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| Here are a few of my Activity Days girls. We learned to play several Christmas songs with chimes this last month and then performed them during the ward Christmas program at their party. These girls are full of so much excitement and chatter. It's amazing how happy these girls are and I will miss working with them. |
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| We joined with another ward to participate in their Modest Fashion Show. I showed up last night not knowing how many of my girls would come and what exactly was happening. |
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| We began by listening to part of a talk given by Elder Holland in 2005 about our modest dress and appearance. It was very powerful and I remember hearing it all those years ago and how it helped me know how to dress for church and for every day. We are all children of God and need to show respect for the bodies that He gave us by taking care of our bodies and dressing modestly. |
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| After listening to the talk, questions were asked and answered and then the girls were given a large piece of paper to design an outfit for themselves. |
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| After designing it and coloring it, the girls cut them out. |
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| And then they modeled their outfits. The outfits were actually taped to their bodies. Originally we were going to have a "runway" and have them walk down it while the "announcer" would say their name, their favorite color and something that they like to do in their free time, but we ran out of time and so we just took pictures of their outfits. |
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| I think the girls did a great job with their outfits. Some of them were disappointed with how the crayons made their outfits look but I reminded them that everyone was coloring their outfits and so the outfits would look similar. |
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| I didn't have very many girls at the activity last night but I 'm pretty sure it was because it was on a Tuesday night instead of the regular Wednesday night activity. |
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| What a fun activity! The girls loved it! And I'm grateful for the other ward for coming up with the idea and letting us join in on all the fun! |
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| For Activity Days at church, we decided to make some Halloween pinatas. I think the girls had a lot of fun and found out that all the girls like doing things with their hands, especially feeling the paste all over their hands. |
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| The older girls were better organized and orderly with their methodology of putting together a pinata but both older and younger, the girls really enjoyed this messy project. |
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| I'm so glad that my mom taught me how to make pinatas when I was a child and that we did them multiple times so that this project didn't feel so daunting. It was actually fun. I just had to get my paper torn and the paste made and a few more things done before the girls arrived for the activity. |
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| And here they are at my home drying with their second layer of newspaper. It looked like a I had a front room full of strange newspaper creatures. |
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| And then came the paint which we did a week later. It turns out the girls loved painting with their hands rather than the sponge brushes. And since they were sure to get pretty messy using the brush, they just got a bit messier while painting with their hands. |
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| Messy but happy! |
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| This pinata didn't end up orange. It was multi-colored with a lot of the colors being mixed together and still looked cute when she was done. |
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| Here's a pumpkin pinata! |
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| Here's a tie-tied spider with multiple colored legs! |
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| And here's a purple spider with pink and red legs. We also had a couple bats to make our Halloween Pinatas complete. |
