B.E.A.R.S

Be
Enthusiastic
About
Reading
Scriptures

This is a handout that I did for a YW lesson on reading scriptures. I used Teddy Grahams in plastic snack bags and added THIS TOPPER.

Notebooks

We offered these as a FREE project at one of our Super Saturdays:

Instructions can be found HERE.

Organizer board

So the kids have been at school for just over a week and I got this crazy idea that I wanted to quickly make these 2 craft projects. Even though the kids are at school - it has still taken me almost 2 weeks to finish them between getting all the supplies and all the other little interruptions.

First, I had a VERY simple version of the following. It was basically just on paper and not very cute. I came across THIS BLOG and here's what I ended up with. I LOVE it because my kids know what they have each day and it shifts the responsibility from me to them to make sure they have library books or P.E. shoes. I'm all about shifting responsibility!! hahaha!

5 Little Gingerbread

The kindergarten teachers use a gingerbread theme the first week of school to help the kids learn their way around the school. They make a REAL gingerbread man (about 12 inches tall) and then it runs away while they are at recess. They spend the whole week looking for him - in the office, the gym, the lunchroom, etc. It's a fun way to show the kids around the school. The janitor usually finds h\the gingerbread man up on the roof and they are able to gobble him up.

The teachers do a lot of gingerbread activities this week and I made this for my son's teacher. It is a story of 5 gingerbread men. There is velcro on the back of each picture. I forgot to take a pic of them on the glove (oops) - but the teacher wears a black glove and then takes them off according to the story.

Five little gingerbread ran through the kitchen door,
One fell in the measuring cup and that left four.

Four little gingerbread baking cookies,
One went to hug me and that left three.

Three little gingerbread with so much work to do,
One looked for his baker's hat and that left two.

Two little gingerbread having so much fun,
One layed by the hot cooa, and that left one.

One little gingerbread left all alone,
He gobbled up the gumdrops and ran all the way home!

I got the clipart from HERE: It is called Gingerbread Joy by Carolee Jones.

Christmas Countdown

And just because Christmas is only 4 months away - I thought I better get a jump on this one - a countdown to Christmas. (I made something with this paper last Christmas and needed more to make this but I couldn't find any. So, I searched the internet and found it has been digitalized..OH I love my digital papers!!!) Instructions can be found HERE

Here are some activities that you could list on the back side of the square: Of course, I arrange them to fit my schedule!! :)

Donate canned goods
Deliver gifts to neighbors
Drive around & see Christmas lights
Open a gift
Make sugar cookies
Purchase gifts for a needy child
Read Christmas story
Sing or listen to Christmas songs
Camp out around the Christmas tree
Make an ornament
What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire? (Frostbite)
Create a snowscape w/ shaving cream and action figures
What do snowmen eat for breakfast? (Snowflakes)
Make a gift for your teacher
Blindfold kids and guess holiday scents (pine, gingerbread, holly, mistletoe, cinnamon)
Write your letter to Santa
Get out of chores free
Write a Christmas story together
Watch a Christmas movies

Boot Camp

The theme for our youth conference was B.O.O.T camp..Building Our Own Testimony

I was asked to make the "dog tags". I have never used waterslide decals before so this was a new one for met but I think they turned out pretty good.

I got the tags from Oriental Trading..click HERE
I got the waterslide paper from HERE:

Simply follow the waterslide directions. Waterslide paper is also available in white..but I used the clear because I wanted to be able to see the metal behind.

You could also use the stamp idea HERE but I had to make 45 and that would have been WAY too much stamping!!

Bleached Out T-shirts

Here's what you'll need:
1 t-shirt
2 spray bottles
some bleach
some vinegar
newspaper or cardboard

Pour some bleach into one spray bottle and bleach into the other spray bottle.

I used my Silhouette to cut out the designs but you could also use things laying around the house or purchase the foam shapes with the adhesive back. I cut the out my shapes on cardstock and then used spray adhesive to stick the designs to the shirt. Place newspaper or cardboard in between the 2 layers so the bleach doesn't soak thru to the back.

Once you have placed your designs on shirt, spray the shirt with the bleach and wait until it reaches the desired look. This doesn't take very long - not more than 1 minute.

Spray the shirt with vinegar to stop the bleach's action.

Repeat on the back side if desired. Rinse with cold water and dry.