Fundraiser
Our ward has had garage sales for YW and Boys camp. The ward members donate their unwanted items, collected at a willing members home where the garage sale will be held. A night or 2 before we sort like items together. Most clothing should all be one price to keep it simple. Mark everything else in quarter increments to simplify…
Pretty in Pink PJ Party
We had a 5-hour “Pretty in Pink” themed PJ party. We did not have a sleepover, but all the girls were to come at 5pm for dinner and go home by 10pm. The girls were invited to wear pink PJ’s or anything pink. My house was decked out in pink stuff everywhere, from the table cloths, balloons, plates and bowls,…
Activity Day Girls Mock Camp Out
Campfire – cook hotdogs, somemores, and make ice cream and have a fireworks show
Girls Camp spiritual lead-in to Bishop’s night
Our 2006 Young Women’s camp theme was BOOT camp (Build Our Own Testimony). When the girls arrived at camp they were given a real dogtag on a chain with their name and their group (Fly Girls, Army Bratz, Babe Brigade…) on it. Our theme scripture was: Ephesians 6: 10-18 We did this activity at night and used luminaries to guide…
Honey Bee Resort YW Camp Theme
” …[these] are my B’s–be grateful, be smart, be clean, be true, be humble, be prayerful.” Gordon B. Hinckley, “A Prophet’s Counsel and Prayer for Youth,” New Era, Jan. 2001 Of course everything at camp is Bees. Wards can choose their own Bee names (Bee-dazzlers, Bee-lievers, Quilting Bees, SWAT team, Bee Stingers ). The camp director is the Bee Keeper,…
IHOP – Important Hour of Progress
As a YW class, or for a Combined YW activity, have an IHOP (Important Hour Of Progress) Night. Serve pancakes and juice. Invite the girls to bring their personal progress books and a project they are working on. Let them eat pancakes and work on their projects while the YW leaders take them aside, one at a time, to evaluate…
Beehive Babysitting Service
During the month of November, the Beehives set up a Beehive Babysitting service as one of their class activities. This allows parents to go out for an evening, get some Christmas shopping done, or for whatever reason. The Beehives plan the whole thing, activities for the kids, even down to coordinating snacks. They have a sign-in board that the parents…
LIFT YOUR MINDS HIGHER – YW Camp Theme
“Let virtue garnish they thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God.” D&C 121:45 Each ward, if desired could select a mini theme, something to do with “high”. I.e, “Raise the Bar†and decorate with things like (fake) dumbbells. Another might want to do something with “We are Rising High†with Balloons, another ward could…
Awesome Activities for LDS Church members
