Arise & Shine Forth board

 This is a follow up post to this one about our Spiritual thoughts in opening exercises. 

So I am doing a Arise & Shine Forth bulletin board. 

I cut out my letters in yellow glitter card stock and taped them on a wall in our YW room. 

This is the box I covered to hold all our pictures that will be posted on our wall as well as a reminder of what they're suppose to do. 

I used a box I found in the dollar section at Target and covered in scrapbook paper, add a few ribbons and chip board and there you have it. 

I put it all out on my bed to get a general idea of how it should all come together and after doing the first one yesterday, my only concern is having them stay stuck on the wall. I think I'm going to need to use command strips because the tape just isn't cutting it. 

Love One Another

This last week for our activity we had a Personal Progress night, meaning we did an activity to help the girls with one of their goals and we got everyone caught up with having everything signed that should be. We also brainstormed on ideas for the projects for some of the girls who were ready to do those. 

I saw this activity that someone had done for activity days and loved it. I wanted to do a Valentines activity for my girls but we didn't have a class activity any where near Valentines day. So I found a goal that tied in perfect with the activity I had planned. This activity goes with Divine Nature #3, and here is where I first discovered the idea, The Fickle Pickle. 

I picked up the boxes at Target for a $1 ea, as well as the notepads. I added some conversation hearts to the bottom of the box, printed of the instructions and scripture that went with it, and it all went in the box. 

 We talked about loving one another and why that is so important. We also brainstormed about who they could do this for in their family. 

She also had a great idea for a treat to go with this activity that the girls loved putting together. 

These are cupcakes split in half, vanilla pudding colored pink with some Cool Whip added, and then plain Cool whip and sprinkles. They really were quite yummy.

It was a great activity and I'll be checking in with the girls after two weeks to see if they have finished this goal. 

"Purse"onal Progress

I am over the Beehives and because they are just getting started on their Personal Progress I want them to be consistent in their efforts so that they will be successful. So I've started bringing a reminder on Sunday for them to work on their P.P.

It won't always be a treat, I've also found some great quotes and poems for each value(which I'll share as I do them). I'll probably alternate between a treat and a quote/poem. I'm also getting each girl a small photo album to keep her quotes and poems in as I give them so that they're somewhere they can go and use them later. I haven't gotten them yet, that's next week so you'll have to wait until then to see them. But here is this weeks reminder.

 These are Hershey Nuggets wrapped in scrapbook paper, small brad added and a little ribbon. They thought they were pretty cute. 

You can find more reminder ideas over on this post. 

Spiritual thought

I came across a great idea the other day and we've decided to give it a try in our YW program. 

I don't know how all your "spiritual thoughts" go in your opening exercises but ours are usually the girls opening their scriptures and what ever it happens to open to is the spiritual thought. There isn't any "thought" put into it at all. I loved the idea over at Burlap & Denim about taking a picture and having the girls tell how the picture shows an example of someone who shined their light or how it can help the young woman shine her light. She does her a bit different and you can check her original idea out on her blog. 

So we'll be turning one of our walls into our bulletin board and posting these pictures that they draw on it. To start I'm going to put a title on our bulletin board at the top which will say "Shining our light". Then in the center of our board I'm going to put this print that I created and had printed out at a 8x12 size.

 Then each Sunday after the girls have talked about their picture we'll post them around the print to remind us of all the ways we can shine.  I'll have all the pictures printed out and in a cute box with the instructions on it so they remember what they are suppose to do. 

You can find all the pictures she used for her board on her site, she was kind enough to share all the work it took to collect them all. 

You can also download my Arise & Shine Forth print here if you'd like. 

I hope this makes our "spiritual thoughts" a little more spiritual and thoughtful. 

New Beginnings idea board

New Beginnings is coming up quickly for us and of course it's all about Personal Progress and the values. So rainbows jump right out at me and there are so many things you can do with rainbows and tying them into the personal progress colors. 

First up are decoration ideas: 

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 tissue poms are a great way to add color and doing them in the rainbow colors would be a great way to spread some color.

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 Or instead of tissue you could use tulle

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 paper circles in rainbow colors sewn together make great garlands

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 add some crepe paper to those circle garlands and you've got a great combo

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 These are great streamers and easy to make

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 streamers attached to a hoop and hung like chandeliers

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 I love the Chevron pattern with the rainbows

Ok so now how about the treats:

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 taffy on a stick  

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 cake in a jar

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 Love the gumballs

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 This is Jello ice cubes in Sprite

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 There are lots of rainbow cake tutorials out there 

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 gumballs on a skewer or in a mini cello bag

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 gumball flowers

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 Sprinkles, straws, and mini gumballs

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 Love the push pops and the paper medallions on the straws

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 on a healthier not this veggie display would be great

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 or you could do a dinner and make this colored spaghetti

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candied popcorn would also be yummy (so much for the healthy ideas)

Now it's just fun things I loved that you could incorporate to your night.

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 how fun would it be to have these bags in an array of colors for them to fill at the end of the night?

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 these would be great as a take home favor or to make that night as a project

The main objective of New Beginnings is to introduce the Personal Progress program to the girls who are either new to YW or who will be coming in in the up coming year. 

How you do your program depends on your ward and it's needs.

hope you found this inspiring! 

Personal Progress Activity

I found the idea for this activity on Sugardoodle. It actually turned out to be a great night and the girls got some goals planned and others signed off.

It's called a Ketchup Night, where we "ketchup" on some Personal Progress. I had the beehives over to my home and they brought their books so we could look over what they still need to do and so that I could see if there was anything we could do as an activity to help. 

We had french fries and tater tots as a treat to go with our "ketchup" I also made up a mark off sheet for those two week goals to help them track their time spent on it. 

We'll be having these nights a few times a year to keep us current on the girls progress.

This is the goal tracking sheet I made up you can download it here if you'd like.

here is a blank copy of the invite I made for the night. I had them printed out as photo's at Walmart which is cheaper than doing a color copy. You can add your info in the blank space.  I went to McDonalds and just asked for as many ketchup packages that I need and they gave them to me for free.

download it here

Personal Progress Reminders

These are fun reminders you can give to your girls to help them remember to work on their Personal Progress throughout the week.

Using mostly candy and mini chocolate bars

1. I'll bet (100 grand candy bar) you can get another goal done

2. Your heart will be happy when your goals are done (heart candy)

3. Learning to set goals can be a "lifesaver" for your future (lifesaver candy)

4. Enjoy the sun, while getting your goals done (yellow starbursts)

5. Egg-stend yourself. . . . complete another goal (attach a choc. egg)

6. Don't let anyone scare you away from completing your goals this month (halloween candy & plasitc spider)

7. You'll get a "Bang"  out of doing Personal Progress (sparkler or box of pop it's)

8. Just be "Twix" you and me, I think you can do it! Get another goal done (Twix candy bar) 

9. Work Up an Appetite, do more goals. (attach a plastic fork and a gummie food candy)

10. Me & Mom are willing to help you with your goals, just ask (M&M's)

11. Oh JOY! we're back to school and more goals to be done (almond joy)

12. We'll all go Kit Kat Kaboom if you get another goal done (Kit Kat)

13. You will get a whopper of a blessing for getting those goals done (whoppers)

14. Get "hooked" on Personal Progress (candy cane)

15. "Look" who's getting a goal done (Look bar)

16. There's no "Bat"ter time than right now to pass off another goal (plastic bat & some Halloween candy)

17. No one will be "snickering" when you reach your goals (snickers bar)

18. Accomplishing goals makes me smart (smarties)

19. Stick to your goals (pixie stixs or gum)

20. You were "mint" to succeed so keep working on those goals (Jr. Mints)

21. Skittle on home and work on some goals (skittles)" 

22. Yeah "baby" great job on getting another goal done (babyruth)

23. The fun is out of this world if you work on those goals (milkyway bar)

24. The best gift you can give yourself is to complete another goal (wrap a Hershey treasure like a present)

25. Let's go on a goal setting spree (spree candy)

26. Put your heart into it, set those goals (small heart box of chocolate)

27. Don't be a Nerd, everybody is doing their personal progress (box of nerds)

28.Back to school and my goals too (attach to an apple)

29. when school is out and you're feeling (carefree gum), remember to set new goals and spend your time wisely. Chew this gum to help you stick to it!

30. Only Turkey's put off their goals until "Later" when they could do them "Now" (now & Laters)

31. Getting those goals done deserves lots of Hugs and kisses ( chocolate hugs & kisses)

32. You'll get "mounds" of blessings as you do your Personal Progress (mounds candybar)

33. May the "Fruit" or your Harvest of goals be many! (fruit roll up)

34. For every goal you achieve, a treasure you'll receive. ( Treasures candy)

35. Good luck on your Personal Progress (attach shamrock stickers and a green candy)

36. I'll just be bubbling with excitement when you get a goal done (bottle of bubbles or a can of pop)

37. Go nuts and do a bunch of Personal Progress (pkg of nuts)

38. Don't flake out and forget to do your Personal Progress, Keep at it. (mini box of frosted flakes or a snowflake)

39. You'll be bursting with pride when you get one more goal done. (starburst)

40. Stick with it and work on your Personal Progress (gum)

41. Don't wait till "crunch" time to get you goals done (bag of chips or a Nestle crunch bar)

42. Personal Progress is a "snap" let's get to it! ( gingersnap cookie or small box of Rice Krispies)

43. AHOY there, are you working on your Personal Progress? (chips ahoy cookies)