wooden hearts

Two Wooden Hearts

submitted by Michelle

These were fun to make. All you need is two different size hearts, acrylic paint, wood glue, raffia, dried flowers, ribbon and some wire. Paint the hearts, glue them together. Add the ribbon and flowers and it is finished. The young women now have a wall hanging to remind them of their camp theme.

Stitched Wall Hanging

Stitched Wall Hanging

submitted by Claudia

Stitch the young women's theme, mutual theme, camp theme, a quote on fabric.
An idea is to stitch them at camp and then after camp,
finish making the wall hangings during mutual night.

Kool-Aid Jammers Bag

Kool-Aid Jammers Bag

submitted by Claudia

This is made with 12 Kool-Aid Jammers packages. They are machine zig-zagged together (4 on the front, 4 on the back and two on each side). The grosgrain ribbon is also zig-zagged onto the bag. This would be a fun pre-camp clinic--teaching the girls how to sew with a sewing machine.

binoculars

Binoculars

submitted by Valerie

These are made out of two empty toliet paper rolls. Then, covered with scrapbook paper and glued together. A piece of twine attaches the card to binoculars.

The card reads:

"Life gives to all a choice. You can satisfy yourself with mediocrity if you wish. You can be common, ordinary, dull, colorless; or you can channel your life so that it will be clean, vibrant, progressive, useful, colorful, rich.

You can soil your record, defile your soul, trample underfoot virtue, honor and goodness, and thus forfeit exaltation in the kingdom of God. Or you can be righteous, commanding the respect and admiration of your associates in all walks of life, and enjoying the love of the Lord. Your destiny is in your hands and your all important decisions are your own to make." President Spencer W. Kimball

LOOK to the future and FOCUS on the consequences of your decisions...it is all up to YOU!

Tile Memo Board

Tile Memo Board

submitted by Michelle

I purchased the tiles at Home Depot (you can get them from Lowe's too). Stickers and Acrylic Sealer were purchased from Roberts.

Put the stickers on the tile. Then, cover the center of the tile (where you would want to write) with paper and then, spray the acrylic sealer over the tile. It will take a little while to dry. The only difficult thing was keeping the dirt off of the tile until it is completely dried.

mail box holder & pillows

Mail box holder

submitted by Leuri

Here are the pictures of the Jeans Pockets that we used as our mail system last year. We just hung these on clotheslines with clothes pins.

Pillow

submitted by Leuri

This year we are making pillows for the girls to keep on their beds for the same purpose. We thought about making them into a wall hanging, but there is no place to hang them in the cabins.

Shadow boxes

Shadow boxes

submitted by Valerie

Items needed: wooden boxes (purchased at Roberts) and various items to fill the boxes.

wooden flowers

Wooden Flowers

submitted by Michelle

Flower, leaves and bow were cut our of wood. The stem is a dowl. A block of wood with a whole in it is inside the terracotta pot. These are fun to paint and decorate.

rag flip flops

Rag Flip Flops

submitted by Michelle

This is an easy and fun project. Just a reminder--there are no flip flops allowed at Mia Shalom. So, this might be a fun project for them while they are waiting for the buses to arrive.

Covered Composition books

Covered Mini Composition Journal

submitted by Erin

inside of the Mini Composition Journal

submitted by Erin

Cover Composition Journal

submitted by Michelle

Canvas Bags

Canvas Bags

submitted by Michelle

These were a lot of fun to make. Canvas bags were purchased at Walmart. The accessories were purchased at Walmart, Roberts, and Michaels. This was a lot of fun to see the girls personalities come out while decorating their bags. We used tacky glue to glue on these accessories.

Tin Card Can

Tin Card Can

submitted by Michelle

This was our craft for the YCL's in our Stake. It was a lot of fun and easy too. (Even our Stake President made one). There are lots of different sizes and styles of tin cans found at Michael's & Roberts. I chose this particular size--it fits homemade cards. You will need scrapbook paper and any other accessories to decorate the can and mod podge to seal it.

