BIG IDEAS

Use the Discover a Hobby website to share and compare your favorite hobbies.

Check out the Billings Food Truck Tracker Facebook page to find local food trucks.

Take art classes on the Micheals website.

Learn about ballet by checking out Dance Theatre of Harlem videos.

Hike the Grand Canyon with Treadmill TV.

Help your Little improve their soccer skills with Simply Soccer training videos.

These are old but good. Learn fundamental basketball dribbling and passing drills with Pistol Pete Maravich.

Check out free art lessons at the Wild Free and Crafty YouTube page.

Introduce your Little to engineering and tech on the Discover Engineering website.

Learn how to make simple origami animals.

Billings Public Library events list

Board Game Night at This House of Books: Thursdays, 5-8 pm: Bring a board game or borrow one of dozens there!

Card games; build a card house

Create a mentoring match scrapbook

Cooking/baking

Create a comedy skit

Go to a play at the Billings Studio Theater

Go to an MSUB Music Department concert

Go to an MSUB sporting event (the BBBS office has tickets for this)

Guided meditation

Learn first aid & CPR

Make home made slime

Movies

Play musical instruments

Read a book together

Rube Goldberg machines

Science projects/experiments

Write a short story together

Work on a jigsaw puzzle

CHECK OUT THESE EVENTS CALENDARS:

Billings 365

Billings Public Library Events

Downtown Billings

Laurel Events

Visit MT

The Billings Public Library has a TON of free events and activities, including its TECH Lab for teens.

MSUB Music Department (for orchestra and other music shows; also check out their Facebook page)

Western Heritage Center ($1 admission)

Yellowstone Art Museum (call BBBS office [248-2229] for free admission tickets)

Yellowstone County Museum (Free admission)

AllTrails: Local hiking trails

Billings Parks and Recreation

Dog Parks

Fishing

Frisbee Golf (Folf) Courses

Gardening (small planter; Community Garden with Billings Parks Department)

Geocaching: Join the world’s largest treasure hunt

Go picnicking

Go to the Par 3 Course driving range

Lake Elmo State Park

Laurel Movies Under the Stars (summer only)

Montana Audubon Center

Pictograph Cave State Park

Make sidewalk chalk art

Yellowstone River Parks Association

ZooMontana

1000 Hours Outside

Write a resume

Discuss & work on quarterly or yearly goals (academic; behavioral; social)

Do a mock job interview

Financial planning

Go on a college visit to Montana State University Billings or Rocky Mountain College (contact BBBS office for more information)

Practice writing a job application

Talk about a Little’s career plan, then visit a workplace (the BBBS office can help with this)

Do the Write Thing (anti-violence writing campaign)

Make a homemade card and send to a senior citizen at a nursing home.

See United Way Volunteer Website for list of volunteer opportunities

Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter: Click the link for the application process (they accept volunteers ages 10+)