Indiana District
Lutheran Women's Missionary League

Lutheran Women in Mission

Mites - Mite Box Fun!

Use the following at a meeting or event to encourage mite giving and collecting some "extra" mites. Cut out each instruction and place in a box or basket. Pass it around the room and let each person present draw one item from the basket and read aloud along with the answer. Then place the appropriate cash in the mite box.

1. A nickel for each chair around your kitchen table.
2. A dime for going to church last Sunday; a quarter if you didn't.
3. A nickel for each letter in your middle name.
4. A nickel for each room in your house.
5. A penny for the last two digits of the year you were married. 1965.
6. A penny for your shoe size, doubled.
7. A nickel for each brother and sister.
8. A quarter if you ate out sometime in the last 7 days.
9. A dime for each bed you made today. A quarter if you didn't make the bed.
10. A dime for each pet you own.
11. A dime if you wear glasses or contacts. A nickel if you don't.
12. A penny for each stair step in your house.
13. A dime for each child.
14. A penny for each inch of your waist measurement.
15. A dime for each TV in your home.