Modesty Activity
I specifically chose actresses that are near the age of our girls, role models that they may idolize. I then went on line and found paper dolls with clothing that was not modest. At the meeting we gave the girls the paperdolls that we had collected and after a short lesson on modesty asked them to take the immodest clothing…
Keep Your Eye on the Goal
We tried this at our Singles ward family home evening. What I did was split up the group into pairs. We then told everyone that we were going to have a staring contest. All participants needed to keep a straight face at all times without laughing, giggling, ect. and you could not CLOSE your eyes or blink at anytime which…
New Era Basketball
We used the March New Era which focused on Missionary Service. Each member of the presidency came up with 5 questions based on the articles within the Era.(About 20 questions) We divided the youth up equally into two teams based on athletic ability, gender, age and church knowledge. The two teams then took turns either shooting baskets or looking for…
Value Fruit Salad
For New Beginnings, we used a modified version of the Virtue Deli. We made and served the sandwich but we also showed the recipe for a “Value fruit Salad”. We had fruit for each value color and a little blurb on how the fruits were like the values. We assembled it in front of the group and served it up.…
Hand Painted Glass Plates
You will be painting the underside of the plate so that food won’t ever touch the paint. Tape the design you have chosen on the side of the plate you will be eating off of so that you can see it through the underside of the plate (the side you’ll be painting on). Paint the pattern. Avoid painting letters or…
Mother/Daughter 4-P’s Activity
After learning about good grooming habits, the girls wanted to put their knowledge to use. We had a mother/daughter 4-P’s party: PJ’s, Pedicures, Pizza and Pop. The girls and moms all came in their PJ’s and we had homemade Pizza and pop/juice for dinner. Then the girls did pedicures and manicures on their moms. They switched and the moms did…
Happy New Year!
We had an interesting activity where we had a game about the year 2006. It was similar to the Jeopardy. We had labels on the wall with different month names and on other sides were written questions about the year 2006. Questions were spiritual and regular, e.g Which famous presidents visited Estonia this year? or Which scriptures were taught in…
New Beginnings 2007, YW Sisters Cooking Show at the Virtue Deli
This is a New Beginnings Program specifically for 2007. It is a take on the theme (Let virtue garnish thy thoughts…) It is a Cooking Demonstration Show set at the Virtue Deli. It is presented by the YW Sisters. It spotlights the YW theme, the For Strength of Youth Booklet, the Young Womens Personal Progress Program, as well as the…