Duct Tape Animals

One of the little activities we did was actually one of the girls idea so we let her be in charge for the day. We got all the supplys she needed in advance and then we let her teach. This could be fun to do and let every girl share a talent and teach it to the rest. For her activity, she made duct tape animals. We bought tissues and a bunch of different patterned duct tape. She then instructed the girls on how to make the little animals. It pretty much consisted at balling up the tissues and putting tape around them, then attaching them to create dogs, cats and whatever else the girls came up with! When they were done making a few different animals they played games with them. They turned out super cute!

This is a turtle one of the girls made!

Babysitting Service

So in December we had two activities, to keep with the Christmas spirit we really wanted to do a service project. Even though it is now May, this activity could definitely be adapted. We did the service project in two parts. For the first activity, we told the girls that we wanted to do a service project for their families. We figured that because their moms and dads were so busy trying to get ready for Christmas, that we could watch the girls siblings. To gett he girls involved we had them brainstorm. We first had them help figure out how many kids there would be and also come up with ideas of how we would entertain them.

As you can see they came up with some great ideas!

Next we needed to let the parents know what we were doing so the girls decorated an invitation with their cute fingerprints to look like Christmas lights!

Lastly for this activity we wanted to make little goody bags for the kiddos we babysat. 

The girls did a great job getting ready for the babysitting project.

Unfortunately we didn't get any pictures of the girls babysitting but the parents seemed to love the chance for a break and the girls had a blast babysitting! We ended up splitting the kids into two groups. The younger ones played with the nursery toys while the older kids were taken to the gym. The girls were in charge of some games and everyone had a blast running around. For the last half an hour we had the kids watch a Christmas movie and eat popcorn.  When their parents picked them up they got their little goody bags!
It was a perfect end to the night.

Thankful Journals

So I know its been forever since we have posted, unfortunately we both have received new callings! :( We did want to post our last few activities even though they were done a while ago. One of the activities we did was a super easy one, making Thankful Journals. To get the girls thinking when we first arrived I played a game with them. We got in a circle and each girl had to say last thanksgiving I ate ----. They had to list something they ate but they couldn't repeat anything that had already been said. If you couldn't think of something new right at your turn you were out. (This was done in November but the game could easily be changed.) 

After playing a quick round of the game I had the girls sit and gave them each a paper plate. On it they wrote 6 things they were thankful for. Then they cut a slice out of a circular piece of paper like a pie. They put the paper on top of the plate with a brad in the middle so the open spot slid over the different things they were thankful for.

http://www.graciousrain.com/2010/11/23/thankful-pie/
 This website is where I got the idea  

 Finally, I gave each girl a composition journal. I had bought these back in September when the school supply's were on sale and it made it way cheaper. I told them that these were thankful journals that they could write in at least once a week to remember what Heavenly Father has given them. Then I pulled out a bunch of cute paper, markers and scissors and they decorated their journals.