent (play a musical instrument, cooking, mechanics, woodcarving, etc.).

Help your mentee practice a talent he / she already has.

Check local college or high school sports schedules; Chose an event to attend together.

Check out lesser-known sports like field hockey, rugby, or lacrosse. Learn the rules and attend the event.

Play on playground equipment together.

Do ice cream sculpting with blocks of ice cream.

Play kids games with your mentee and family or friends, such as “Red Rover,” Dodge Ball, tag, hopscotch, marbles, jump rope, etc.

Go sledding and drink hot chocolate.

Dip pretzels in melted chocolate.

Visit a city council meeting [http://www.provo.org/council.meetings_main.html].

Discuss the responsibilities of a good citizen.

Learn about the Constitution.

Take your mentee to the Provo library, sign him up for a library card, check out some interesting books or videos, look at the picture/photography books on the second floor, sign up for an e-mail account and teach him how to check it-- send him an e-mail right away from your account.

Check local college cultural events and chose an event to attend.

Learn to play a new game like chess or a card game.

Go out to ice cream or to get pizza and just get to know each other.

Make cookies together and deliver them to your mentee's friends or someone they know who could use cheering up.

Help your mentee do a chore or a favor around the house.

Cook a meal together. Include your mentee in buying the materials, cooking, and cleaning up.

Take another mentor and mentee and build a bonfire in the canyon. Have a fire-starting contest. Make smores or roast hot dogs. Make foil dinners and cook on a grill over a campfire.

Go to ClasRopes in Orem and conquer your fear on the ropes course or rock wall. Clasropes often sends coupons to students.

Read a story together or watch a movie with a good moral and talk about the lessons learned.

Have a personal show-and-tell. Bring some photos and items important to you and have your mentee do the same.

Talk about your mentee’s goals and dreams and what needs to be done to achieve them. Make a plan to achieve a short-term goal.

Explore the community on bikes. Take a picnic lunch to eat in a park or canyon.

Research information on political candidates who are running in local and national elections and get your mentee involved in campaigning.

Bake bread, cookies, or other goodies from scratch.

Fly a kite.

Attend local fairs, parades, and festivals. All the small Utah county towns have celebrations (usually in the summer).

Celebrate your birthdays, other holidays, or any other special day.

-          Make cards for the mentee's family for birthdays, Mother's Day, Father's Day, etc.

Feed the ducks. There are a lot at Wilderness Paul Ream Park,1600 W. 500 N., Provo.

Skip rocks on a lake or catch bugs.

Make a short movie together.

Plant a flower or vegetable and help your mentee make it grow.

Introduce your mentee to a variety of types of music through listening to CD’s and attending concerts

Select books you can read to each other.

Pick you mentee up early, get a fast food breakfast and eat it somewhere interesting.

Take advantage of the seasons. Build a snowman or play in the snow, jump in a pile of leaves in the autumn or drive at the canyon to look at the new spring leaves or wildflowers.

Dye Easter eggs, carve pumpkins, decorate a tree, make valentines… etc.

Make a list of you and your mentee’s hobbies, interests, and talents. Think of ways you can develop or share these. Show genuine interest in theirs.

"Reverse trick-or-treat." Knock on doors and give them candy.

Talk about your work, major, or classes.

Invite your mentee to "shadow" you at work if possible or to visit a job he/she is interested in.

Take your mentee to some of your classes or let them participate in interesting homework or projects you are doing.

Take your mentee to visit UVSC or BYU campus and talk about what you need to do to go to college. For a formal tour of BYU on one of those cool golf carts, contact the BYU Hosting Center on Campus Drive. Tours Monday-Friday on the hour from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. by appointment. Call 422-4678.

If your mentee is interested and if you have permission from his or her parent or guardian, take them to your church activity or offer to attend a church activity with them.

Help your mentee get involved in an appropriate organization, such as scouting or little league.

Whenever possible, involve your mentee in activities with your family or your friends. Many of the mentees have little experience in appropriate family interaction and peer relation.

Teach your mentee life skills. Take them grocery shopping, wash your car together, change the oil, sew, etc.

Work on learning another language.

Have a game night.

Do activities with the mentee’s family

-          Play games together

-          Celebrate birthdays or special family holidays.

-          Help the mentee plan a “family home evening” for their family.

Learn how to make beaded bracelets or decorate sunglasses with jewels and sequins.

Hike the Y or hike anywhere.

Go to DI and make cheap purchase. Find some cool retro clothes. You can call ahead for a tour of the store.

Take pictures of your activities together.

Scrapbook an event you two did together.

Cook a meal together. Invite friends or family.

Help your mentee decorate his/her room or add new pieces of furniture you can decorate together.

Go to the library to do research for school projects.

Have a beauty day, doing each other’s hair, nails, etc. Experiment with different hair styles at home.

Learn about good hygiene

Have an etiquette dinner.

Learn about good posture, dress, speech, etc.

Learn how to fix something. Help your mentee tune up his/her bike.

Go on a scavenger hunt. Make a list of things to search for.

Check out a book on origami and try to make some of the designs.

Take the bus to an activity or take Trax into Salt Lake City.

Visit the Nicklecade in Orem (coupons sometimes come in the mail).

Miniature golf.

Laser Tag

Bowling (At BYU game center BYU students get one free game and shoe rental each year, M-F before 6:00 p.m.)

Roller Skating. Classic Skating 250 S. State, Orem.

Ice skating. The Peaks Ice Arena, 100 N. Seven Peaks Blvd., Provo. 377-8777.

If your mentee is enrolled in the 4-H Mentoring Taekwondo class, attend with him or her. Thursday from 3:00 – 4:15 p.m. in Timpanogos El. Gym. Friday from 2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. in Dixon Middle School Dance Room.

Write letters to armed-service members or missionaries you know.

Build something cool using gumdrops and toothpicks

Have a paper airplane building contest.

Get some tinfoil and make small boats. Put the boats in a sink and see whose boat can hold the most pennies.

Support your mentee at a school activity such as an athletic competition or performance.

Attend special occasions in your mentee’s life—baptisms, scout Court of Honor, Little League games, soccer games, concerts, etc.      Go to the dollar store and see who can get the coolest thing for $1.00

Involve you mentee in a service project. Help them feel the positive feelings that come from doing something with no thought of the reward.