Friday is all about friendship and connection. Spending time with friends, making new ones, and celebrating the people who support us helps us feel good and stay mentally well.
🤝 Friday | #BeFriendly
Friendship is one of the most powerful ways to support our mental health and wellbeing. Good friends help us feel connected, understood, and valued. Today is all about celebrating the people who lift us up, and finding ways to be a kind and thoughtful friend to others.
🌟 Friday Activities
🌳 Friendship Tree
Draw a tree trunk on a large sheet of paper. Then, add handprints from your friends to create the leaves. Write their names on each handprint and celebrate the people who make your life brighter.
📦 Time Capsule
Create a time capsule with your friends. Include letters, photos, or drawings of your favourite memories together. Seal it up and open it in a year to relive the joy!
🖼 Friendship Collage
Cut out images from magazines that remind you of your friends and the things you love to do together. Stick them onto a sheet to create a collage full of friendship and fun.
🐰 Partner Activity: The Rights Rabbit (from the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland)
This activity is kindly shared by our friends at the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland, who work to promote and protect the rights of children and young people across Scotland.
What to do:
- Colour in the Rights Rabbit and add your own creative touches.
- Draw a friendship flower with big petals. Write a word or characteristic that describes a good friend on each petal.
- Play “Rights Rabbit Says”—a fun twist on Simon Says where you give instructions as if you’re a rabbit!
These activities help children explore friendship, kindness, and the importance of feeling included and respected.
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💬 Share Your Friendship
We’d love to see your trees, collages, and colourful rabbits! Share your creations using #MyHealthMyRights and #BeMoreBear on social media.
