Girls Camp Secret Sisters
Have a camp mail box made from vinyl shoe holders, the kind that fit over doors (They are quite inexpensive). Label each pocket with a girls name and insert a small note pad and pencil. Each girl has a secret sister that she writes to each day before 4:00 pm. These notes should be something that they admire or look…
Camping Savings Jars
Have the girls decorate their jars and leave a slot at the top for money to go in.
Sleep on Faith
Get pillow cases and cut out fabric that says “faith” or “Pray” or any thing else you want. Decorate as desired.
Service Project~for less active members
We made “School Survival Kits” for all of our less active girls (5 out of 6 are less active in our ward) and took them over to them. Included was a welcome letter from me sharing my testimony of the young women’s program and how I feel about working with each of these girls, an invitation to an upcoming “Get-to-know-you-party,”…
Prayer Rug
Make a prayer rug to keep beside your bed to remember to kneel and pray. Give each girl a rug or tile. I had a small budget for activity days camp, so I used 12X12 flexable peel and stick tiles. Paint or spronge any thing they come up with on the tiles and let dry completely. Spray with clear sealing…
The Dream Book
Have the girls make future goals become alive through a “Dream Book”. Using old magazine photos they will have a visual reminder of the temple marriage, modesty, mission, career, children, etc., that they want to accomplish in their lives. At the end all can share their goal book with each other and place it in a place where they can…
Prayer Rock
Poem that goes along with this activity: I’m your little prayer rock, Here is what I’ll do; I’ll remind you that Heavenly Father likes to hear from you. It isn’t always easy to remember saying prayers and so…each morning when you make your bed on your pillow I will go. At night if you forget to pray and climb into…
Young Women in Excellence: The tie that binds
Our theme was The Tie That Binds… The main talk was comparing quilts to our lives… the top squares are made up of differnt pieces of fabric that all come together to from a pattern, the pattern of our lives…..ie. (the good things in our lives…family frineds, talents, character…etc) The thread used to sew the peices compared to the young…