Holiday Crafting

 I couple of weeks ago my friends and I got together to make this found on none other than Pinterest. So when I went back to Utah I made something similar with my mom. It's super easy, cheap and turned out really well too.

 We bought a 4x4 at a hardware store for around $8 and had them cut 2 at 12", 2 at 10" and 2 at 8". Sanded and painted then added White vinyl cut with the Cricut machine at 1.5". I decided to take the craft from the link above and make it my own so I cut out a star from scrapbook paper using the Cricut and ModPodged it on. We made one for my mom and one for Makenna. I mine at home already.

 Since the 4x4 came in 8' pieces we had a ton left over, so we cut these. I think they are 9" and 7" in length. I like that each one turned out a little differently.

 

 Mom wanted crazy letters.

 We made Mak's just simple and cute.

The only difference in mine is capital letters.

We sure had fun making these together. Thanks mom for a great time and letting me make a mess of your kitchen table.

Guest Craft: YW Camp Chore Chart

I am so happy that we have a guest crafter today, and just in time too. Young Women girls camps are coming up fast.

Our MOM is the guest today! She is one of the girls camp directors for the Spanish branch in her stake. She has been helping them out for several years now. She is not that new to girls camp though. I know she has been going to girls camp for her stake for 20+ years now. In our family we love to go camping. It is something we all look forward to doing all year. We've become quite good at it.

Since she has had some experience camping she knows the in and outs of getting things done and adding some fun with it. 

This year for camp she made a job chart for the girls. That way each girl will know what to help with for meals to make things run smoothly for the week. This is the awesome chart she came up with. 

 Isn't she creative?!

Each person going to camp has a bear bookmark with their name on it. She even put their initials on the bear paws. Each meal a girl has a chore. The chores are marked by an envelope that the bookmarks are placed in. Wash, start fire, help cook, rinse, dry, clear table, and free time are the jobs that need to get done.

This is such a great idea. On the back of the poster she has the descriptions of what needs to be done at each station. That way the girls will know exactly what they need to do. 

My sister and I have loved going to girls camp and it was always so great to have our mom be there with us every year. I know that the girls in mom's stake are so lucky to have her. 

Thanks for sharing your awesome idea with us.

Mini Scriptures

I teach a primary class of young kids for my church. A few weeks ago we had a lesson about the prophet Joseph Smith translating the gold plates into the Book of Mormon. For a cute handout I found this miniature scripture idea for the kids to take home.

My philosophy is that I get ideas for other people and then figure out how to do it on my own so that it is somewhat my own. I'll tell you how I did it.

What you will need. 

tape

glue stick

card stock

"Hershey's Treasures" candy

ribbon

print out of your scripture.

Cut the card stock so that it fits both chocolate pieces and tape them down on the paper. I think it was about 2 1/2 X 1 1/2. I'm not positive though. (I made them a while ago).

Use the glue stick to glue the small piece of ribbon to the chocolates. It should stay pretty tight but if not it's ok because you'll put your scripture on top.

Print out your scripture in a very small font into two narrow columns. You may have to work around with the document to make it work. I chose the scripture Doctrine and Covenants 3:19. Because that is where we learn that the plates of old were meant for us to read and study now.

Stick the scripture on with the glue stick and you're done. 

Not including the time I spent fiddling with the word document, this project took about an hour. Next time I do this it will be for kids who are a bit older that will appreciate the thought instead of just devouring the candy as soon as they saw it.

JUSTINE

Missionary Metal Board

A few months ago I took some pictures of a missionary. That missionary was my brother and my mom wanted to make something for him with a missionary quote she found. She saw it on a tile and thought it was cute. Then we thought it would be fun to put pictures of him with the quote. We decided to put the quote on a metal board and use magnets to put current photos of him on it. 

We got our vinyl lettering at Vinyl 4 Decor

The metal board from "The Wood Connection"

We taped our vinyl down so that it would not move and it was center. 

We removed the back paper and pressed it down with a card.

Then pilled it off in small sections because the lettering was so small. 

We added the pictures and displayed it. 

I think it turned out super cute we are just going to add something to the magnets to add a pop of color!

Christmas Countdown

Last year Makenna made a Christmas advent calendar out of blocks and I have been wanting to do the same. So, for Super Saturday this year there was a craft that used blocks so instead of making the craft they were meant for I took them home and made this out of them.

Now we will know that how many days there are left until Christmas. I think that they turned out really well.