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Wizard of Oz Camp Lanyards

July 29, 2013 by 9 Comments
I am attending our church’s Girl’s Camp this week.  Every day I will post the craft or handout I am giving the girls.  The theme for the entire camp is Stand Out.  Each year or level choose a type of shoe to represent their group.  We are the Ruby Slippers!
We are doing an 8 mile hike today.  I sewed all the girls lanyards (tutorial) out of blue gingham.  As we go through the hike (following the yellow brick road), there will be stops along the way and they will receive pins to put on their lanyard.
The first person Dorothy met on her journey was the Scarecrow.  The scarecrow wanted a brain, so we are talking about knowledge.  I am basing our discussion off this talk by Anne Dibb, I know it, I live it, I love it.  After our discussion, each girl will get an owl pin – representing knowledge.
The next person Dorothy meets is the Tin Man. The Tin Man wants a heart so we are talking about love.   Our discussion is based on this talk by Dieter Uchtdorf.  “When our hearts are filled with the love of God, we become “kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving.”

I made these little fabric/felt heart pins to go on the lanyards.

The third person Dorothy meets is the lion who needs courage.  We are using the talk, May You Have Courage by Thomas S. Monson. “My earnest prayer is that you will have the courage required to refrain from judging others, the courage to be chaste and virtuous, and the courage to stand firm for truth and righteousness.”  

I made these little badges of courage to pin on the lanyards.  

While Dorothy is on her journey with her 3 new friends, they come across the “Field of Poppies” which poison can cause fatal sleep.  These flowers represent the distractions of the world that will keep us from reaching our destination.

 I glued a pin to the back of these brightly colored flowers.

Amanda

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Girl’s Camp Re-Cap

August 5, 2013 by 2 Comments
I just returned from a week at Girl’s Camp!  It’s the best and I did NOT want to come home.  The girls are amazing!!!  We began the camp with an 8 mile hike.  I gave the girls their lanyards and along the hike we stopped and talked about the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Lion.  Click HERE for the PDF  of these discussions.  Click HERE to see the pins I made for the lanyards to go along with the characters in the Wizard of Oz.

I had painted 2 bricks yellow – get it?  I had the girls take turns carrying these bricks in their backpacks. At the end of the hike we talked about burdens and how Jesus can lighten our burdens.  It was pretty cool!

 The ruby slipper shirts looked cute on the girls!!

 They are the cutest girls!!

Our skit was a modern-day version of the Wizard of Oz.  We had three girls on the Yellow Brick Road who were off to the Temple.  They sang,
“We’re off to see the temple, 
the wonderful temple of God.  
It really is a holy place where we can feel God’s love. 
 If ever or ever a choice there was, 
the temple of God is the choice because, 
because, because, because, because, because…..
Because we are Children of God!” 

 It was really cute.  Along the path they encountered girls who needed Knowledge, Courage, and a broken heart healed.

 At the end of the skit, they all had on their “Ruby Slippers” they made and they sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow while one of the girls played it on the Ukulele.  It was adorable and it made me cry!!

The tie-dye shirts were also a hit!  They were great because I could spot the girls all over camp!!

So much fun!  Now I have to finish unpacking and do LOTS of laundry!!!

Amanda

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Ruby Slipper Handouts

August 2, 2013 by 3 Comments

I found these clear plastic “slippers” in the wedding section at JoAnn Fabrics.  They come 24 in a box for about $12.  I used my 50% off coupon so they were even cheaper!

 They measure 3.5 inches.

 I used Rust-Oleum Gloss Apple Red spray paint to turn them all red.

Mix red glitter into white glue.  Paint it on the slipper and then sprinkle more glitter on the glue.
Once they dried, I gave them a coat of gloss Mod Podge to seal the glitter.  

They look just like real Ruby Slippers!!

I wrapped them in cellophane bags and tied this quote from Glinda the good witch:

Amanda

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Quilted Journals

August 1, 2013 by 2 Comments
Today at Girl’s Camp I am giving the girls these journals to go along with my devotional.  We are talking about spiritual experiences and the importance of writing them down.  
 
I made the journals using my tutorial over at Riley Blake – click HERE for the tutorial.

 I tried to make them bright and fun so 16 year olds would like them.  I think they turned out cute!

Amanda

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Ruby Slippers Beaded Key Chains

July 31, 2013 by 1 Comment

 Today’s Girl’s Camp Handout are these cute beaded “Ruby Slippers” inspired keychains.  I bought these red sequins ball beads in the fabric district in LA.  I wasn’t sure what to do with them.  So, I got out all my beads and we made these!

 The charm on the bottoms says “Follow Your Heart” which is exactly what Dorothy did as she followed the Yellow Brick Road!  (I found the charms at JoAnns Fabrics)

I had some little helpers too! 

 We made 15 of these – each one is different!

Amanda

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Camp T-Shirts

July 30, 2013 by 1 Comment
We made these “Ruby Slipper” T-shirts for the girls to wear at camp.  I used Heat n Bond to appliqué the slipper on the shirt and added a little tule for a bow.
On the back of the shirt I cut a stencil out of vinyl that says Ruby Slippers.  We painted them using red craft paint.

I also made the girls a red tie-dye shirt.

Amanda

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Red Glitter Pencils

July 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment

 Since our theme for Girl’s Camp is Ruby Slippers, I wanted to give the girls a new red scripture marking pencil.  The pencils needed a little pizazz 🙂 I found this red glitter twill tape at JoAnn’s. (I wanted to use Washi tape, but it didn’t look good on the red pencil.  You could also use any kind of ribbon.) I hot glued it to the pencil then trimmed it to look like a little flag.  This would be a cute idea for decorating pencils for a party favor or a back to school gift for a teacher.

Amanda

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