Print it- We Believe in the Articles of Faith Mini-Booklet

A little gem for anyone learning the Articles of Faith. 

I made the book mini so that you it can be carried around easily. Say, in a side pocket of a scripture tote, or purse.
It can be used in your home with your own children or in Primary at church.
The PDF Booklet was designed to create a 14-page mini-booklet. It includes all 13 articles of Faith and a cover page.

How to: Click Here to download and Print. 
To make this booklet last a long time, cut each article out and laminate it at your local print/office store. Then punch a hole in each and add a book or key ring. The cost came out to about $4.00 for the entire process. If you intend to make several of these, I suggest getting a hold of someones personal laminator to make the job less expensive.
I hope this will help someone out there. I love how the mini-booklet turned out
Enjoy!

 

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For more information on what we believe in our church, click on the side bar button- "My Beliefs"

Print it- 'I am a Child of God' Bookmarks

In my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day-Saints, we have an incredible children's program: "Primary". It is designed to teach our children all the principles of the Gospel with a fun, and memorable approach. 
Right now, I serve as our congregation's Primary Secretary. I love this calling and it gives me the lovely excuse to spend time creating printouts that apply to the Gospel.

Our theme for this year is: "I am a Child of God", so I thought I would play around with that and ended up with some simple but so pretty bookmarks.

This printout/PDF has 2 different color schemes, 6 total bookmarks. Just print on good paper (you can even laminate them if you want), and add some ribbon or twine to the tops. I used wool roving scraps. These would make a great gift.

CLICK HERE TO PRINT BOOKMARKS

CLICK HERE TO PRINT

Gift Guide: New Baby

A Gift Guide for all those adorable babies out there.

1 Unisex Tribal Print Leggings // 2 BabyZen Blocks // 3 Leather Baby Mocassins //
4 Wellness Healing Bear // 5 Crochet Teething Ring // 6 Alphabet Dog Pillow // 
7 Organic Cloth Wipes // 8 White Boxed Stripe Bib

Merry Christmas!

Cheerful Greetings from our clan to all of you out there stopping by this little blog.

We have been blessed greatly this year as well as all years past. 

We hope for many more years of joy to come for Us as well as All of You!

Merry Christmas!

Color Haus 2012 Holiday Coupon Code

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Nature Study- Texture Rubbings

Have you ever noticed all the varying textures outside? I don't think I really did until I set out to do some texture rubbing with my girls. It was an incredible simple way to learn about texture.
All we did was head outside with paper and crayons. Then we gathered leaves and other natural items and placed a thin paper over them (we used cheap copy paper. I think old paper bags, or used craft paper would be great as well.) and the little ones rubbed over it with a crayon. Then the textures magically appeared.  We also ran around and rubbed over walls, sidewalks...
One thing we found out was, even though we may see a certain object, a sidewalk for example, every day, we can still discover hidden details about it. 
I never knew how full of texture everything is. 

Happy exploring!

Home made Modeling Beeswax

I've been wanting to buy some Stockmar modeling beeswax. You know the stuff. All the crunchy/ waldorf mommas love it. But at 30 bucks a pack, I just can't bring myself to buy it. 
Luckily, there are plenty of recipes for home made modeling beeswax online. 
Here is a great one. I made a batch without lanolin and it turned out wonderful. I also added a bit of essential oil to it as well.  It turned out firm enough to keep form, but pliable enough that my kids can actually build and play without frustration.  

(Now, a note about homemade modeling beeswax; it is a bit sticky to the touch and not incredibly shiny like Stockmar's wax. This is because, although Stockmar uses mostly pure beeswax in their crayons and modeling beeswax, they also add 10% paraffin to their products. Please correct me if Stockmar has recently omitted the paraffin.)