I made these for the girls I get to visit teach. I’m sure you’ve seen something like it floating around on pinterest etc. You are welcome to use my printable if you want to. :)
Came across this quote… love this!
It is not happy people who are thankful; It is thankful people who are happy!
I made one of these cute ghosts when I was in elementary school. I loved putting it out at Halloween time. We decided to make one that would hang out at our house this year!
To make your own spooky Ghost:
Here's what you need...
1 Liter Pop Bottle,
Starch,
Cheese Cloth,
Old Towel,
Scrap piece of felt,
Styrofoam ball (the white kind works best)
First thing you are going to do is cover your working area with your towel. The starch is easily washed out of a towel but it gets messy if you don't cover up your area.
Then make your ghost form. I just shoved the styrofoam ball on top of the pop bottle. (if you are using a green floral ball cover it with plastic wrap or something so you don't get green fuzzies on your cheese cloth.)
Next, lay the cheese cloth over your ghost form. (We doubled our cheese cloth.) We took the cheese cloth and soaked it in the starch then used our hands to wring it out. You could also use a spray bottle. The more starch the stiffer your ghost. Next you can use a hair dryer to help make the drying time faster, we just set ours out in the sun to dry. Once it is completely dry, pull it off of your form and glue on some felt eyes.
You know what I’m looking forward to? The Becky Higgins Project REAL LIFE online class. I’m seriously obsessed with Becky Higgins style, organizational skills, and project life. I can’t wait for this class to start next week!!! Curious… check it out RIGHT HERE. There is still time to sign up!
I’ve already putting my Halloween decor out. Call me crazy, but I’m excited to be hosting a little Halloween party next week. I’m doing it super early. I hope it doesn’t put a damper on the fun, but it was the ONLY weekend in October we had open! If you read my blog you know I can be a little obsessive compulsive about things. One thing is the scents that are in my house. I change out my scentsy and candles, my wall plug ins and my soaps with the seasons. :D Anyone else a little crazy like that? I hope I’m not the only one. {note to self… someday I’m going to learn to take really amazing pictures… until then, yep we are all stuck with these!}
I LOVE fall!! It’s a season of warmth, and I love that we slow down enough to more fully realize our blessings and be thankful.
Here is a little fall handout I made for my cute young women this week.
These cupcakes are one of my all time favorite fall treats. Get the recipe HERE.
You are welcome to right click this handout, save to your computer and print to make your own Pumpkin handouts.
Our lesson is on service this week and I get to teach it. So I’m sharing some of my handouts.
handouts created with {All You Need Is Love digi kit by Persnickety Prints} ♥ Her stuff!
I’m also using two great Mormon Messages in the lesson-
You wouldn’t believe me if I told you how stinkin’ busy we’ve been lately. I recently got called as the new Young Women President. I know. What in the world were they thinking?! Believe me I ask myself that every single day!! I have wonderful counselors and advisers that make up for way more than I am lacking! We just got back from a week of girls camp. What a blast! It was seriously so fun! We took them to Bear Lake, the Minitoka Caves, floated the river at Lava Hot Springs and really roughed it… I’m talking infinity toilets and all! ha! It was SO good for all of us prissy girls!! We had THE BEST camp director ever, she is also my next door neighbor! LOVE her!!! She had some really cute ideas and it was the perfect mix of spiritual and fun. She gave the girls a swagger bag at the beginning of camp with homemade chapstick- I’ve got to get the recipe it was SO awesome! A journal etc.We did a night hike, she lit up glow in the dark signs and had the girls stop at each sign up the hike to read a scripture or thought. As I walked up the trail and paused I looked up into the starry sky. I am so thankful for the beauty that surrounds us. I know our Heavenly Father is looking down on us, wanting to give us everything that He has. I know He knows us each as individuals, blesses us and is directing our lives.
The day after we got home from camp me and my sister in laws threw a super fun bridal shower for Kenzii. Here are a few pics. Our theme was “Love Birds”. We did an Italian Soda Bar, made the best cupcakes I’ve ever had. GO HERE for the recipe! {Thanks Lyndsi for the recipe!}
My SIL Chelsea did the games- SO cute! They were fun and quick. ;) He says, She says- where we asked the bride and groom to answer some questions and the guests had to guess whether he or she said it. The other game we played was Bridal Shower Bingo. You guess what the bride is going to get and fill in the bingo card accordingly. We did a prize for bingo and a black out.
Now we are packing up and heading to Bear Lake for a week. I love summer, but when I’m in the middle of all the work I feel crazy, if I just stop and pause, I know why we go to all the trouble. It’s totally worth it for the kids. They don’t get many summer’s in their sweet lifetime that will be so carefree and I want them to have great memories. It’s definitely worth it! I hope you are each having the most wonderful summer full of good memories too!
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Feel free to use this handout however you would like, you can right click and save to your desktop. Might also be fun to pass out at camp before testimony meeting.
