Activity Day Recognition Night

The Princess Within Shining Forth

This year we decided to do sort of a Young Women in Excellence for the activity day girls and they had a ball with it.  We took the theme from a quote by Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley.  The girls helped make the flowers and decorations, so they really felt a part of it.  I was in charge of the dessert table, so I found some yellow candy sticks, pink gummy bears and had pink and yellow cookies and cupcakes.  I put little crown cupcake toppers in the cupcakes.

 

They had to choose a bag that represented themselves and then put something in it that represented each of the different areas of the Faith in God booklet - Learning and Living the Gospel, Serving Others, and Developing Talents.  They each took a turn to stand up and share what they put in their bag.  Morgan chose her gymnastic bag and put a Book of Mormon in it to represent how we as a family read scriptures each morning as a family, a stick to show that she helped pick up sticks in the front yard recently, and a pillow to show how she has learned how to make pillows and then sell them.  They also put on a small talent show.  Morgan and two of her friends made up a dance to a song the "Chipettes" sing, so they each dressed up as one of the Chipettes (Alvin and brothers' girlfriends).  I think Morgan was Jeanette.  Anyway, it was cute.  We presented each of them with a necklace that had a crown and a little jewel on it to remind them they are royalty of Heavenly Father and to always shine for him.  We also gave them crowns.  It was a lot of work (most of which my 1st counselor did!!!!), but the girls loved it.  The girls who recently had moved on to Young Womens asked why we hadn't done something like this when they were in Primary. :)  It was a really great evening that was very uplifting and spiritual, yet fun.  I think we've started a tradition!