tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37507720162348718282024-03-13T03:03:58.591-07:00DIY Project CrazyIf I can do it, you can do it.Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191460491727278579noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750772016234871828.post-17891585770797744382019-07-08T13:43:00.000-07:002019-07-08T13:43:34.974-07:00There’s a Warrior in Me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This is our Original theme song for girls camp this year. officially registered with a copywrite and everything! The story behind how it was made was exactly the point we wanted to get across to the girls this year at camp. For my Devotional on our last night, the theme of the day was Women of God, so I shared this story with the girls, after I told them about the meaning behind their t shirts. I will try to retell the story, but it wont be as good as when I spoke from the heart in front of all those girls!</div>
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I wrote the song for girls camp this year, but it has been weird for me to get attention for it. Which is highly unlike me! I love attention! I love preforming! But this was different.<br />
We had a whole lot that we wanted our girls to take away from our Women Warriors camp this year. When it came time to choose a theme song I really wanted to find the "perfect" song! Music speaks deeper than words alone. Music is powerful. Music is a universal language that can connect people that don't even speak the same language!<br />
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I searched for about a week. I searched everywhere, every combination of words. And I was coming up dry. As I sat down to search again wondering where else or what else I could search, I had the thought<br />
"You could write a song"<br />
"No, No I cant write a song. That's too hard, that would take too long." And again I thought<br />"You should write the song. That's the only way you are going to convey the message that you are looking for!"<br />
And again I chased the thought away. "I am NOT qualified to write a song!I have never written a song!" And then the thought came to me<br />
"...Well...if Nephi can build a boat!" (After I said this I paused and the girls all ERUPTED!! I did NOT expect that reaction! But it must have struck a chord with them, and I LOVED it!)<br />
So I thought with the Lords help, I can do it! I prayed and I fasted and then I could see the song. I couldn't hear it yet, but I could see the blueprints of how it should go, "She is a warrior, I'll be a warrior, I AM a warrior!"<br />
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I would write lines in my notebook when ever I'd get an idea. But when I would sit down and try to come up with it on my own, nothing would come. As I would get in my car to drive, I turned off the music. I just drove in silence. (Earlier in the week we had a class about being still and listening, and letting the Lord talk to you and guide you) As I would just be still and listen things would pop in my head. Lines of lyrics, or ideas of what the song should say. And then I would hear music! Lines of melodies would pop in my head! I would pull out the voice recorder app on my phone and sing the melody, or say the lines I thought of so I could remember them later.<br />
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I had a whole notebook full of random lines, and verses. Some I used, some I didn't. Then I would start putting the words to the melodies. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. But Sometimes I would begin to sing and then I'd get all chocked up and I'd go "Yep! That's it! That's the one!"<br />
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Then I began putting the music into a program to write the music and play it back. And I could start to see the song come to life just a little. I would get this section done, and then another section done. Every time I listened to one small section I'd get SO excited! I couldn't wait to hear it beginning to end all together for the first time! When that moment came, I held my breath and listened. As soon as the song was over my heart just sank.<br />
"What was I thinking? I can't write a song. This is never going to work. It doesn't even sound good. I just wasted 3 weeks of my life. I'm going to start searching again"<br />
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I sat there, sad and defeated for a few min, and then I thought again<br />
"No, if Nephi can build a boat! I can do this, I just need more help"<br />
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Much more prayer, and fasting, and with the help of several very talented people in the stake I was able to learn more about how to write a song, and I kept working and working. It was really hard, and it took a long time, and it was ALL I could think about while I was writing it!<br />
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It is not a professional song. And it still has some mistakes. It is an electronic piano playing without any dynamics or emotion. And I can still hear so much more to the song, more layers, more instruments. But I don't have the skills yet to produce it the way I can hear it in my head.<br />
But I have no doubt that the message of the song is for those girls. This song, is THEIR song. And I told them as they sing, to know that it is about them. Each of them individually. Its not just a song I searched for on the internet and we made it work. But it was written for them, and about them. And as they sing that last Chorus, I am a warrior! To BELIEVE it!<br />
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And let me tell you, they DID!! We sang this song every night at the close of our devotional. And after they heard the story behind their song, the conviction with which they sang was tangible! It was such an honor to stand up in front of them and conduct them as they stood and sang! It is an experience I will cherish forever and never forget!<br />
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If nothing more ever comes of this song, those 3 mins on that night made all the work I put into writing a new song 100% worth it!Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191460491727278579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750772016234871828.post-40094387297480413972019-07-08T12:31:00.002-07:002019-07-08T12:31:34.117-07:00Amazing Race -Lehi’s Dream edition<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lehi’s Dream</b></span><br />
<b>Amazing Race style</b><br />
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This was our big activity for girls camp this year. We wanted to give them opportunities to make their own choices, work together, accomplish something hard, and throw a little competition into the mix just for fun!<br />
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This was set up like "The Amazing Race" but themed after Lehi's Dream. I read Lehi's dream in the book of Mormon and wrote down all the elements that Lehi talked about and the scripture references. The tree of Life, the fruit of the tree, the iron rod, the river of water, great and spacious building...etc. Then came up with challenges to go along with each one.<br />
Then we cam up with 10 additional challenges. Some were things that they had done at camp this year, like spear throwing and archery, some were just random, some were team building exercises.<br />
Then we grouped a few of the challenges together to give them a choice. they could either do this challenge or this challenge. but once you start a challenge you can not switch to the other. So the teams had to choose together which they thought they would be better at.<br />
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Detour = a choice between 2 challenges<br />
Roadblock = a challenge only one team member can complete<br />
Pit Stop = a challenge the whole team must participate in<br />
Route Info = after completing a challenge you get a ticket with your route info to your next stop<br />
Fast Forward = an optional bonus challenge that lets you skip 5 challenges (only 3 were available, we had 16 teams)<br />
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The hardest part of the race was organizing the teams, and deciding the route order and setting up the tickets correctly for each team at each station. We ended up with 16 teams of 6 or 7 girls, and 22 different stations. Since none of these stations had been tested we didn't know how long it would take to complete each stop, we decided each team would go to all 12 of the stations for Lehi's Dream, and then only 5 of the 10 other stations. so we had route A and route B. The timing worked out pretty well.<br />
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For each station I printed the Station information that gave the station name, the scripture, and the challenge information. I also printed up a sheet of leader information. anything and everything the adult leader running the station would need to know. I put these in a big yellow envelope. I had one for each station. the envelope was labeled with the station name and all materials needed for the station. Most of the materials fit inside the envelope. Those that didn't were in a big box and the leader was able to grab what she needed. I also put my phone number on each envelope if they had problems or questions.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Passing Zones/Non Passing Zones</b></span><br />
Some of the stops had enough supplies for multiple teams to do the challenge at the same time, those were our passing zones. Where teams were able to get ahead of other teams. Some stations only had enough for one team to work at a time. At those stations the teams had to wait in the order they arrived.<br />
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*Also, the teams were not aloud to start a challenge until ALL team members arrived at the stop.<br />
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When they finished the challenge successfully they got the route info ticket from the leader at the station. We put each teams number on the back of the tickets. When they finished the race they came back to the starting point where they presented us with all their station tickets. The tickets were in a small envelope included in each stop packet.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Stations and information</b></span><br />
I just copied and pasted my word doc on here for all the station info. Some may be a little repetitive cause I had to give much of the same info the each of the leaders.<br />
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Leader Information:<br />
Each team is numbered, and you have a “Route Info” ticket that corresponds with each team that will come to your stations. (The “Lehi’s Dream” stations will have all the teams, the other stations will not) There are “✅passing✅ stations” and “⚠️non-passing⚠️ stations;” if you have a passing station then multiple teams are able to participate in the challenge at a time, and that allows for teams to pass each other in the race.<br />
If you have a non-passing station, then you only have enough supplies for one team to participate at a time. Then the teams will go in the order they arrived at the station. And they must wait on the team in front of them to complete the challenge.<br />
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If you are at a ‘Detour’ station and you have multiple teams, the other teams can choose the challenge the first team did not, and see if they can beat them, or they can choose to wait.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fast Forward Pass:</b></span><br />
All teams will be given the opportunity to to earn a fast forward pass. They will all receive the Fast Forward challenge after they have completed their 2nd challenge. <i>This is optional</i>. They can choose to leave the race and go down the hiking trail and look for a bonus fast forward ticket, or they can choose to skip the fast forward and continue with their next Route Info as normal.<br />
There will only be 3 Fast Forward passes placed on the trail, and there is no way to know if other teams have already chosen to do the fast forward challenge or not.<br />
If they are successful in finding a Fast Forward pass, it will allow them to skip 5 challenges of their choice. There is a place for 5 leader initials, if a team presents the fast forward pass to you, initial one of the spaces on the ticket, and give them their next route info ticket.<br />
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<b>Tree of life:</b><br />
⚠️No passing zone⚠️<br />
1 Nephi 8:10<br />
And it came to pass that I beheld a tree, whose fruit was desirable to make one happy.<br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">Detour</span>: You have a choice between two challenges. Once you begin one challenge you cannot switch to the other. <br />
