Wow!! I can't believe that girls camp has come and gone again. It really feels like we just got home from camp last year. I was called to be Girls Camp director in my ward again this year and had so much fun planning it, and going up and spending time with the great young women of our ward.
The theme for this year was "Lighthouses in the Night!" It was such a fun theme and we did so many great activities. The first day we met at the church and then carpooled up to Beaver Mountain and went horse back riding. It was so beautiful and the girls had so much fun! After horse back riding we went to the Logan Temple for lunch and pictures! It was beautiful! Then we were off to Mantua to set up camp and get settled! We had an awesome week and I felt the girls grew so much spiritually!! One of my favorite things we did was had a "Tree of Light". This was a tree in the middle of our camp that we had decorated with lights. I had a bucket with paper and markers and told the girls to write little notes to each other through out the week.Then we hung each of the little notes on the tree decorated with lights. I wasn't sure how this would go over or if the girls would even do it, but they had so much fun writing kind notes to each other. It was so fun to read all the sweet notes that they wrote to each other and so neat to see how much they enjoyed this!
One other good idea I did kind of last minute was making water bottles for each of the girls. I just bought water bottels from Sams that had the lid that pops up and down. I printed each girls name on a piece of paper and they put their name on their water bottle and then put contact paper over top of it. Then they put a small washer around the top of the water bottle and a tied a ribbon through the washer to make a lanyard. They turned out so cute. It was soooooo hot the week of camp so these were used so much.
I loved going to Girls Camp as a youth and have really enjoyed going as a leader these past few years. Thank you so much for all of the wonderful memories Pioneer Ward Young Women and leaders!!!
The theme for this year was "Lighthouses in the Night!" It was such a fun theme and we did so many great activities. The first day we met at the church and then carpooled up to Beaver Mountain and went horse back riding. It was so beautiful and the girls had so much fun! After horse back riding we went to the Logan Temple for lunch and pictures! It was beautiful! Then we were off to Mantua to set up camp and get settled! We had an awesome week and I felt the girls grew so much spiritually!! One of my favorite things we did was had a "Tree of Light". This was a tree in the middle of our camp that we had decorated with lights. I had a bucket with paper and markers and told the girls to write little notes to each other through out the week.Then we hung each of the little notes on the tree decorated with lights. I wasn't sure how this would go over or if the girls would even do it, but they had so much fun writing kind notes to each other. It was so fun to read all the sweet notes that they wrote to each other and so neat to see how much they enjoyed this!
One other good idea I did kind of last minute was making water bottles for each of the girls. I just bought water bottels from Sams that had the lid that pops up and down. I printed each girls name on a piece of paper and they put their name on their water bottle and then put contact paper over top of it. Then they put a small washer around the top of the water bottle and a tied a ribbon through the washer to make a lanyard. They turned out so cute. It was soooooo hot the week of camp so these were used so much.
I loved going to Girls Camp as a youth and have really enjoyed going as a leader these past few years. Thank you so much for all of the wonderful memories Pioneer Ward Young Women and leaders!!!
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