Journal Jar

My first lesson teaching the Beehives was on preserving memories - Personal Records. I saw a cute idea and poem and used more of those frappuccino bottles I got from a recycler:

I cut up 6 questions for each value color and printed it on the coordinating color paper. Here's the poem I used:

Preserve your memories -

seal them up well.

What you forget,

you can never retell.

But a journal that's kept

fresh on the shelf -

Might help someone

in need . . .

perhaps even yourself!

I also made a candy journal out of 2 chocolate nuggets:

It says on one side:

Pray and ponder each day asking yourself,

Did God send a message that was just for ME?

And on the opposing side:

Write it down!

It preserves that memory to remember how

much God loves us and how much we need him.

a message in a bottle . . . and on a bottle

I made invites for Girl's Camp from recycled frappuccino bottles (freecycle) for the YCL's and we presented them in their wards on Easter Sunday for Kickoff:

The theme:

Follow the Yellow Brick Road was around the lid, raffia tied around the bottle with a star button glued to it and filled with Easter grass and chocolate eggs:

I designed a wrap around label for the jars with all the info (just the detailed info has been deleted):

Who doesn't like an invite with chocolate? ;) I rolled up a survey for gathering their ideas and input inside the bottle too.