1 Fruit from the tree:<br />
One teammate must climb the rope to retrieve the fruit (flag) from the tree.<br />
2 Fountain of Filthy water:<br />
Every teammate must remove a shoe and sock and use their toes to retrieve 10 marbles each from the fountain of filthy (freezing) water, for a total of 50 marbles. Only one teammate can have their foot in the water at a time.<br />
Route info: Go to the Tree of Life<br />
<i>Leader Instructions:</i><br />
Girls must pick one challenge to complete. For the rope climb they can switch girls if the first one to attempt can not complete the challenge. If they have ALL attempted the rope and no one can climb it, then they can help boost, but only as a last resort! If they choose the marbles, they can choose to have one girl go at a time until she has pulled out all her marbles, or each girl pull out one marble at a time. As long as there is<i> only one foot in the water at a time</i>. Once they begin one challenge they may not choose the other, they must complete the challenge started. When they have successfully completed the challenge of their choice, give them their envelope with their next destination.<br />
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<b>Fruit of the tree:</b><br />
✅Passing ✅<br />
1 Nephi 8:11<br />
And it came to pass that I did go forth and partake of the fruit thereof; and I beheld that it was most sweet, above all that I ever before tasted. Yea, and I beheld that the fruit thereof was white, to exceed all the whiteness that I had ever seen.<br />
<span style="background-color: red;">Roadblock</span>: Only ONE member of the team can complete this challenge. If one teammate as already completed a roadblock they cannot do another one.<br />
The fruit isn’t white, but it is sweet! One member of the team has to eat their slice of watermelon in less than 60 seconds. If they go over 60 seconds the team must wait an additional 2 mins before you can receive the Route Info to your next stop.<br />
Route info: Your next stop is Fruit of the tree, located out side the dining hall.<br />
<i>Leader Instructions:</i><br />
The team will choose one person to speed eat the watermelon. Have a timer ready, give them one minute to eat their piece. If they don’t finish it in under a minute, set the timer for an additional 2 minutes before you give them their route info to the next stop.<br />
***we did small picnic size watermelons and they were cut into quarters. The fastest time was 1:15<br />
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<b>Rod of Iron</b><br />
⚠️No Passing Zone ⚠️<br />
1 Nephi 8:19 & 24<br />
And I beheld a rod of iron, and it extended along the bank of the river, and led to the tree by which I stood.<br />
24 And it came to pass that I beheld others pressing forward, and they came forth and caught hold of the end of the rod of iron; and they did press forward through the mist of darkness, clinging to the rod of iron, even until they did come forth and partake of the fruit of the tree.<br />
<span style="background-color: magenta;">Pit Stop:</span> All team members must complete this challenge.<br />
Hold to the rod through the mists of darkness! All team members will be blindfolded and must hold on to the iron rod with BOTH hands from the beginning to the end. If one person let’s go with even one hand they must go back to the beginning of the iron rod and try again!<br />
Route Info: Go to the Rod of Iron, by the main fire pit, in front of the great and spacious building (the motel).<br />
<i>Leader Instructions:</i><br />
Take each of the girls to the beginning of the iron rod and blindfold them. They are to keep both hands on the rod (rope) at all times. If they let go take them back to the beginning. Your job is to be as annoying as possible to try to temp them to let go. We don’t want the girls to know they will be tempted to let go, so keep the squirt guns hidden until they are blindfolded. Remind them to be cautions with their footing if the ground is rocky, we don’t want anyone tripping!<br />
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<b>River of Water:</b><br />
✅Passing✅<br />
1 Nephi 8:13<br />
And as I cast my eyes round about, that perhaps I might discover my family also, I beheld a river of water; and it ran along, and it was near the tree of which I was partaking the fruit.<br />
<span style="background-color: magenta;">Pit Stop:</span> The whole team must cross the river of filthy waters by staying focused on the path. Much like the childhood game of “the floor is lava” you will not be able to touch the River of Water. You must get from one side of the “river” to the other by stepping on the “stepping stone.” Every team mate should start out standing on a stone in a single file line, the team mate in the back has one extra stone. They pass that extra stone to the front and the first persons places it in the ‘river’ and steps forward, allowing all other teams mates to step forward. The last person then picks up the extra stepping stone and passes it forward. Continue until you are across the river.<br />
Route Info: Your next stop is the River of Water, located by the play ground at the “Great and Spacious Field” (big ball field at the end of the hike)<br />
<i>Leader Instructions:</i><br />
Once the team successfully completes the challenge give them their next Route Info.<br />
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<b>Great and Spacious Building:</b><br />
1 Nephi 8:26-27<br />
And I also cast my eyes round about, and beheld, on the other side of the river of water, a great and spacious building; and it stood as it were in the air, high above the earth.<br />
27 And it was filled with people, both old and young, both male and female; and their manner of dress was exceedingly fine; and they were in the attitude of mocking and pointing their fingers towards those who had come at and were partaking of the fruit.<br />
**We did not have a challenge for this one, but it was the location of the trail head for the fast forward pass<br />
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<b>Straight and Narrow Path:</b><br />
⚠️No Passing Zone⚠️<br />
1 Nephi 8:20<br />
And I also beheld a strait and narrow path, which came along by the rod of iron, even to the tree by which I stood; and it also led by the head of the fountain, unto a large and spacious field, as if it had been a world.<br />
<span style="background-color: magenta;">Pit Stop: </span>Stay on the straight and narrow path! All team members must cross the straight and narrow path without falling off. If you fall off you must go back to the beginning and start over.<br />
Route Info: Stay on the Straight and Narrow Path, at the side forest next to the pool (the slack line that was by Ultimate Archery)<br />
<i>Leader Instructions:</i><br />
The whole team must cross the straight and narrow path. If one girl falls off she must go back to the beginning and start over. Once they complete the challenge give them their route info to their next stop.<br />
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<b>Dark and Dreary Waste:</b><br />
✅Passing✅<br />
1 Nephi 8:7<br />
And it came to pass that as I followed him I beheld myself that I was in a dark and dreary waste.<br />
<span style="background-color: red;">Roadblock</span>: Only ONE member of the team can complete this challenge. If one teammate as already completed a roadblock they cannot do another one.<br />
You have found your self in the dark and dreary waste, choose one team member to wear the blindfold and throw the frisby into the target. The other teammates should work together to give them verbal directions. No physical contact with the girl in the dark and dreary waste!<br />
Route Info: Your next stop is the Dark and Dreary Waste, located in the grassy section to the left of the ball courts.<br />
<i>Leader Instructions:</i><br />
The girls will choose one team member to be blindfolded and throw the frisby. The other teammates can help with verbal instruction only. No physical contact. Have the girls start 50 away from the target. Once the frisby gets into the target you can give the girls their next route info ticket. <br />
***Teams got backed up at this stop, I had to round up more blindfolds and frisbys to allow for additional teams to go.<br />
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<b>Large and Spacious Field:</b><br />
✅Passing✅<br />
1 Nephi 8:9<br />
And it came to pass after I had prayed unto the Lord I beheld a large and spacious field.<br />
<span style="background-color: magenta;">Pit Stop:</span> Team members must all work together to walk across the large and spacious field. Tape the tarp together to make a big loop large enough for your team to stand in. As you stand on the bottom of the loop, hold the top of the loop over head. Work together to walk the loop (like a giant hamster wheel) 20 feet across the field. If the loop breaks you have to start the 20 foot walk again.<br />
Route Info: Go to the Large and Spacious Field (the big ball field at the end of the hike)<br />
<i>Leader Instructions:</i><br />
Give the girls the supplies to make their human hamster wheel. They must tape the tarp together to form a giant loop. Then work together to walk the newspaper loop 20 feet across the field. If the paper breaks they have to fix it and start back at the beginning. Once they successfully walk the last person across the 20 feet without breaking their loop give them their next route info.<br />
**I got a plastic drop cloth and cut it into 18 in wide strips. those were taped together into a large loop. the girls tried putting it between their legs and walking, that was not aloud. The point was to work together, they had to step on the the track and feed it over head with their hands.<br />
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<b>Bringing Family to Partake of the Fruit:</b><br />
✅Passing✅<br />
1 Nephi 8:12 & 15<br />
And as I partook of the fruit thereof it filled my soul with exceedingly great joy; wherefore, I began to be desirous that my family should partake of it also; for I knew that it was desirable above all other fruit.<br />
15 And as I partook of the fruit thereof it filled my soul with exceedingly great joy; wherefore, I began to be desirous that my family should partake of it also; for I knew that it was desirable above all other fruit.<br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">Detour</span>: You have a choice between two challenges. Once you begin one challenge you cannot switch to the other. <br />
Going to the temple fills us with joy as we are able to bring our families to the gospel and link the generations through time.<br />
1 Write down 35 current operating temples OR<br />
2 Build a temple using marshmallows and toothpicks. Your temple must be 1 foot high, 1 foot wide, and one foot long. It must also include a steeple and the angel Moroni.<br />
Route Info: Next you will Bring your Family to Partake of the Fruit at the tables just out side of the Chapel, opposite side from the cabins.<br />
<i>Leader Instructions:</i><br />
Girls can choose to write down 35 current operating temples, or build a marshmallow toothpick temple. The toothpick marshmallow temple must measure 6in x 6in x 6in, and include a steeple and the angel Moroni. Once they pick one challenge they can’t switch. If they start naming temples to see how many they know that counts as picking that challenge! Warn them not to name any out loud unless they decide as a group that is the challenge they want! Once successfully completed give them their next route info.<br />
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<b>Mists of Darkness:</b><br />
✅Passing✅<br />
1 Nephi 8:23<br />
And it came to pass that there arose a mist of darkness; yea, even an exceedingly great mist of darkness, insomuch that they who had commenced in the path did lose their way, that they wandered off and were lost.<br />
Pit Stop:Send one team member at a time into the mists of darkness to retrieve a coin. You must find a coin with the birth year of someone on your team. If the coin does not match someone’s birth year, give it to the leader, and send a different team mate in to find another coin.<br />
Route Info: Don’t get lost in the Mists of Darkness, located out side the ‘Great and Spacious Building’ (the motel)<br />
<i>Leader Instructions:</i><br />
The goal is for the teams to find a coin with someone’s birth year from their team. Only one girl can look at a time. Ask the girls their birth year before the first girl picks a coin. They have to pick up the first coin they touch and bring it to you. If it does not match a birth year, they must send a different girl in to pick the next coin. Continue until they find a matching coin. <br />
Birth years: 2002-2007<br />
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<b>People Wandering in Strange Roads:</b><br />
1 Nephi 8:32<br />
And it came to pass that many were drowned in the depths of the fountain; and many were lost from his view, wandering in strange roads.<br />
<span style="background-color: lime;">Fast Forward:</span> **THIS CHALLENGE IS OPTIONAL**<br />
If you complete this challenge you will get a fast forward pass that will allow you to skip the 5 challenges of your choice. But there are only THREE fast forward passes available for the whole camp. Choose wisely!<br />
Starting at the great and spacious building, go down the “Strange Road” (hiking trail) to find the people that are wandering and lost from view. You will find the fast forward pass by the big painted tire.<br />
If you choose not to use your fast forward then proceed to your next stop.<br />
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<b>12 Apostles:</b><br />
✅Passing✅<br />
1 Nephi 12:8-9<br />
And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the twelve disciples of the Lamb, who are chosen to minister unto thy seed.<br />
9 And he said unto me: Thou rememberest the twelve apostles of the Lamb? Behold they are they who shall judge the twelve tribes of Israel; wherefore, the twelve ministers of thy seed shall be judged of them; for ye are of the house of Israel.<br />
Detour: You have a choice between two challenges. Once you begin one challenge you cannot switch to the other. <br />
1 Name all 12 current apostles using only the pictures provided<br />
2 Match the conference quote to the correct apostle. Return your answers to the leader. If you got any wrong she will send you back to try again. But you must wait 60 before submitting your next answers.<br />
Route Info: Your next stop is the 12 Apostles, find the table close to the road between the out door bathrooms and the chapel. To the side of our “Central Training Grounds”<br />
<i>Leader Instructions:</i><br />
The girls have to pick one of the two challenges, once they begin one challenge they cannot switch. 1 name all 12 current apostles, or 2 match the conference quote to the correct apostles. Once they submit their matches you can tell them which ones they got correct and which ones they missed. Give them back the ones they missed and have them try again. They must wait 60 seconds before they can receive the ones they got wrong and try again. Once they successfully complete the challenge, give them their next route info. Mix them up before the next group.<br />
***We ended up using the apostle flash cards with info about each apostle instead of conference quotes<br />
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<b>My Brothers Keeper:</b><br />
✅Passing✅<br />
Mosiah 2:17<br />
And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.<br />
<span style="background-color: magenta;">Pit Stop:</span> The whole team must work together to measure, cut and tie two sides of a blanket quilt. A long side and a short side. These quilts will be given to those in need, so do your BEST work!<br />
Route Info: Go to My Brothers Keeper, located inside the dinning hall.<br />
<i>Leader Instructions:</i><br />
Give them the tape, scissors, and measuring template. And help instruct them on how to cut and tie the quilt. Encourage them to do their best work, as they tie this quilt they are in service to the Lord. When they have completed a long side and a short side you can give them their next route info.<br />
****This was not part of Lehi's Dream, but this was our service project for the week.<br />
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<b>Spear Throw:</b><br />
✅Passing✅<br />
<span style="background-color: magenta;">Pit Stop:</span> Each team member must throw the spear until it hits the target. The handle cannot touch the ground for the throw to count.<br />
Route Info: Next stop, Spear Throw, located at the upper edge of our “Central Training Grounds” where you practiced yesterday.<br />
<i>Leader Instructions:</i><br />
Each team member must throw the spear until it hits the target. The handle cannot touch the ground for the throw to count. Once they successfully complete the challenge give them their next route info.<br />
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<b>Archery:</b><br />
✅Passing✅<br />
<span style="background-color: red;">Roadblock</span>: Only ONE member of the team can complete this challenge. If one teammate as already completed a roadblock they cannot do another one.<br />
One member of the team must hit the target 3 times.<br />
Route Info: Go to Archery, located by the ball courts, where you practiced yesterday.<br />
<i>Leader Instructions:</i><br />
One member of the team must hit the target 3 times. Once they successfully complete the challenge give them their next route info.<br />
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<b>Tying or Folding:</b><br />
✅Passing✅<br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">Detour:</span> You have a choice between two challenges. Once you begin one challenge you cannot switch to the other.<br />
1 Tie 3 knots (that you learned yesterday) correctly OR<br />
2 Using the instruction only (no help from other team mates) each team member must make an origami swan. Only one person folding paper at a time.<br />
Route Info: Your next stop is Tying or Folding. Located at a table across the road from the chapel, you can see the dinning hall from here.<br />
<i>Leader Instructions:</i><br />
They must choose to either tie 3 knots correctly OR<br />
Using the instruction only (no help from other team mates) each team member must make an origami swan. Only one person folding paper at a time. Once they successfully complete the challenge give them their next route info.<br />
***We had a knots tying class the day before using the old classic girls camp knots certification, if they paid attention this would be an easy stop.<br />
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<b>Scripture Search:</b><br />
✅Passing✅<br />
Pit Stop: Using the topical guide you must find a scripture to answer the question the leader gives you. Paper scriptures only! Once you find a scripture, look it up and read it to the leader.<br />
Route Info: Your next stop is Scripture Search, located at the main fire pit, close to the dinning hall.<br />
Route Info: Your next stop is Scripture Search, located at the fire pit in our “Central Training Grounds”<br />
<i>Leader Instructions:</i><br />
Ask the team the question provided. They must use the topical guide to find an answer, look up the scripture and read it to you. Once they successfully complete the challenge give them their next route info.<br />
**WE had two of these stations, one for route A and one for Route B<br />
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<b>Nature vs Ice:</b><br />
✅Passing✅<br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">Detour:</span> You have a choice between two challenges. Once you begin one challenge you cannot switch to the other.<br />
1 Nature scavenger hunt: Find 3 different types of leaves, a pine cone, 3 acorns with “hats on”, 2 three leaf clovers, a rock, something fuzzy, something straight, and something smooth OR<br />
2 Work together to open a frozen t shirt. One team mate must put it completely on before receiving the next clue.<br />
Route Info: Go to Nature vs Ice, found at the short wall across from the main fire pit, and in front of the dinning hall.<br />
<i>Leader Instructions: </i><br />
Teams must choose one of the two challenges, they cannot switch one they begin the challenge. 1 Nature scavenger hunt: Find 3 different types of leaves, a pine cone, 3 acorns with “hats on”, 2 three leaf clovers, a rock, something fuzzy, something straight, and something smooth OR<br />
2 Work together to open a frozen t shirt. One team mate must put it completely on before receiving the next clue. Once they successfully complete the challenge give them their next route info.<br />
**No using water bottles to melt the ice! They had to work together!<br />
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<b>Stack ‘em:</b><br />
✅Passing✅<br />
<span style="background-color: red;">Roadblock:</span> Only ONE member of the team can complete this challenge. If one teammate as already completed a roadblock they cannot do another one.<br />
Choose one teammate to stack 10 dice on top of each other. The tower must stand for 3 full seconds.<br />
Route Info: Your next stop is Stack ‘em which can be found at the red camp store.<br />
<i>Leader Instructions:</i><br />
One teammate must stack 10 dice on top of each other. The tower must stand for 3 full seconds. Once they successfully complete the challenge give them their next route info.<br />
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<b>Scripture Power:</b><br />
✅Passing✅<br />
<span style="background-color: yellow;">Detour:</span> You have a choice between two challenges. Once you begin one challenge you cannot switch to the other.<br />
1 Memorize a scripture and recite it perfectly. If you mess up you must wait 60 before you can try again. OR<br />
2 Complete a diagram of the plan of salvation. If you get a piece wrong you must wait one minute before you can try again.<br />
Route Info: Take a break from the heat at Scripture Power inside the chapel.<br />
<i>Leader Instructions: </i><br />
The team must choose which challenge they want to complete. Once they begin the challenge they can’t switch. They can memorize a scripture and recite it word for word back to you. If they mess up they have to wait 60 seconds before trying again. Or complete the diagram of the plan of salvation. If they get a piece wrong they must wait 60 seconds before trying again. You can tell them what part is miss placed. Once they successfully complete the challenge give them their next route info.<br />
***We used the Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me<br />
It is an easy one, but they girls didn't know the scripture they had to memorize, they had to choose first.<br />
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<b>Giant Stack ‘em:</b><br />
⚠️No Passing Zone⚠️<br />
<span style="background-color: magenta;">Pit Stop:</span> Working together play the giant jenga game until it reaches 3 ½ feet tall. If it falls rebuild the game and start over.<br />
Route Info: Your next stop is Giant Stack ‘em located on the concrete pad next to the ball courts.<br />
<i>Leader Instructions: </i><br />
The team must work together to play the giant jenga game until it reaches 3 ½ feet tall. If it falls they must rebuild the game and start over. Once they successfully complete the challenge give them their next route info.<br />
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<b>Mighty Pen:</b><br />
✅Passing✅<br />
<span style="background-color: magenta;">Pit Stop:</span> Working together, write our camp theme with everyone only holding the last loop on the string tied to a marker.<br />
Route Info: Take a break from the heat at Might Pen which can be found inside the chapel.<br />
<i>Leader Instructions:</i><br />
The team must work together to write “Women Warriors,” everyone can only touch the loop on the end of their string attached to the marker. Once they successfully complete the challenge give them their next route info.<br />
**Women Warriors was our theme for camp<br />
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191460491727278579noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750772016234871828.post-9972903825134198582019-07-07T17:22:00.002-07:002019-07-07T17:22:32.402-07:00LDS Girls Camp I had the opportunity to be the assistant Stake Camp Director this year, this was probably my most favorite camp I’ve been to, out of the 14 times I’ve gone! The director and I really wanted new things that the girls hadn’t seen before, so we worked really hard to come up with great classes and experiences for these girls, and we would like to share it for anyone that may be looking.<br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Camp Theme</span></b></i><br />
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<b>Women Warriors</b><br />
We had 3 sub themes that we focused on each day<br />
Women of <b>Faith</b>, Women of <b>Strength,</b> Women of <b>God</b><br />
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<b>Purpose of camp</b> was to help the girls see that they could do anything the Lord asked them to do, and they can do hard things. We created a slide show with images of “Women Warriors” to introduce the theme. We talked about qualities of a warrior, then talked about REAL women Warriors in history, they did exist. They were rare, but powerful, usually impacting their tribe, or country for generations to follow.<br />
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We based our decorating off of a Native American feel, kinda boho, which was trendy this year so it’s easy to find lots of things to go along with the theme.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Tuesday: Women of Faith day</span>, </b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Warrior initiation day!</span></b><br />
The stake leaders and YCLs camp up Monday to get camp ready, and then we took them to the lake just to have fun for a couple hours. We had a jet ski, pontoon boat, lily pad and a ski boat. It was an awesome afternoon where we had a chance to bond with the girls a little that we didn’t know very well.<br />
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Tuesday morning the wards arrived, we gave everyone time to find their cabins and then we had morning devotional and camp orientation. Then we started our activities.<br />
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<b>Women’s Self Defense class</b>:<br />
This was totally awesome!! A sister in the stake teaches women’s self defense and she relates it to the gospel, being able to listen to the spirit is a huge part of her class, and she tweaked it perfectly to fit in with our Women of Faith day!<br />
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<b>Warrior endurance</b>: (Short hike)<br />
We renamed everything for one to sound more exciting, for two, to keep a little mystery in the week, and for 3 so they didn’t see something like a hike or service project and have time to complain, it was just; here is this thing! I think it helped girls to just be in the moment.<br />
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After lunch we had crafts and our spiritual/sit down class.<br />
Crafts: Only 2 crafts this year, dream catcher key chains, (SO cute!) and walking sticks (sticks harvested from my parents forest)<br />
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First class was about having self confidence, and changing negative thoughts in your head to positive thoughts. Second class was about finding your “inner peace” like Po from Kung fu panda, we talked about meditation and did a guided meditation at the end.<br />
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A couple hours of free time, and dinner, and then we had our evening devotional.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>YCL skit</b></span><br />
The YCLs had a skit for every night at camp that they had been working on, all continued from the night before and correlated with the daily theme. They were AWESOME!! It was like watching a mini episode every day! Then we did <b>bag skits </b>with each level. 4 leaders brought a bag of props and random items. Each level got to do one skit during camp. They got their bag of props and had 30 mins to come up with a <i>short</i> skit to preform that night at devotional. It was totally optional. It was just to give each of the girls an opportunity to get up in front of everyone if they wanted to. The girls had fun with it!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Awards</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"></span> </b>We gave out 2 awards each night. The <b>clean cabin </b>award, each day at a random time 2 of our leaders would look at all the cabins, the cleanest cabin got a cooler full of drinks for the night. This was a HUGE hit for the younger girls! It really made clean up a breeze on the last day!<br />
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<b>Girl on Fire </b>award. This was EVERYONE'S FAVORITE!! Every day each girl and each leader got to submit one girl for girl on Fire. This was for anyone who you had seen go above and beyond, or stand out in any way. Every day after dinner, before devotional our two 18 year old leaders (who were the back bone to camp this year!! They weren’t YCLs, but they weren’t cabin moms, they were like the stake assistants. They were the runners. And they went from sun up, to way past sun down!! Seriously THE best!) they would read all the submission and pick 3 for the night. Any one that was really special they saved for the ultimate girl on fire on the last day.<br />
They played “this girl is on fire” and during the first verse they would read the girls who won, and what they had done, and the girls would come up to the stage, and then as we got to the chorus “THIS GIRL IS ON FIRE!” everyone erupted and sang and danced! And the energy was crazy exciting! Celebrating these awesome girls up on stage! This year we gave them each a water bottle filled with red and yellow wrapped candies, and a super cute dream catcher bracelet. Totally epic award!! So fun!<br />
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After the crazy and the fun we had our spiritual thought given by one of the stake leaders each night, also correlating with the theme and events of the day, and then we would sing our theme song. I will have a separate post about that. This was one of my favorite thing about camp this year!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Faith Walk</b></span><br />
After devotional we had our faith walk led by the YCLs. They each took a value and were stationed around the camp. The younger girls walked from station to station and got a mini devotional about the value and a woman Warrior from the scriptures that helped teach us about the value. This was quiet and reverent. They had jar lanterns for each group to carry with them. It was truly awesome to hear these Laurels bear testimony and fill us with the spirit station after station. They totally blew me away! We ended back in the chapel (our big in-door multi purpose room that was our main gathering place) where one YCL wrapped it all up.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Glow in the dark games</b></span><br />
Each evening we had glow in the dark games for the girls and each morning we had early swim. These girls just kept going and going!! The activities after dinner and before breakfast were optional, but the girls LOVED them! We were very fortunate to have leaders that were available for kick ball, volleyball, swimming, and impromptu karaoke! I, on the other hand, was wiped out and had to opt out of the late and early festivities. So I was grateful for the leaders that were able to play with the girls!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wednesday: Women of Strength</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Warrior training day!</b></span><br />
We met at the fire pit for morning devotional before breakfast, for a quick spiritual thought, and blessing on the food. This is also when the camp director and I would get up and talk about the activities for the day.<br />
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At breakfast we had face paint crayons and several simple options for the YCLs to choose from. They picked a design for their group, and during breakfast the YCLs put “war paint” on each of the girls. They all loved that! Our 4th years ended up with long mustaches. They are hilarious!<br />
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Then we began our warrior training! Everyone rotated through archery, knot tying (classic old school girls camp certification), spear throwing, learning how to build a fire, and ultimate archery tag.<br />
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We instructed the teachers of each rotation to tell the girls the things they do today will effect them tomorrow! That intrigued most of the girls. The fact that it was a race got leaked, but it was not what they expected!<br />
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<b>Spears</b><br />
The Spears were one of my favorites! It was the spear from the spartan race, you can get info on how to build and throw it on Pinterest. It was important that each girl learned how to throw the spear because during the race they were going to be expected to do it before their team could leave that station.<br />
To make a target the spear had to stick into the hay bale and the handle not touch the ground. 1 cm off the ground counted! Just so long at it did not rest of the ground.<br />
The more athletic girls got it right away and LOVED it! But the …less athletic girls ended up standing in the back ground. After about 20 Mins I asked who had not made a target. Hands slowly went up as eyes went down. They didn’t think they could do it. So we brought them all to the front and coached them individually. One girl would not follow through. So I told her when she throws it to stay there like a statue until the spear hit the target. She tried it the next throw and made her first target!! There was jumping and screaming and much high fiving!! That was EXACTLY what we wanted those girls to experience!! EVERY girls that stuck with it and tried and persisted was able to make a successful target! There was one girl, that I know of, that was unable to make the target. She threw it once and said “I can’t do it” and never tried again. Definitely a lesson to be learned in that!<br />
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<b>Archery Tag</b><br />
The archery tag was SO fun!! We also had a slack line put up next to it for the girls that were waiting to play. (That was for the race also but they didn’t know that) If you are interested in archery tag, you can buy the equipment your self off of amazon for about what we paid a professional to come in for 3 hours, FYI.<br />
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After lunch we had our craft/spiritual class rotation. We had someone come in who I believe is a youth counselor, she specializes in working with kids that deal with anxiety and depression. Her class was AMAZING!! It was full of hands on demonstrations of what the brain can do! The girls really listened too! I could hear the things she taught come up in conversations through out the rest of camp! She just dropped into our lap at the prefect time! Someone needed that class, I have no doubt!<br />
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Then free time, dinner, devotional, and evening festivities! Just like that day before.<br />
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<b>Fire competition</b>:<br />
This is where the “training” started coming into play. One of our priesthood men took over the fire instruction class for us. That was not planned, it was spur of the moment, but he couldn’t have been more perfect! He is a physics teacher at a local school! He was amazing!<br />
We split the girls into their race teams for the next day, and gave them each a bag of kindling. They built their fires, and then we strung a piece a string above their fires with two wooden skewers. The object was to burn their string till it broke. This was the determining factor in the order they got to start the race the next day.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Thursday: Women of God</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b> Warrior Adventure day!</b></span><br />
After breakfast we had the race! It was patterned after “The Amazing Race” but we did it to the theme of Lehi’s Dream. I will do a separate post on this as there was a LOT of moving parts, it was the most difficult thing at camp to plan and coordinate. It was “all hands on deck” that day!<br />
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Everything that they had been doing and learning throughout the week came into play during the race! It was really cool to see everything come full circle and to see the girls put into action things they learned from their classes and activities!<br />
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There was a slight mix up though. Each team was numbered. They had a series of 16 stations that they had to move through. At each station there was a challenge. Once they successfully completed the challenge, they got their next “Route info” ticket. Each of these tickets was numbered with their team number. The mix up happened when the teams went out the door for their first stop, some of them got the number of the order they were going out, the number of their placement from the fire competition, instead of their team number. Then at the stations they were given their team number and everything started to crumble! We had planned for 2 ½ to 3 hours for this activity, and 40 Mins into we had to stop the race and regroup. We ended up doing our 'after lunch' classes right then and moved the race to after lunch. During the classes we collected all the tickets and put them back into order and back in the correct envelopes for each station.<br />
My heart stopped a little when the race was falling apart, cause countless hours went into to making it work! And the girls WANTED to do it! But the other leaders rallied together and we got everything back in place! We started again after lunch and everything went prefect that time!!<br />
