This wishing well was made for World Dream Day, Sept 25th and it's just as simple as you'd expect a Wishing Well to be. 

Take a coin.

Make a wish.

Drop it in the well.

 The top is removable so the coins can be taken out, counted and reused. 

This passive program spoke to all ages and gathered quite a number of participants. 

I mean, who doesn't like a wishing well?!

In addition to this, I also made a Dream Jar printable that kids could take home to complete. 

Click here for my free printable Dream Jar PDF

 

 Truth time. 

 I hadn't planned to do a tutorial of this so the pictures aren't as explanatory as I'd like. 

The Research Robot was a passive program that encouraged kids to research using books set out on the table and as a rotating non-fiction display.

This display was changed weekly, with questions ranging from "Who painted the Mona Lisa?" to "How many moons does Jupiter have?" to "What did Paul Bunyan do for a living?".

Animal questions were the favorite though! But really, who's surprised by that?

Every Monday, a new question was put out with a selection of books that contained the answer.

The answer to last weeks question was always included on the new sign.

There was no prize for feeding your answer to the Research Robot, although SEVERAL kids asked.

Originally, the robot was a square box, covered in construction paper, cut to make him look robotic with a plain basket of answer sheets and pencils. Sad to say, but when he got a makeover, he generated a lot more attention!

Here are a couple pictures.