Easy Scripture Bag

These little bags are super easy to make, using place-mats and ribbon. 

I attached the handles first, then folded the placemat in the middle, right sides together, and sewed the sides.  Bend the corners back to create a wide bottom, and sew a seam across the "triangle" you created. Turn right side out, add a pretty pin or flower, and voila! A darling little tote or scripture bag.

We give these to our Young Women on their birthday or when they become Beehives.

Nursery Christmas Card

We have our Christmas Lesson

today in  the church Nursery.

For our little ones,

it focuses on Jesus being 

the Son of Heavenly Father. 

To simplify the idea, the picture we use is of Mary and the baby only. We can introduce Joseph as step-daddy later. I love this picture, the way it portrays the bond between Mary and her Heavenly child.

It can be found in the manual "Behold Your Little Ones" at LDS.org.  If you are interested in finding out about our beliefs, another good site is mormon.org.

We are letting the children decorate a Christmas card with foam shapes. We will slip the picture in and they can take it home. 

We did some at Thanksgiving with Christi's family, and the little ones loved it. 

The hands of a two year old. I didn't know how he would do with the markers, but he did great.

 Ginger Giraffe was quite interested.

 Even Mommy got into the act. 

Here are the finished cards. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS 

From Our House to Yours

Giant Beads at a Tiny Price

I made these giant beads for our church nursery out of foam swim noodles, smooth rope, and flexible plastic lids. (I used cottage cheese lids, the thick, pliable kind.) You cut the 'noodles' into about 1-inch slices to make the beads. Cut the rope into 2-foot long pieces. We used a nylon coated rope, so my 21-year-old firebug (former Boy Scout) melted and shaped the ends for me to make a nice smooth end for stringing the beads.

Anthony drilled a hole in each lid, a little smaller than the rope. After I pushed the rope into the hole, my son melted the ends and splayed them so the lid stays on at the bottom of the rope.

The kids absolutely love this toy. My thanks to my friend Deniece, a former preschool teacher, for the idea. Thanks, also, to the parents for giving me permission to use the pictures on my blog.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I found the idea on the left at Be Different, Act Normal, who got it from Martha Stewart via Chronicles of a Mommy. I really liked it, so I adapted it for Nursery.  Our lessons are flexible, so I decided to teach the one on love. I will give each child a white bag to color (scribble on), then stuff in a little treat and clip on the pre-made heart decoration. I had some magnets handy, so I glued a magnet on the back of the clothespin.

I will give the original to my assistant. She deserves a treat; she is awesome!

History Project

I am a "Ward History Consultant" in my church. Every year I to write up a 20-40 page history of my local congregation. This means taking pictures year-round, attending many events, and contacting a lot of people at the end of the year to get the information.  This year, I only managed 21 pages, but it's a good-sized project to write up, print and put together, and distribute.

I printed 4 copies; 2 for the Ward, 1 for the Stake, and one for Church Archives. One of the Ward copies goes into sheet protectors in a binder; one is punched for 3-ring. The other two copies I put in a folder and give to the Stake History Consultant." 

Thankfully, my good photographer husband is able to take a lot of the pictures for me, because I have trouble getting other people to turn theirs in sometimes. This year my new friend Amanda turned in quite a few of them from youth activities.

*A Ward is a local congregation. The next level up, a Stake, consists of about 6-10 Wards.  It then goes up to Region, then Area.

I have left off identifying info, but here is the cover page:

5^TH WARD

SOUTH STAKE

 

2009

HISTORY


LYNN

WARD HISTORY CONSULTANT

 

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANTHONY

UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED