Items Needed
- Pencils and Coloring supplies
- Choose one option:
- Paper and Scissors
- Index Cards
- Chore Coupons template
Instructions
- Ask scouts how they help out at home and explain that helpful actions can be big or small, like taking out the garbage or helping with a pet. Share that families are teams, and everyone has a part to play. Explain they’ll create chore coupons to help with new chores at home.
- Cut three rectangular strips of paper, use index cards, or cut and use the Chore Coupons template.
- Have scouts choose three chores they don’t usually do at home. Ask scouts to draw a picture of each chore on a coupon and decorate them.
- If time allows, let scouts share their coupons with the group and encourage them to give the coupons to their family members.
- Remind them to explain how family members can use the coupons when they need help around the house.
Chore Ideas:
A list of simple and age-appropriate chores for very young scouts:
- Set the table for meals
- Help clear the table after eating
- Assist with watering plants
- Pull weeds for a short time
- Pick up toys and put them away
- Match socks when folding laundry
- Feed a pet with supervision
- Help put groceries away
- Dust low surfaces with a cloth
- Wipe down tables or counters with a damp cloth
- Help make the bed
- Sweep small areas with a child-sized broom
- Carry lightweight items to their proper place
- Help sort recycling or trash
- Be a “kitchen helper” for cooking or baking prep
- Help organize books or games on shelves
- Offer a “free cuddle” or “helping hand” to a family member
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