Recipe Can

Recipe can
submitted by Michelle

There are lots of different sizes and styles of tin cans found at Michael's & Roberts. I chose this particular size--it fits the standard recipe cards. You will need scrapbook paper and any other accessories to decorate the can and mod podge to seal it.

hand-stitched pillows

Hand-stitched Pillows

Stitch the young women's theme, mutual theme, camp theme, a quote on fabric.

An idea is to stitch them at camp and then after camp,

finish making the pillows during mutual night.

vinyl lettering on glass blocks

Vinyl lettering on glass blocks

submitted by Valerie

It is amazing of all the possibilities that you can use with vinyl lettering.

Print out your Camp theme, the young women theme, mutual theme, a quote, etc...

The possibilities are endless.

glass blocks can be found at Lowe's or Home Depot in a variety of sizes.

magnetic board

Small Magnetic Board

submitted by Michelle

items needed:

• desired length and width of board (cut about a 1/2 inch deep from one side of the board to the other side)
• piece of metal (desired length)
• paint
• paint brushes

vinyl lettering on wood

Vinyl lettering on wood

submitted by Nicole

It is amazing of all the possibilites that you can use with vinyl lettering.
Print out your Camp theme, the young women theme, mutual theme, a quote, etc...
The possibilities are endless.

framed glass

Framed glass

submitted by Valerie

items needed:

two pieces of glass, items to be put inside the glass (such as: dried flowers, stickers, vinyl lettering, etc...), frame, paint & paint brushes

Paint your frame

After paint is dry, lay the first piece of glass inside the frame

On the second piece of glass, add the dried flowers and the lettering.

Then, set the 2nd piece of glass on top of the 1st piece of glass. Note: the flowers and lettering are now inside both pieces of glass.

Close the brackets on the back of the frame.

Vinyl lettering on tiles

Vinyl lettering on tiles

It is amazing of all the possibilites that you can use with vinyl lettering.

Print out your Camp theme, the young women theme, mutual theme, a quote, etc...

The possibilities are endless.

Mod Podge Blocks

Mod Podge Wooden Blocks

submitted by Abbey

items needed:

4- 3 x 3 wooden blocks (if you go to Home Depot, you can purchase a fence post and they will cut your blocks for you); 20- 3x3 pictures, the letters: l-o-v-e, mod podge, sponge brushes, 4- 3x3 pieces of scrapbook paper.

Sponge the modge podge on the 5 sides of the blocks, place the pictures on 5 of the sides.

Let dry. (usually only takes about 5 or so minutes)

Then, mod podge the 6th side and place scrapbook paper over the top of that side. Let dry.

Mod Podge over the 5 sides. Let dry.

Mod Podge the 6th side, attach each letter on each block and mod podge over the top of the letters. Let dry.

I like to add one more layer of mod podge on all sides again.

crocheted & knitted hot pads

Crocheted & Knitted Hot pads
submitted by Dalene

This is a great way to teach the girls how to crochet or knit.
A great service project--have them crochet or knit the hot pads

and then donate them to the various organizations.

beaded ribbon bookmark

Beaded ribbon bookmark

items needed: Printed ribbon 4 x Beads Scissors

Cut your ribbon to the desired length. Tie a knot about 1 1/2 inches from the bottom (this creates the tail). Thread ribbon through beads. Then, tie another knot.

Bucket of Pens

submitted by Erin

directions:

items needed: flowers, pens, green floral tape, can, beans

Cut your flower stem--leaving about 2 inches of stem. Take your pen and remove the top off the pen. Using the florist tape we are going to bind the pen. Florist tape sticks to itself when stretched so as you roll the pen you need to pull the tape tight as you wind, make sure you do not leave any gaps or the pen will show through. You can unwind this and try it again until you get it nice and flat. It's a little tricky but easy when you know how so have a few goes until you are happy with the result. When you are near the top, place the stem of the flower next the pen and finish binding the pen. If you have leafs you can ad them as you are binding.