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After the race was free time, and then BISHOPS NIGHT!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>BISHOP’S NIGHT:</b></span><br />
I didn’t realize that this was more of a local tradition, but it has ALWAYS been the highlight of our girls camp!!<br />
Bishops are invited to join us for dinner and festivities of the evening. They are usually asked to participate in something in front of the girls. This year we made it a competition!<br />
We are hoping to start a new tradition. We made a small trophy for the winning bishop to keep on his desk in the bishops office. We bought a 4 inch “Captain Moroni” figurine cast in pewter. And fixed him on a small wood plaque with a little metal engraving “Girls Camp first place bishops night” with instructions on the bottom to bring it back next year to girls camp, to see if he can keep his title of 'first place' and reclaim the trophy!<br />
Since the girls learned SO much this week we wanted to give the bishops a shot. Points were awarded for each thing. First was a watermelon speed eating contest. The girls had to do this in their race. 1st 2nd and 3rd place were awarded points. Then it was the spear throw, not as easy as the little girls made it look! And then archery.<br />
Then we went inside for evening devotional and we did the awards ceremony with the added awards for the race. We made “medals” out of ribbon and candy. 3rd place got individual size candy, 2nd place got candy bar size, and 3rd place for movie candy size. We called them up and placed their medals around their necks. We presented the winning bishop with the trophy. I loved it because the bishop that won had JUST been called only a week or two in advance! It was a great way to establish that relationship with the girls!<br />
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I was the speaker for the evening followed by our awesome stake president. I used the explanation of the t shirt design and the birth of our camp theme song as the basis for my devotional. Because it is exactly the point we wanted to get across to the girls this week. I will go into detail of the song in another post. To explain the T-shirt’s is just started talking about how we use symbols in the gospel. And how the Native Americans used symbols. I showed them a pic of a <i><b>feather,</b></i><br />
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which symbolizes<b><i> trust, and strength</i></b>.<br />
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Then the symbol of the <b><i>great spirit, or God</i></b>.<br />
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The symbol for <b><i>brotherhood</i></b> (or in our case sisterhood)<br />
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and then we put our t shirt design up on the screen.<br />
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Which is a combination of all of those symbols to create one simple design with not many words, but if you understand the symbols, it says<br />
Women Warriors<br />
Women of Faith (trust), Women of Strength, Women of God, and girls camp.<br />
When I threw the t shirt image on the screen the all erupted!! Mind blown! It was great!<br />
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After devotional we separated for ward testimonies with their bishops. Some had fire pits, some had tiki torches, cause we LOVE testimonies around the fire, but we did not have enough fire pits at the camp ground, so we improvised. And it worked pretty well!<br />
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Then we had our Epic Dance party back in the chapel till midnight! So! Fun! And so exhausting! Lol and then some of our AMAZING stake leaders took the girls for a midnight swim!! Epic day!<br />
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Last day was pretty low key. After breakfast we met for our closing meeting. We awarded the ultimate girl on fire awards, who got the water bottles AND blankets that we had made during the race. And then we watched a slide show video of the week! One of our 18 year olds collected pics from leaders and girls all week and made a totally awesome slide show!! We sang our theme song all together one more time, had a prayer and finished cleanup and check out.<br />
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All in all it was a pretty amazing week!! We put a lot into it, and we would love to share to with anyone looking for ideas for camp.<br />
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191460491727278579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750772016234871828.post-32943949106998079722016-11-07T19:25:00.002-08:002016-11-07T19:30:12.622-08:0010 minute Roman Costume<br />
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- Large Brown T-Shirt (turned inside out if it has designs on it)<br />
- Large Red T-Shirt (turned inside out if it has designs on it)<br />
- Strip of extra brown fabric<br />
- Large square of red fabric<br />
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- paper twine (or regular twine. I just like the paper cause it's wider and shows up nicely)<br />
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First things first, plug in your glue gun. You will want it warming up while you get your shirt cut. Take your brown shirt and cut off the sleeves. Then try the shirt on your child. You will need to mark with a straight pin on the front and back, a visible stopping point for your slits in the front of your shirt. You will want the slits to come up to the top of the leg, but not all the way to the hip.<br />
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The best part of working with T-shirts is they don't need to be zig zagged. You can cut them however and they don't unravel. Now, try the shirt on again and mark with straight pins where the twine goes to make the chest shape. Take the shirt off your little Roman and put a paper bag inside the shirt to prepare for gluing. (this step isn't 100% necessary, but sometimes the glue goes through the shirt. So I find this step helpful)<br />
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Lay your twine over your straight pin markings for the chest and cut to length. Then using the hot glue gun, glue the twine down in at least 5 spots per each side of the chest. It isn't necessary to glue the entire piece of twin down. I have washed this costume 3 times and the glue only comes off if the dryer is too hot. Even then it only comes off in a few places.<br />
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Now, take your big square piece of Red fabric (I had one in my fabric box, but you can always cut out the back of another red shirt) and glue the top two corners to the brown shirt shoulders. Gather it if necessary and glue again to make sure the cape isn't sagging.<br />
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Mis Rishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07059735835200513386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750772016234871828.post-47897624532460734492013-10-23T16:23:00.001-07:002013-10-23T16:24:52.575-07:00Hulk Muscle Shirt from a sleeping bagBig shout out to all you DIYers out there. For me this is the biggest DIY time of the year because it means <span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 11.1875px;">COSTUMES</span></span><span style="background-color: #edeff4; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 11.199999809265137px;">! </span> Yep, and boy, do my kids love the homemade costumes. They always look awesome. We have a huge hulk fan in our house. This is what we did for him.<br />
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I needed muscles so I thought I would have to stuff them and sew them...but then I found a green sleeping bag at the thrift store for three bucks. My thinking? I figure, if I just sew a shirt out of this and stitch muscle lines into it, it will look awesome.<br />
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No, I dont really ever sew. So I didnt have any patterns. No matter. You want to sew a shirt? Find a shirt that fits your subject. I needed one that was a little bigger to account for all the layers. Turn said shirt inside out and trace shape onto your fabric, allowing for extra inches for the seams on the bottom edge. You can use chalk...but I didnt want to have to re trace my lines so I just did permanent marker. I started with the front piece of the shirt.</div>
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Use pins all the way through your fabric to make sure you don't loose your sleeping bag guts. Then cut out your Tshirt front. The back, since the fabric does not stretch, needs to be in two pieces. You can use ties, or saftey pins, or elastic. Elastic is the best bet because your child WILL bend over, and if the sleeping bag is sew together like a regular shirt, the seams will RIP. I cut my two back pieces from the edge of the sleeping bag so I had one less seam to deal with. The sleeves get a bit tricky because you have to roll your shirt as you trace it to make sure you get the entire sleeve. Or as an afterthought, you can just fold your fabric in half, and then cut it. But I am such a goldfish that I do better with rolling the shirt because if I folded it, I would end up having the folded edge on the wrong side. ANYHOW...tangent over. </div>
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As I said before, the sleeping bag was an old one from the thrift store. Some parts of the batting were fatter than others. Im guessing this is because it had been washed and the batting shifted into random places. So I just dissected those areas and cut off the top layer of batting on the fat part to make it slightly more uniform. </div>
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Now onto the sleeves. I started with a short sleeve shirt, so all I did was extend the sleeve till it was the same length as my sons arm. Then I had to figure out what to do for the muscle lines. I looked all over at muscle man pictures and finally came up with this. </div>
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Again, another poor PAINT representation of how I stitched the muscles. The arm was cut with the wrist portion on a seam so I had one less thing to stitch up as well. This is what my muscles ended up looking like. Take your arm and sew the long sides together to make a sleeve tube.</div>
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Now, to sew the arms to the arm holes on the muscle shirt. Hopefully you still have pins in your fabric around the sleeves, but if you dont, get some pins ready. Turn your whole shirt, inside out.<br />
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Now take your sleeve, DO NOT TURN IT INSIDE OUT. And put it inside the inside out chest portion. Yes, I know this is confusing, but stay with me. Pin the sleeve to the shirt. If you are confused on how to pin it, just pin it and then turn your shirt right side out. If the sleeve has its under arm seam on the outside, you pinned it wrong..<br />
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This is my finished shirt. The boy LOVES IT. He wears it all the time. The arm muscles are kinda hard to see, but they do add a nice touch when noticed.<br />
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Next I used the same tracing method with the pants, only I made them wide and put elastic in the waist. Then I decided he needed hulk feet. Cause Hulk doesn't wear shoes. And that is the one thing that store bought costumes always forget....the feet.</div>
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You can find my post on large costume feet <a href="http://diy-projectcrazy.blogspot.com/2012/10/reversible-hulk-feet.html">here</a></div>
Mis Rishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07059735835200513386noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750772016234871828.post-68601416687656784722013-06-14T10:06:00.000-07:002013-06-14T10:07:23.689-07:00Fixin my couch<div class="MsoNormal">
I bought my couch 2 years ago off of craigs list, and it
was not even a year old. It was EXACTLY what I was looking for. After having it
for a while I realized that the top cushions were over stuffed and the bottom
back cushions were under stuffed. Not ideal for someone with back issues. </div>
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Then a couple months ago Mark laid down on it. He just kind
of plopped on the couch, not hard at all, and we heard this snap, and then
something was protruding out of the back of the couch. Luckily not through the
fabric. So I vowed to fix it. Oh, also it didn't have feet, I have wanted to
put feet on it since we bought it. </div>
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So A while back I flipped it over and pulled out most of the
staples on the lining and flopped it over so I could take a look in the couch.
I could see the problem and I thought I could fix it, but when I tried It just
didn't work. So I flipped the couch back over, pondering how in the world to
fix it. For about 2 month the back rest of the couch leaned towards the back, not
the front of the couch, and it was so uncomfortable to sit on. </div>
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My mom just reupholstered my sisters couch for her birthday
last month. Her couch had amazing structure, but the fabric was ripped and quite
worn. My mom did a beautiful job. </div>
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So I got to thinking,
my upholstery is great, but my structure is crap, so All I need to do if
reinforce the structure. So then OFF came the back of the couch. </div>
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So with the back off I could see the problem. The couch was
build with freakin 1x2’s stapled together. WHO DOES THAT?!?! You can see my little red arrows, these were some of the problem areas. The top one is pointing at a board that was supposed to be attached. That is what was sticking out of the back of my couch for months. </div>
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So I used
cardboard to create a pattern for 2 supports for the middle, I used my cardboard pattern and cut 2 supports out of plywood. The structure is MUCH more solid with just a few simple changes. And I was happy cause I got to play with my power tools AND, they were a perfect fit. woot woot! <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J </span></div>
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and then I braced
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That alone wouldnt be enough, but I'm hoping with the added braces that I made it will have enough support. </div>
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Now on to the cushions. I need good support for my lower
back. Someone got smart and put a ZIPPER on the lower cushions on the inside.
SO easy to add the stuffing. BUUUT, the top cushions (which were WAY over
stuffed) had no zipper. FACE PALM. So I got out the old seam ripper and ripped
a hole in my couch. I pulled the stuffing out of the top, and added it to the
bottom. All the while flipping my couch
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At one point when I was flipping the couch back down the
tack strip caught my ear and nearly ripped it out of my head! (ok, maybe that
was a little dramatic, but I did get cut, and it bleed a lot)</div>
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I also ended up making some feet for the couch. It was just too short. Which is great for
short people. I got nothing against short people. Infact, a lot of my friends
are short people….it’s just not my thing. I would have seriously loved to make
it SO high that MY feet dangled. How cool would that be! But I would have had to make the feet like 8
inched tall, and at that point the become more like stilts then feet. But I still
made them tall, they are 5 inches tall. I spent like $7 on a 4x4, and 2 on the
special screws. I cut it, sanded them, stained them (I already had the stain)
and I used my fancy drill press to get nice straight holes. So $9 for 4 feet, as apposed to $8 for one already made foot. See, and THIS is why I do it my self. :)</div>
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Today my mom brought over the awesome upholstery staple gun. I put the feet
together, and after the kids went to bed I turned on the air compressor and
went to town. I tacked everything back down, screwed in my nice new TALL feet,
and flipped that puppy over.<br />
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It’s tall, comfy, and has the back
support that I need. And to all of my short friends, maybe I can make you a
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like to actually make a couch some day…but now, I can say that making a couch
is officially OFF the bucket list. BUT NOW I want to make a big cushy ottoman
to match. If I ever find the same fabric
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Put it all together and you have a rather nice looking white board that you can put on your wall. I wouldn't recommend letting the little kids play with it, it IS glass, but it looks SO much nicer than those cheep flimsy ones you get at the store for a buck.<br />
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Then I realized something else. These would be great at a baby shower or other party you may be throwing. You can use your old frames and some white paper and then you're not having to get a new sheet of paper out for each game. At the end of the party you can clean the frames and take the paper out and there is NO waste. LOVE IT!<br />
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Also I have decided I may have to use this for a chore chart. Just slip the sheet of paper out for a print up of a chore chart and ZING! Instant reusable chore chart!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750772016234871828.post-10774628592954119502012-10-31T16:08:00.000-07:002012-10-31T16:08:31.142-07:00Finished Bat Girl Costume!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Made the Hood - $0 <a href="http://diy-projectcrazy.blogspot.com/2012/09/bat-gril-batmanninja-hood.html">DIY post</a></div>
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Made the Mask - $.50 <a href="http://diy-projectcrazy.blogspot.com/2012/10/bat-girl-mask.html">DIY post</a></div>
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Made the belt (which you can't really see) - $0 <a href="http://diy-projectcrazy.blogspot.com/2012/08/vader-accessories.html">DIY post</a></div>
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Had the shirt</div>
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Had the Skirt</div>
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Made the cape - $0 <a href="http://diy-projectcrazy.blogspot.com/2012/08/halloween-costumes-on-dime-capes.html">DIY post</a></div>
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Bought the leggings (which you cant really see) - $4</div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191460491727278579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750772016234871828.post-80546929030632750192012-10-31T11:25:00.002-07:002012-10-31T11:25:49.002-07:00Mini Mouse HairSo as I've been on the internet today, I've found some neat halloween stuff. Here I found a tutorial on how to make your hair look like Mini Mouse Ears. AMAZING! Have fun!<br />
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I just wanted an excuse to carry around one of my instruments this Halloween, so I decided to make Lederhosen and go as a member of a polka band. </div>
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Took my favorite pair of shorts that fit me really well and turned them inside out. Stuffing one leg inside the other.</div>
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I tapered the legs a bit cause I wanted them slightly more fitted. Also made them plenty long on the bottom so I could have a 2 inch cuff below the knee</div>
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I cut mien too small. I could put them on, but they were SUPER tight, so I added a 2 inch strip down the out side. Which I ended up liking better anyway. :)</div>
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Line of the crotch pieces and pin together starting with the middle first so your in seems line up</div>
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Since I cut them straight at the top and a waist line is curved, I put them on and folded over where I wanted the waist band to go. Pined it down and then cut along the fold. </div>
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To make them more fitted and less like sweat pants I put them on inside out and marked where I wanted the darts in the back (which by the way is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to do by your self). I I got a general idea of shape, placement, and size by looking in the mirror and then just eye balled it. </div>
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Then cut out around the shaped and traced them with a pen on my fabric, then I just filled in the lines when I took the paper off free hand. </div>
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Then I put in some nice orange thread and just sewed over the lines I had drawn...making it up as I go at some points :)</div>
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Right sides together I sewed the back on the arrow parts, then turned them right side out and dud a top stitch all the way around</div>
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Did the same with the rectangle piece, but I left the bottom open so I could sew the arrow pieces into it. </div>
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Then I had to zig-zag stitch all around the waist and fly to keep it from unraveling, and added the waist band. It was just a long strip the length of my waist and about 4 1/2 inches wide. Then I put a top stitch on for decoration and to hold everything down. </div>
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Place the arrow pieces on and sew them toe the flap of the fly</div>
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Then I did a totally unnecessary decorative stitch to accent it</div>
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Slip the arrow pieces in the rectangle piece and sew them together with a top stitch going across the bottom of the rectangle. </div>
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I added the suspenders next, making sure they were loose enough so I could bend over. I sewed them on, then added the buttons. Only one is actually useful the one on the waist band. All 12 of the others are purely decoration. And with 13 buttons I'm SO glad I learned how to do it on my Machine. If you haven't done it yet, pull out your manual and try it! It's SO easy and saved so much time. </div>
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I ended up using velcro to keep the fly up cause I sewed the button holes in too high, but it works great. </div>
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See, the buttons totally make this costume.</div>
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Lederhosen has buckles on the straps. I didn't have buckles but I did have some D loops that fit, so I threw them on just for kicks. </div>
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NOTE: I don't ever throw a bag or belt away with out first ganking off all the straps buckles hooks or any other hard ware I can find. It comes in handy!</div>
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...now I just need to learn how to yodel...</div>
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FINISHED DARTH VADER! </div>
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Down to the LAST detail...well ok, except his light saber is the wrong color. (click to see labels)</div>
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Made the Helmet-$4 <a href="http://diy-projectcrazy.blogspot.com/2012/09/vader-helmet.html">DIY post</a></div>
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Made the Mask -$4 <a href="http://diy-projectcrazy.blogspot.com/2012/09/craft-foam-vader-mask-on-pair-of-sun.html">DIY post</a></div>
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Made the cape-$0 <a href="http://diy-projectcrazy.blogspot.com/2012/08/halloween-costumes-on-dime-capes.html">DIY post</a></div>
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Made the Shoulder Armor -$0 <a href="http://diy-projectcrazy.blogspot.com/2012/08/vader-accessories.html">DIY post</a></div>
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Made the vest -$0 <a href="http://diy-projectcrazy.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-few-more-costume-props.html">DIY post</a></div>
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Painted the Shirt (got it from a thrift store) - $2 <a href="http://diy-projectcrazy.blogspot.com/2012/08/vader-accessories.html">DIY post</a></div>
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Made the Belt - $0 <a href="http://diy-projectcrazy.blogspot.com/2012/08/vader-accessories.html">DIY post</a></div>
