Looking for ways to get even more from your Friendship Book? Here’s a list of great activities to try (download PDF here):

SLUMBER PARTY. The kids can participate in a fun activity with their friends and also have a fabulous keepsake and memory of the night.

BIRTHDAY PARTY. Get enough Friendship Books for you and all of your friends. Together, have fun filling them in and decorating them with stickers. Read the best answers out loud and share what you have learned about each other.

PRE-GIFT. Normally, you wouldn’t use a present before giving it away. However, by filling in a friend’s page before giving a Friendship Book, you make it even more special. When given as a family gift, you can have multiple family members fill in pages before presenting it. Think of the fun that will be had reading what the adults want to be when they grow up or learning their least favorite school subject.

FAREWELL PRESENT. Pass it around to your classmates before moving to a new town/school. This is a great way to have everyone’s contact info, picture and memories in one place.

WELCOME PRESENT. Welcome a new friend to your class or neighborhood with a Friendship Book.

KEEP IN TOUCH WITH DISTANT FAMILY. Who doesn’t like getting mail? Mail your Friendship Book to family living in other cities, states or even overseas. When your book comes back, pass it on to the next family member. This is a wonderful opportunity to stay in touch and share with your distant family members: cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents.

GET-WELL PRESENT. Is one of your classmates or friends in the hospital or sick at home? Surprise them with a filled in Friendship Book.

HOMESCHOOL KEEPSAKE. Are you a parent who homeschools her/his children? Friendship Books are the perfect way for your children to stay in touch with their friends and preserve precious childhood memories.

GUESSING GAME. Cut as many little pieces of paper as you have friends. Choose your favorite question from the book and write it on each piece of paper. Provide each friend a question, then have each friend write down their secret answer. Later, you can draw the answers and guess who wrote it. Have fun guessing who is who.

SECRET GROUP GAME. Divide your friends into three or more groups. Each group secretly picks one person to fill in the friends’ pages. You act as the moderator and read the answers out loud to the other groups. The group guessing the correct person wins. In the next round, each group picks another person and the guessing starts again. It’s fun to see how much you really know about each other.

CLASS REUNION. 10, 15 or 20 years from now, bring your treasured Friendship Book to your class reunion. Enjoy sharing your memories.

As a big THANK YOU, we are offering a 4 week anniversary special (February 10 – March 9, 2012) for online orders (USA):
$12 per Friendship Book.  Stock up for upcoming birthdays and special events!

We are also offering discounts for international orders during our 4 week anniversary special. Customers ordering from outside the USA, please contact us for exact quotes at info@friendshipbook.com.

Thank you to all our friends!

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We have developed several lesson plans for K-6 grade students, which were presented at the Montana State Reading Conference in Billings in fall, 2011: http://www.montanareads.org. We are happy to share these lesson plans with interested educators. They are easy to implement, educational, social and fun. Please contact us at info@friendshipbook.com to receive your free lesson plans.

Friendship Books are ideal for classroom activities. They also provide tools for coaches, homeschooling parents, counselors, scout and camp leaders to help children to reach out to each other, learn more about each other and value the importance of friendships and childhood memories. Friendship Book entries also provide a valuable resource for other social activities like reading clubs, field trips and school events. Friendship Books are educational, fun and social – offline.

Click to download “Friendship Book Lesson Plan”

This summer, families across the States are buying and selling homes. Thousands of children move with their families to different schools, neighborhoods, and towns. They are being uprooted, forced to say good-bye to their friends and need to make new friends quickly. Friendship Books can help children ease these moves by creating a lasting childhood keepsake and memory book for friends both old and new. Friendship Books help make new friends, which in turn reduce the emotional stress for both children and parents.

Friendship Books are the ideal gift for realtors to give the children of their customers. The gift of a Friendship Book shows you care about the family and their well-being.

Friendship Books are designed for ages 6-12 and foster children’s social skills in a safe, offline, fun and educational way.

Friendship Books:

• Create a lasting keepsake of a school year.
• Include prepared pages for up to 30 friends’ entries.
• Provide a safe, offline way to share personal details.
• Can be used as farewell and welcome presents.

Friendship Books are available in three enticing themes: Off to School, Pet Buddies, and Animals at Play. They are proudly made in the USA and bear the “Made in Montana” seal. They cost $18.00 each.

Friendship Books make a unique realtor gift idea year-round, because kids move too.