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    Enrichment Night: Dorothy Style

    When the sisters arrived the room & dinner tables were decorated like Kansas. There was a bale of hay & a pitchfork by the door; the food serving table had a white table cloth, black table runner & was covered with rustic/farm-type decor; the round dinner tables had white table cloths, black table squares & Ball/Kerr jars with twigs in…

  • Activities,  Youth Activities

    To the Temple by Chance

    This only works well if you are within close proximity to a temple. The objective to get the girls to realize that choices must be made now in order to enter the House of the Lord. Leave from your ward building in cars. Each car has a dice that is to be rolled at EVERY intersection. If a one or…

  • Activities,  Youth Activities

    Modesty Song

    I don’t know where this originated, but our ward did this in RS: Sing to “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” Song:“Reach, rear view, bend and sit; bend and sit; bend and sit. Reach, rear view, bend and sit. Does it really fit?” Actions:Reach (lift both arms above head) – to check for bare midriffs and too short in length Rear…

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    Modesty Fashion Show

    I’m not sure where this idea started by they did it in my ward. Fashion Show“Bear” Shoulders – tape cinnamon bears to shoulders….like shoulder pads Bare Midriffs – tie a teddy bear around the midriff Too Tight – wrap in saran wrap Plunging Necklines – Toilet plunger hung around neck Thongs – Flip Flops tied to back side – “Thongs…

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    Father’s Day Activity

    Have the kids help serve the dads breakfast. Pancakes/Waffles, fruit, etc. After breakfast we decorated kites from Oriental Trading-each kid got a kite. Played relay games with bean bags (divide the gym in half and put dads on one side kids on the other see who can get the most bean bags on the opposite side. Go fly kites outside

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    Pioneer Games

    Pioneer GamesBy Susan DavisFriend, February 1989, page 46 A typical pioneer school had only one room, one teacher, and about twenty-five students in grades one through eight. Not only did boys and girls of different ages study together, they often played together during recess. Shadow Tag On bright, sunny days, shadow tag was a perfect game to play. At the…

  • Activities,  Camp,  Relief Society Activities

    In My Savior’s Eyes

    We used this song at girls camp in one of our classes. We were teaching the girls about a variety of topics, like learning skills to be a better wife and mother, making our room a better place for the spirit to come, showing proper respect for our bodies, knowing you are known and loved by our Savior. We only…

  • Activities,  Relief Society Activities,  Service Projects

    Open your heart to service – Women’s Shelter Service Project

    We chose to learn more about the local battered women’s shelter, how this agency serves those in our commmunity, and how we could better serve others through what we learn from the agency. We researched the agency on their web-site, and learned about what the material needs are of the many families they serve. They had a “wish-list” posted for…