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Pine Car Scout Awards

April 18, 2012 By Michelle Barneck 4 Comments

It’s derby time! We just had our Cub Scout Pine Wood Derby and as one of the leaders, I was asked to make the awards. I am still new to Cub Scouts, but here’s what I came up with.

Pine Car Scout Awards

They turned out pretty cute and were quite simple to make!

Supplies:

Small Wooden Crate (Michael’s)

Sandpaper

Yellow Cardstock

Blue Cardstock

Checkered Paper

Double-sided Tape

14 Gauge Utility Wire (Lowe’s)

Pliers

Scissors

Toothpicks

Checkered Duck Tape

Elmer’s White Glue

Matchbox Cars

E-6000

I was going to spray paint the cars silver, but the ones I got ended up matching really well.

1. I got the “crates” which were more like little baskets with handles from Michael’s for $1 each. Break off the handles and sand flat. You can see the little circles where I broke the handles off.

2. Make a circle from the yellow cardstock and a slightly larger circle from the blue cardstock. Make an even larger circle from the checkered paper (it will be about 4 inches across). Tape them all together.

3. Cut 1/4-1/8 inch slits all around the checkered paper to fringe. Give it a more 3D look by bending the fringe toward the circles having some strips bending ore than others.

4. Use your pliers and fingers to bend pieces of the utility wire in to 1, 2, 3, and S (for sportsmanship).

5. Snip one of the end of the toothpicks. Cover the other end by folding a strip of checkered duct tape around the toothpick to look like a flag.

6. Glue the wire numbers to the paper circles with little dots of E-6000.

7. Glue the paper circle badge to the crate with the Elmer’s white glue.

8. Cut a rectangle out of the blue cardstock and round one end. Glue it to the crate as the backdrop for the car. Lay it down to dry and glue the flags on while the backdrop is laying horizontal.

9. Once dry, stand it up and glue the car on the top of the crate using dots of E-6000 on the wheels.

We did the sportsmanship slightly different. It get’s the paper badge, but then instead of a car on top, we filled the crate with the candy and closed it in with the checkered duck tape. Candy is a great motivator with boys this age.

Is anyone else involved with Cub Scouts? I’d love to share ideas!

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10 LDS Conference Activities for Kids

March 17, 2012 By Michelle Barneck 10 Comments

With three little ones of my own, I know it can be hard to be able to sit down and peacefully listen to General Conference. I am all for having a bag of tricks to keep the kiddos interested and/or even quiet so here are a few LDS Conference Activities I have come up with and used through the years.

1. Conference Bracelets
Pick a topic for each color of bead and create jewelry based on what things people speak on. Then have something colorful and fun to wear.

3. Conference Blocks

Talk about building on a firm foundation and use masking tape to label building blocks with topics. Build something using the building blocks of our faith by adding block each time you hear one of the keywords.

4. Pitch Your Tent
Make a tent with blankets with the door facing toward the television. Read the article and do the color by number of King Benjamin from the August 2001 Friend p. 18-19. What kid doesn’t love a good fort?

2. Conference Sundae
Earn a new ingredient (banana, ice cream scoop(s), hot fudge, caramel, nuts, whipped cream, etc) for every talk they listen to or take notes about. Treats are always a big motivator at our house.
5. General Conference Easter Egg Hunt

Print the eggs from the link to the post above and fill your basket as you listen to the talks. This is especially great for the spring conferences that fall near or on Easter!

6. Temple Memory Game

Link above contains 3 printable versions: Utah, under construction, and reader request.

7. LDS General Conference Coloring Page

8. Temple Sewing Card

Just print the temple card on cardstock from post link above and laminate. Then punch holes on dots, add a ribbon and you are good to go!

9. General Conference Coloring

10. First Presidency Coloring Page

We hope you enjoy this collection of LDS Conference Activities.

What activities do you have up your sleeves for conference?

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February Visiting Teaching Message

February 8, 2012 By Michelle Barneck 4 Comments

The February Visiting Teaching Message has a quote from President Hinckley that I just love! “You are they who nurture them and establish within them the habits of their lives. No other work reaches so close to divinity as does the nurturing of the sons and daughters of God.” Wow, that is powerful. I feel so blessed to be a mother and pray that I can live up to this responsibility.

February Visiting Teaching Message

You are welcome to share the quote I chose for the February visiting teaching message with your sisters and use this handout if you like.

I made the handout using paper & embellishments from Everyday Mom Ideas and my memories suite software. I discover more things I love each time I use it! (If you need scrapbooking software, use the coupon code:STMMMS97077 for $10 off, making it $29.97, and get a $10 code to spend in the MyMemories.com Design Shop!)

To print the February Visiting Teaching Message:

Right click the image and copy. Then, you can paste it in to word and re-size and copy as necessary for how many you want on a page.

Right click and save, then open with Windows Photo Gallery which allows you to print choosing your paper size (4×6).

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January Visiting Teaching Message

January 6, 2012 By Michelle Barneck 3 Comments

The January Visiting Teaching message is titled “Watchcare and Ministering Through Visiting Teaching.” It is a great reminder about how we can help each other through small acts of service and growing friendships through visiting teaching. It is a great reminder to coincide with the renewed desires to be good visiting teachers that seem to come with the new year.

January Visiting Teaching Message

I went with a snowy theme because we have had a great lack thereof and if it is going to be cold we may as well have snow to make it pretty right?

You are welcome to share the quote I chose for the January visiting teaching message with your sisters and use this handout if you like.

I made the handout using my memories suite software. I am loving it more and more each time I use it! (If you need scrapbooking software, use the coupon code:STMMMS97077 for $10 off, making it $29.97, and get a $10 code to spend in the MyMemories.com Design Shop!)

To print the January Visiting Teaching Message:

Right click the image and copy. Then, you can paste it in to word and re-size and copy as necessary for how many you want on a page.
or
Right click and save, then open with Windows Photo Gallery which allows you to print choosing your paper size (4×6).

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