In this scripture, Wisdom is “personified”, which means that the author talks about Wisdom like she’s a person. Wisdom is our friend - she protects you, she helps you figure things out, and she makes you feel good about yourself.

Sometimes it’s hard to be wise. Sometimes being wise means not doing things that everybody else is doing, which makes you feel like you’re missing out or not having as much fun. But it can help to look at Wisdom as a friend who helps you, rather than a boring rule.

Directions

1. Start by painting three small paper plates one color. Let them dry completely. You can also have kids color them with markers or crayons if you don't want to do paint.
2. After your paper plates are dry, use a different color to paint a pattern on one of the paper plates to use as the body for the owl.
3. After the pattern is dry that you painted, take another one of the painted paper plates and cut it in half to use as the wings. I used a stapler to attach them to the body. You could also use a generous amount of school glue.
4. Next, use a generous amount of school glue to attach the last paper plate to the body as the head of the owl.
5. Cut out eyes, black pupils and a nose out of construction paper and glue them on to the face. One of my son’s owl had a striped nose so he used markers to make the pattern on his nose.
6. Lastly cut a slit out of the top of the owls head to finish your owl. You can also do this step before attaching it to the body.

The Human Knot game has been long used as a team-building exercise and a fun way of breaking the ice with new groups of people. This is a great game for when you're babysitting or leading camp activities, and all it requires are willing players and an open space! Depending on the number of people in your group and the complexity of the human knot you make, this exciting problem solving game will usually take around 15 to 20 minutes.

Directions

1. Gather a group to play. As the saying goes, the more the merrier, and this is certainly true when playing the Human Knot game! If you're supervising this game with young children, you may find smaller groups are more manageable and the knots formed less complicated. The ideal number of players for this game is 8 - 20, though you can play with as few as four people.
2. Explain the rules. You and your friends will circle up and join your hands together to form a human knot out of your arms. The goal of the game is to untangle yourselves without letting go of the hands you are holding. After untangling, you will be standing once again in a regular circle, without any joined hands in the middle.
3. Knot all players together by joining hands. Circle up with the rest of the players so that each person is standing closely to the next. Player will to have to reach across the circle to form your human knot, so with large groups of people you may have to scrunch together tightly. After you're in your circle, reach out and hold hands with two different people in the circle, excluding the two people to either side of you. Each left hand should hold a left hand, and each right hand a right. Although it's against the rules to let go of the hands you are holding while playing the game, you may have to readjust your grip at some point. You'll likely have to bend and twist to untangle. Readjusting your grip is perfectly acceptable for players to be more comfortable while playing.
4. Inspect the knot you have formed. Communicate with the other players in your Human Knot to figure out where to begin untangling. If you are supervising younger children, you may need to encourage them to do this. There may be an easy part of the knot that comes undone quickly, which will free up more slack for others in the knot.^[6]

• Especially when working with children, but also when playing with your friends, you'll want to be sure that everyone is gentle when untangling. Pulling or yanking too hard might hurt someone!

• In the beginning, the knot will be tight and thick with many crossed arms. You and your group might want to take a step backwards, if possible. This way you have a better perspective of the Human Knot.

5. Maneuver around other players. You and the other players should be ready to bend, twist, and move in any way that is required for untangling your knot. You may find you or others need to duck under the hands of other players, step over a pair of hands, or do similar moves to untangle your knot.^[7] Since this game requires some measure of flexibility, you may want to consider stretching first.

• While playing, you should always try to be respectful of the boundaries of others. If you find yourself in an uncomfortable position with another player, you might ask if other players can help you out by untangling a different part of the knot.

6. Form a circle by untangling your knot. You'll notice, as your knot becomes untangled, that a circle will start to form. Some people may end up facing the inside of the circle, some the outside, but by the time you've finished untangling, you should have an unbroken circle of joined hands. Congratulations! You've untangled the Human Knot!

• In some cases, you may have done your job of knotting together too well! This means you won't always be able to unravel your knot, in which case, you can break apart and try again.

Directions

1. Create an “island” in the middle of a large area using a rug or masking tape. Divide your group in to teams if necessary. Two or more children from each team go to the “island” and the other team members try to find something to get the “stranded” children off the island. They may use shoelaces, items of clothing (socks tied together), or any other items they can find. You may need to hide some appropriate gear for them to use if you are inside. They may use items tied/linked together to “rescue” the person on the island by reaching the island with the items.