For the LOVE GOD section of our meetings, I have some big plans for a little bit of time!
As recommended in the handbook (the new handbook is SOOOOO cute), we're going to be making a creation quilt. I cut out 4" fleece squares (really they are leftover squares from fabric that was used years ago to make those tie-end blankets craft projects - i love scraps!) and had the girls draw one day of God's creation on each. I gave them 9 squares total - one for their name and one that says AHG and the year.
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We have 2 meetings to make it, so for the first meeting, we talked about who God is and filled in most of the spots in our Pathfinder paper bag book for Love God. For the rest of the meeting (20-30 minutes), the girls decorated their Creation Quilt.
I reviewed the days of creation with them before they began. Then I gave them 9 squares to put in any order/pattern they wanted. Then we (the adults) numbered them (skipping the first square and the last square), 1 - 7. Then we stacked them up from "0" - "9" in order.
I gave them a scratch piece of construction paper (which was a verrrrrrrrry good idea, we discovered) and permanent markers. On square "0" I had them write their name and put any little decorations they wanted. I told them not to press hard and write with the markers, but to gently "paint" with them.
When they finished, we put the square at the bottom of their stack and started on square "1" - God made LIGHT when there was none. Some drew black for darkness and a light color to represent light. They put that square at the bottom of the stack and continued through the stack...
square "2" - God made SKY & SEA so blue.
square "3" - God made FLOWERS, PLANTS, & TREES.
square "4" - God made MOON, STARS, & SUN galore.
square "5" - God made FISH & BIRDS alive.
square "6" - God made MAN & ANIMALS that day.
square "7" - God was RESTING in his Heaven.
square "last" - "AHG 2014" or whatever you want to write...
After they finished, I kept their stack in order and put it in their baggie with their name on it (along with their meeting necklace, which I hand out at the beginning of each meeting and take up at the end).
Next meeting we will finish up with How to Show God We Love Him in our bag book and most of the time we will be sewing. I practiced today to show you what I'm going to try and accomplish with them. (They were SOOOO excited when I told them that they'd be sewing next meeting! Here's hoping it works!)
Here are the pictures showing how I did it. I punched holes along the sides of the squares, 4 to a side, with my Cropadile craft punch. Then I used ribbon-like yarn to do the stitching - and pulled loosely. I tied knots on the ends.
As recommended in the handbook (the new handbook is SOOOOO cute), we're going to be making a creation quilt. I cut out 4" fleece squares (really they are leftover squares from fabric that was used years ago to make those tie-end blankets craft projects - i love scraps!) and had the girls draw one day of God's creation on each. I gave them 9 squares total - one for their name and one that says AHG and the year.
We have 2 meetings to make it, so for the first meeting, we talked about who God is and filled in most of the spots in our Pathfinder paper bag book for Love God. For the rest of the meeting (20-30 minutes), the girls decorated their Creation Quilt.
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| this is one of the girls' creation drawings - awwwwww! |
I reviewed the days of creation with them before they began. Then I gave them 9 squares to put in any order/pattern they wanted. Then we (the adults) numbered them (skipping the first square and the last square), 1 - 7. Then we stacked them up from "0" - "9" in order.
I gave them a scratch piece of construction paper (which was a verrrrrrrrry good idea, we discovered) and permanent markers. On square "0" I had them write their name and put any little decorations they wanted. I told them not to press hard and write with the markers, but to gently "paint" with them.
When they finished, we put the square at the bottom of their stack and started on square "1" - God made LIGHT when there was none. Some drew black for darkness and a light color to represent light. They put that square at the bottom of the stack and continued through the stack...
square "2" - God made SKY & SEA so blue.
square "3" - God made FLOWERS, PLANTS, & TREES.
square "4" - God made MOON, STARS, & SUN galore.
square "5" - God made FISH & BIRDS alive.
square "6" - God made MAN & ANIMALS that day.
square "7" - God was RESTING in his Heaven.
square "last" - "AHG 2014" or whatever you want to write...
After they finished, I kept their stack in order and put it in their baggie with their name on it (along with their meeting necklace, which I hand out at the beginning of each meeting and take up at the end).
Next meeting we will finish up with How to Show God We Love Him in our bag book and most of the time we will be sewing. I practiced today to show you what I'm going to try and accomplish with them. (They were SOOOO excited when I told them that they'd be sewing next meeting! Here's hoping it works!)
Here are the pictures showing how I did it. I punched holes along the sides of the squares, 4 to a side, with my Cropadile craft punch. Then I used ribbon-like yarn to do the stitching - and pulled loosely. I tied knots on the ends.
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| punch 4 holes per side (or more if you think your Pathfinders are more capable than mine...we have young girls) |
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| we used TAPESTRY needles - not sharp! i sewed up one side first by flipping the middle section onto the bottom section. |
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| this is what it looks like after one side is sewn together |
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| i folded the top section onto the opened middle section and continued sewing across |
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| after i sewed across two sides, i folded the right side over the middle section and sewed up |
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| i finished the sewing and this is what it looks like - puckered, but i think doable for the girls - we'll see at the next meeting!!!! |