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Made the Cod Piece - $0</div>
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Bought the Gloves - $0.50</div>
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Bought the pants at a thrift store - $2</div>
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Bought the shin guards at a thrift store - $2 <a href="http://diy-projectcrazy.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-few-more-costume-props.html">DIY post</a></div>
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Had the shoes :)</div>
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Had the Light Saber :)<br />
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For the COOLEST Vader costume. :) (if I do say so my self)</div>
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See how handy the sunglasses mask is?!? It just comes right off as soon as he is done with it (which is fairly quickly)<br />
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All you need is an old adult size shirt and a pair of scissors</div>
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You can use the front of back for the cape. The side that you want for the cape cut as you see the red lines, then flip the t shirt over and cut around the collar like the blue line</div>
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And there you have it! Easiest cape ever. My kids play with these ALL the time. </div>
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Totall Cost--FREE. Who doesn't have an old t shirt laying around?</div>
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We recently discovered the awesomeness of foam. Did you know that if you heat foam you can mold it and it will hold the shape?!?!</div>
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Bat Girl wanted a hood with ears like Batman, but she also wanted a cool mask. The Masks at the store have ears on them, but it was only $3, so we got it anyway. Mostly cause I wanted to try this. :)</div>
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Apply heat. We used a heat gun, cause Marisa is AWESOME and just happened to have one. But I have also done this over a burner on the stove. Set the heat to med-low or med. When the burner is hot hold the piece of foam about 6 inches over the burner. When the foam goes limp it's ready to mold. It's hot, but not hot enough to burn you. You can put it on your skin if you want to mold it to a specific part of you. (but I don't suggest putting it on a child's skin)</div>
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This is the mask I used as a mold</div>
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I learned it's easier to cut teh foam down to size before you heat and mold it. I didn't get a smooth edge cause I had too much excess. </div>
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You can see I just pressed it down and used my fingers to get it into the crevasses (it's really a 2 handed operation)</div>
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After it cooled (about 15 secs) This is what it looked like!</div>
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I also took a black ball point pen and drew some crease lines on the forehead. Gives it extra depth. :)</div>
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I didn't trim up the edges cause I wasn't sure how I wanted to do the nose, but I ended up just cutting it straight across the bottom. </div>
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When the out side dries turn it around and to a layer of glue water, then a layer of fabric strips, and then another layer of glue water on top. This keeps it stiff and helps it hold it's shape. (I found out that it's easier to cut teh eye holes BEFORE the glue and fabric. So trim it FIRST)</div>
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This is what it looks like dry and trimmed. Pretty awesome huh!</div>
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We have plans for storm trooper armor some time in the future with this technique. :) Seriously, now cool would THAT be?!</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191460491727278579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750772016234871828.post-74674688997473254192012-10-17T15:27:00.002-07:002012-10-17T15:27:57.061-07:00Crafting Supplies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey Everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts, I've been putting together a Baby shower. I want to post the neat decorations I've been doing...but the person I'm throwing the shower for reads my blog. So my lips are zipped until after the shower. And then I promise I'll have some neat things for all of you.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750772016234871828.post-15049229253969110542012-10-17T08:56:00.004-07:002012-10-17T08:56:30.175-07:00WINNER!<span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Anitha S. R. !!! Congrats! 2 Pairs of Earrings coming your way!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750772016234871828.post-81936886927829581902012-10-16T12:48:00.002-07:002012-10-16T12:49:02.652-07:00Easy last minuet costumes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We have been posting a lot of the costumes that we have been working on this year. Although they are SUPER AWESOME, sometimes you need an easy costume, or cheap/free costume, or a costume that you can throw together in 10 mins. We can do that too. In fact growing up, those are the only kind of costumes we ever really did. (Mom doesn't think costumes are as FUN as we do :) )</div>
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Almost EVEYONE has what they need to put together a pirate costume. Bandana for your head, you can do a button up shirt, a solid T or a stripped T. If you have an old T that is to big the the intended Pirate that would be best. Then you can cut it up a bit, make it look ragged. The the bottom and the sleeves like this: VVVVVVVVV. Throw on a vest if you have one, and an adult belt over the shoulder is a nice touch. You can use regular pants or find some old shorts or sweat pants and cut them like the shirt. Tie a scarf or sash around the waist if you have one and BOOM you have a pirate. </div>
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This is one I did when I was 12. Trick or treating was 10 minuets away and I had NO costume. Mom helped me put this together. </div>
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Baby footie PJ's stuffed with paper (or what ever you have on hand) A baby blanket pined around the back of my neck, and the baby "body" pinned to the blanket. We pinned the hands together and stuck a bottle in there. With one hand I held the baby up so it was sitting on something and not just dangling and with the other hand I held out the diaper bag for my candy. This one got some GOOD laughs. :)</div>
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Any kind of Animal is SO easy. You don't have to buy a costume. I made little ears out of felt. (you can use Construction paper, craft foam or scraps of fabric too)</div>
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I cut out the shape and used my hot glue gun (tape, staples, or glue would also work) </div>
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I put this together for my 2 year old last year who LOVED Lightening, but didn't like costumes. I cut out the lightening bolt out of felt and sewed it on a red jacket. He still wears it. :)</div>
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Hilarious halloween decoration for your front yard. Start with 4 sticks of wood. Make 2 black for the arms, and paint 2 stripped for socks. You're going to need some long screws or nails to keep them sturdy on your tree. Then to keep it an all weather witch, use a black trash bag for the cape, and foam sheets for shoes and hair. Cut your shoes out and hair out. Just make the hair pointy so it sticks out of the bottom of your hat. Screw the shoes to the leg sticks and after your cape is up, nail your hair to the tree and the hat over top. A pair of rubber washing gloves stuffed with walmart sacks finish it off. And for that special touch, don't forget your <a href="http://diy-projectcrazy.blogspot.com/2012/10/homemade-witches-broom.html">stick witch broom</a>. After the broom is made it takes a total of 3 minutes to put on your tree. If it's really windy tack down your hat, hair and cape so it covers your witch.</div>
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It's fall, that means windy days. Most of you probably have branches in your yard that have blown off your tree. So annoying to have so many branches in your yard. But I found a way to use those branches for halloween decorations. You'll need some sticks from your yard, and some floral wire, and hot glue wouldn't hurt either.</div>
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Break your branch into the same size pieces. Make two piles, one for smaller filler sticks, and one for the larger ones. Start with a wider straightish stick. Take some floral wire and wrap it around the end of one of you sticks from pile 2. Then attach to the bottom of your straight stick, and repeat. I must say this is VERY time consuming. But, it's a virtually free decoration. Once you have all your large sticks wrapped around, stick your smaller ones in as fillers. Then take a bendable twig (one that was fresh off the tree, or soaking wet works best) and wrap it around the sweeping part of your broom to give it the finishing touch. Hot glue wiggly pieces down and then set your broom where you will to give your house that spooky touch.</div>
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So I was going to make some cool gloves for the Darth Vader costume, that extend up the arm and have that little flare thing going on like Vader's gloves. I found this glove pattern on Google Image Search, and all I had to do differently was add the extended portion. </div>
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So I cut them out this morning and then as I was starting to zig zag around the edges so the fabric I got wouldn't fray I remembered something. I HATE sewing TINY details. And to make these for a 3 year old, they are quite small...so I stopped I'm going to opt for $.97 black knit gloves from Wal Mart. . But I thought I'd share the pattern any way. </div>
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Hooded Captain America Shirt.</div>
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Start by cutting out red and white strips of fabric (if you make them too wide, don't stress, just start over). Sew each strip of fabric in a red white red white pattern together.</div>
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Once they're sewn together, cut it into a mountain shape. Yeah you could go easy and make it straight...but it wouldn't look as much like the captain america in the movie. (but if the curve scares you, you can always skip this step.</div>
<span style="text-align: center;">Now for the front of the shirt. Take a regular shirt that fits your kid and turn it inside out. Then lay it on your prefered fabric and fold in the sleeves so you can see the "outline" front piece. Cut your fabric around the shirt. (if it helps you can pin the shirt to the fabric like a pattern).</span><br />
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Now you lay your "mountain stripes" on the front of your cut out t shirt (remove the shirt you used as a pattern before this step), you can pin the stripes to the shirt to make them sit still, then cut off the bottom of your shirt to replace with the stripes. Now you just have to fold them together and sew them. EASY....maybe.</div>
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UH OH! The pieces don't just SEW together....hum. that takes some thinking..... Pin the middle of your stripes to the middle of your shirt. Now we can flip it over and work our way out.</div>
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Now pin the mountain corners . Tuck your blue fabric, but try not to make it tucked where you pin. you want this to look pretty much flat so just pull it tight while you pin it to the edges.</div>
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Once the edges are pinned, sew carefully around your "mountain" taking out pins as you go. Go slow and turn your fabric as needed, and pull extra fabric away from the seams to keep it from puckering. If you're using an old t shirt you can skip this next part, but I used a sheet.....sheets unravel a lot, and quickly. So after you sew it, do a zigzag stitch on the edge to keep it from falling apart.</div>
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Now unfold it. WOW! that looks like the front of captain america's shirt....aren't you impressed?</div>
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Now take the shirt you were using for a pattern and put it on your blue fabric again. Fold the sleeves in again and cut out around it to make the back of your shirt. This time you don't have to cut off the bottom for the stripes. Now, put the outside of the pieces together so the seams will be on the inside of the shirt. Sew the shoulders together, and also sew just the straight part of the sides. **don't forget to back stitch at the beginning and the end of each seam** Now if using a fabric that unravels, do your zigzag stitch on the edges. You should now have a sleeveless shirt when you turn it right side out. </div>
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Next we make a hood (<a href="http://diy-projectcrazy.blogspot.com/2012/09/bat-gril-batmanninja-hood.html">you can find instructions for that here</a>) or you can skip. But in the movie...Captain America has a mask AND a hood underneath it. Just be sure if you skip the hood to zigzag/finish your edges on your neck hole. Have your child try on the shirt and the hood at the same time, mark with chalk, or straight pins (if your careful) where the shirt and the hood meet up on your child.</div>
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Once your hood is made turn it right side out. Turn your sleeveless shirt inside out. Now, find the middle of the back of your hood by laying it flat, mark the middle with a straight pin. Find the middle of the back of your shirt as well (just fold it in half) and mark JUST THE BACK of the shirt with a straight pin. Then do the middle of the front of your shirt with another. Don't pin anything but your ONE piece of fabric that you're finding the middle of. Now, put your right side out hood upside down, in your inside out shirt, so the neck parts will sit together. Using your pins as a marker, pin the middle of the back of your hood to the middle of the back of your shirt. (Make sure you stay on your chalk/pinned line that you made earlier.) Pin your way around to the front making sure the middle of the front of the hood, meets up with the middle of the front of your shirt.</div>
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Sew them together being careful not to sew on top of any other part of your shirt. Make your zigzag stitch around the edges to keep it from unraveling. Now turn it inside out and have your kid try it on. At this point...I was kind of regretting not using a fabric that stretched. My son couldn't get his head in his shirt, so I had to cut a line down the middle until he could fit through. Once I had the front cut I zigzaged the edges. I didn't bother turning in the raw edges. It's a costume, and looked fine with just a zigzag.</div>
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Sleeveless Hooded shirt. Now I was sad cause where the Captain America star is supposed to go, there is a great big slit. It's ok, I found a way to make it look right . But first, lets put the sleeves on the shirt.</div>
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If your pattern shirt has long sleeves just fold your fabric in half and put your sleeve on the fabric. Make sure you have the fold of your fabric where the fold of your sleeve is. Then cut it out. When you unfold your sleeve it should look like this. You will need two of these. If you don't have long sleeves on your "pattern shirt" no sweat. Just measure the length of your child's arm (from top of shoulder to wrist) and add a little extra for a seam allowance. </div>
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Now my fabric had a soft side and a shinier side. I wanted the soft side on the inside. So make sure you always sew with you inside (the soft side) facing you. (unless told otherwise). Fold your sleeve in half with the soft side out, and sew up the long part of the arm. Make your zigzag stitch, then do the same to the other sleeve. **Don't forget to back stitch at the beginning and end of each seam** Turn your sleeves right side out. and once again, turn your shirt inside out. Pin the top of your sleeve to the top of the arm hole and work your way around. I would pin under the armpit last just in case you have to fold over the fabric to make it fit.</div>
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Sew your arms on, being careful once again to keep the rest of your shirt out from under the presser foot. Do your zigzag stitch and turn the whole shirt right side out. It should be looking pretty awesome by now. Go ahead and finish off your sleeve edges and the bottom of your shirt with a zigzag stitch. Now for the star on the front.</div>
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Cut a star out of foam (or your fabric if you want, just make sure you finish the edges) and glue some velcro to the back. Sew on two squares of velcro on either side of your cut front of your shirt. (I just used velcro with adhesive on it, but beware when you sew it on with the adhesive it makes your needle sticky and might seize up your sewing machine) </div>
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Making a quiver out of an old purse.</div>
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First I started with a tube style purse like this. (thrift store $2)</div>
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Then I cut off the handles and take a sharpie marker to the pink stitching. (the inside was pink as well, so I turned the purse inside out and used black spray paint so my son wouldn't freak out about having a pink arrow holder)</div>
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Then I thieve the shoulder strap off an old duffle bag I got from the thrift store for 99 cents. If you want, find a duffle bag with an adjustable strap and sew that onto your quiver so it'll grow with your kid. **When cutting strapping make sure you melt the raw edges with a lighter so they don't come unraveled**</div>
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Attach the strap (so the strap falls off the bottom) first to the purse. Open the main zipper and lay the purse flat while using your sewing machine so you don't sew both sides together. </div>
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What the inside of the newly sewn on strap looks like.</div>
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Then sew on the other end of the strap. You want your quiver to be straight up and down on your back so sew the next part of your strap on so the strap goes off the side of the purse. At this point I have cut a hole on the same side of the purse for the arrows to go in.</div>
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Now, if you want it to be a little more ridged you add a hard foam to the base and to the. top of the quiver. This is from a foam target. Roll it as tight as you can get it. Then stuff it in the bottom of your quiver. Hot glue will keep it in place but the bottom doesn't really need it.</div>
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Picture of the inside of the quiver with foam in it. Now do the same only add it to the top.</div>
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(I apologies for the lighting, I took this with a phone camera) The top foam will hold better if you glue it to the edges of the purse. I also found that if you have enough foam making a cinnamon roll shape for the top and then poking the arrows in between the foam will keep them standing upright.</div>
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I made mine with a sleeping bag I found at a thrift store for $4, but you don't have to use a sleeping bag. Just make sure you have green fabric and tan fabric. Or two colors of your choice if you're not doing hulk. I started with a sleeping bag because I had already made pants and a hulk shirt from this same fabric.</div>
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Start by cutting out two "feet"shapes slightly bigger than your child's shoes. It's basically a square but the top of the feet are angled up toward the middle so where the big to will be is higher than where the pinky toe will be. Then cut a tear shape up the middle from the back. (note mine doesn't look like a tear shape because I was cutting through 4 layers of fabric at a time. This might have been easier if I would have not kept the seam from the sleeping bag, but I'm lazy and like having pre-made seams. It also helped hold my fabrics together.</div>
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Flip your fabric so you outsides are facing each other and your inside is facing out (or as anyone else but apparently me would call it, inside out). Those of you not making this out of a sleeping bag, just make sure you have your batting on the "outside" and your two different "feet" touching. In my case it was Hulk feet, big foot feet, and batting. Then pin your edges together.</div>
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Now, you need something to hold the hulk foot on your shoe. I used elastic from an old fitted sheet. (yay up cycling!) If you don't care about it being reversible, you can add it last. But it looks way nicer and you get two costumes for one if you add the elastic now. When it's stretched cut the elastic the same length as your feet are wide. Have your pieces pinned together, and between your two different colored feet, pin in your strip of elastic. (like my Halloween nails? Orange nail polish and after it dried I drew on the faces with permanent marker.)</div>
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The elastic will make your fabric pucker in the middle but that's not a problem because we're sewing the edges. Take your sewing machine and sew around the edges starting from the middle on the bottom, all the way around (making sure you get the elastic).</div>
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Turn your foot inside out so elastic is on the outside. See how nice the elastic looks! Now you need to hem up the middle of the foot where your "leg hole" will be. Turn your raw edges in and then pin them together. This was the hardest thing for me because the batting was really thick and I couldn't hardly get my presser foot to stay on the fabric. It might look better if you hand sew it...then again, it's probably just going to be under some pants. **Be careful to not sew your elastic into your leg hole hem.** Once you have the middle hemmed you should have kind of an upside down u shape.</div>
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Now take the bottom hems of your U shape (the red line) and put them flat together to make a foot hole. Sew together, being careful not to sew any other part of your foot.</div>
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Now it's time for the fun part. Stitching the toes. First mark where you want your stitches with straight pins. This way if you get the spacing off you can re mark them without having to take out a stitch. At the "joint" of where you toe and foot connect make a knot.</div>
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Then take your needle and thread and go around the outside of the foot and up through the underside back in the same spot where you put your first knot. This is a line that will separate your toes. Make it tight to give your toes a curved look on the front.</div>
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Once you finish threading your toes, you now have a completed pair of Hulk feet!</div>
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or big foot feet, or if you add some hair they could even be hobbit feet!</div>
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