We did popcorn as our refreshment. We had a few different types. Tying in personal progress as we "pop into progress" we also had some vases full of popped popcorn around with gerber daisies in them.
As a part of the program I had a 8 girls build a picnic. I had a picnic basket up front full of supplies you would need in a picnic and each girl talked about a value. Here is a little summary of what I had each girl talk about as they pulled their item out of the picnic basket.
Faith: (blanket)
The blanket is used to give us comfort, and also as a
foundation to build our picnic upon. Just like the blanket, our faith gives us
comfort in knowledge in the gospel. Also faith is our foundation for all other
things to be built upon. We couldn’t build our testimony without faith.
Divine Nature (Plate)
The plate symbolizes Divine Nature. Without the knowledge of
our divine nature, our life would be chaos. Like in the picnic, without the
plate the organization of your food would be chaotic all over the blanket.
Individual worth
(fork)
Just as a fork is one of the tools we use to feed ourselves,
our individual worth and knowing that we are of worth can help to feed ourselves
as well as others spiritually.
Knowledge (cup)
We should constantly be thirsting to gain more knowledge,
especially in the gospel, but also in all other aspects of our lives.
Choice and
Accountability (food)
When we pack the picnic, we have to make choices on what we
want to eat. In life, we make similar choices deciding whether all the choices
which we make are going to nourish us and make us better, or harm us.
Good Works (Spoon)
The spoon is used to serve ourselves our food. So often with good works we are serving
others, whether spiritually, emotionally or physically. When we welcome people
into our lives we can feed them in many ways with our serving spoon.
Integrity (knife)
The world is constantly trying to damage and destroy our
integrity. As we look at the knife, we can remember that our integrity is worth
us defending.
Virtue (napkin)
To be virtuous is to be clean and pure, the napkin at our
picnic helps us to keep ourselves clean.
We also did a photo booth and I had made all the props just free hand from cardstock. It was super easy and the girls loved it! We took pictures of the girls together and them and their parents. Here are the other leaders and I. (missing Kelsey!)
If you are interested in me making invitations for you. Contact me at jessicrosland1@gmail.com
