activity days calendar 2013

editable in MS Word - prepare your AD calendar easier (and cuter):

2013 calendar found at www.jackshandsjillsheart.com - only need to purchase it once, then print as many as you need.  Do not redistribute or share original work that is purchased from this site - thanks!

Activity Day Calendar

Editable in MS Word for Activity Day Leaders includes all months for 2012:

document found at www.jackshandsjillsheart.com (only have to buy it once but please don't share or redistribute the file - thanks!)

Daddy/Daughter Date

We've been busy doing electrical work and have 17 new lights in upstairs.  Still need to put in lights in the hallway, laundry, our room/bath.  That's still a lot of work to go!  =)

So, I've also been working on an activity day Daddy/Daughter date.  The girls made cars from cardboard boxes and had dinner, activities and dessert.  They all said it was a lot of fun.

My station took photos of the girls with their dads - I printed one for each girl and then made a collage of all of them.

Idea taken from here. 

Caramel Apples

I made caramel apples yesterday for my Activity Day girls and Visiting Teaching route:

No unwrapping caramels and melting them here - although it probably is faster - I made the caramel from scratch and even took a recipe and added ingredients, took away some and altered the measurements!

Used 2 caramel coats since it was a thin syrup:

I melted white almond bark and coated that over the caramel, then rolled it in homemade granola:

Wrapped them up and gave them away:

Happy Fall =)

Granola Recipe - quick & easy

1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup chopped or slivered almonds
2 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup honey

Preheat the oven to 350˚.

Combine coconut, almonds, oats, oil, and honey together in a large bowl until they are mixed well. Pour onto a sheet pan and bake, stirring once or twice during baking time, until the mixture turns a nice golden brown for 20 minutes.

Remove the granola from the oven and allow to cool, stirring once.  Stores for 1 month or longer in an air-tight container.

Mother/Daughter T-party

We made muffins and cut out these dresses, except for the middle part as we just folded them in half and stuck a toothpick in the middle, and glued them shut. Then everyone knew what kind of muffin they were taking before everyone started touching all of them, smelling them and then putting them back ;)

Google Doc found here.

Each T-word had a teapot with flowers and the T-word:

This was a note card put by the teapot flowing flowers into a cup - picture below with the 3 white dresses:

Google Doc found here.

Each girl got to take home a white napkin dress, they loved them!

Google Doc found here.

I wrote a song to 'I'm a little Tea Pot'. Words on the hankie dresses found on the Google Doc here.

My body is a temple, there's no doubt

Spotless and pure, inside and out

Worldly temptations have no clout

Choosing the right helps me stay on route!

I have a testimony, that is true

The gospel of Christ was taught by you

Thank you for showing me God's clear view

I felt good as my faith simply grew.

These were our Talent jars - each girl had one with their name on them and listed their talents to display.

You can see the walls that displayed 2 of the 4 stations: