This blog was created to share handouts that I have made for Young Women's. Feel free to use any or all of the handouts or ideas on here. I only teach once a month, but I will post my handouts as soon as I have them prepared.

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Stand as a Witness of God

Tomorrow I am teaching the lesson titled,
What does it mean to "stand as witnesses of God"?
Here is the handout that I came up with to go along with my lesson.
You can click on the picture, right click, and save as...
Let me know if you use it or if you like it.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

October: How Can I Learn to Be More Patient?

Last Sunday I taught a lesson about being more patient.
For my object lesson I made sugar cookies.
I gave each girl a small sugar covered heart cookie at the beginning of class.
They were instructed to hold the cookie
on their lap through the entire lesson.
They could eat it, if they wanted to.
But if they waited until the end of class,
they would get something better (a frosted pumpkin cookie).
The girls did a great job of not eating their little heart cookie.
At the end of my lesson, I asked the girls if it
was difficult to not eat the cookie.
Most of them said that it was and then asked if they could eat it.

Here is the handout that I made for this lesson.
I love President Uchtdorf and his wisdom!
You can click on the picture, then right click on it, and click save as...
To save it to your computer.

Enjoy!

Friday, September 27, 2013

Personal Progress Conference Handout

I found this cute idea on Pinterest for a YW Conference Handout.
You can click here for the link to the original idea.
I used all of the same information from the original idea,
but I made a cute handout to go along with it.
You can either click the picture, and right click on it to "save as..."
or you can click here for the file.

We are going to attach this handout to a bag of cheetos.
Hopefully it will help inspire the girls to get some personal progress started.
All of them are pretty easy too.

Let me know if you have any questions or if I misspelled something.

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Honesty

Last Sunday I taught the lesson,
Why is it Important to be Honest?

Here is the handout that I made for this lesson.
This quote came from a priesthood session.
I felt that it applied to the young woman as well as the men.
So I modified it to fit my lesson.
Click here for the file to print off 4 to a page.

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

LDS Bleached Shirts

It's been going around Pinterest like wildfire!
Taking a bleach pen to a plain t-shirt and
you have a new fantastic shirt to wear.
Last month we had an activity planning meeting with all
of the Young Women in both wards.
They wanted to do Bleached Shirts.
I was put in charge of the activity and started doing research
on what works and what doesn't.
I was surprised to find that no one had done an LDS themed bleached shirt.
I was hoping to get an easy out for this activity.
No such luck!
So I put together this tutorial in the hopes that it will help someone.
Without further adu, here is how I made my shirts.

Supplies:
T-shirt (100% cotton, if there is polyester in it, it will not bleach as well)
Bleach pen (I got mine at the grocery store for $2.57)
Cardboard (to go in between your shirt)
An idea of what you want to put on your shirt (see below)
Chalk (optional: if you want to draw out your idea first)

First, put the piece of cardboard in between the layers of your shirt.
Make sure that the cardboard is covering the entire area
that you want to bleach.
Otherwise, the bleach will run through to the back of your shirt.

Second, take your chalk or your stencil and get your design ready.
I found a template of the Salt Lake City Temple online
and used that (see below for template).
I printed it off on freezer paper, then used an exacto knife,
and cut it out around the edges, so I had the border of the temple.
Then I ironed it on to the shirt, so it would stay put.
I was hoping that if I ironed on the stencil, the spires would show up.
I used my blunt piece of chalk to write out the words on the shirt.
I would recommend a sharpened piece of white chalk, I didn't have a sharpener that would fit chalk in it.
Then I went over the temple and the words with the bleach pen.
If you look at the temple, you can see that I didn't try and
stay nice and neat around the outside.
I was hoping that the bleach would only penetrate the shirt and
not soak through the freezer paper.
I free handed where the windows go and didn't end up following my chalk,
I thought my chalk markings were off.

I let the shirt sit for 10 minutes and it didn't
look like it had done enough bleaching.
So I let it sit for another 10 minutes.
Carefully remove the stencil and the cardboard,
without letting any of the bleach touch anything!
Then I rinsed the bleach off with cold water.
When you rinse it, you can tell where the bleach is.
It ends up being white gunk that you are wiping off.
Check to make sure that you have all of the white gunk off,
then ring out the shirt.
Here is what it looked like.
I let this shirt sit, while I did my shirt.
I found this idea online by doing a Google search
for "LDS Young Women Image."
I just did it freehand.
I like how it turned out, but I would have done it differently
if I thought about it more.
This shirt, I only let sit for 10 minutes.
You can see around the BE that the bleach was starting to bleed
and I didn't want it to get too far.

 Once it was rinsed, I grabbed the purple shirt and threw both of them
into a cold, short wash with some vinegar and detergent.
Once that was done, into the dryer they went.

 Here is how they turned out.
Sorry there isn't a picture of me in my shirt.
I'm 18 weeks pregnant and am in the stage where I feel fat and not pregnant. :(
 This is the best picture I could get of my little princess in her shirt.
She will be able to wear it for a few years, which I love!

Here is what I learned:
- You don't need to use a lot of the bleach to get it to lighten your shirt.
But that is all dependent on the material your shirt is made of.
I put a small amount of bleach on, then used the tip to spread the bleach, it worked perfectly.
- You want to let your shirt sit for 10-25 minutes, once you are done bleaching.
I decided to set my alarm in ten minute increments so I could keep an eye on it.
- I had my husband help me get the cardboard out of the shirt.
I put my hands in the neck hole and he grabbed the cardboard.
That way I could put it in the sink nicely so the fabric didn't fold and the bleach didn't get everywhere.

Ideas for LDS designs:
Like I mentioned earlier, I did a Google search for "LDS Young Women Images."
I found 19 images that I loved!
I have put them into a PDF file for you to download.
The temple stencil is page 4 of that document.

I think that about covers it.
I feel like I'm forgetting something...I will update if I remember.
Let me know if you have any questions.
I would love to see pictures if you try an LDS design!

Saturday, August 10, 2013

August: Why is Temple Marriage Important?

I am teaching tomorrow about the importance of temple marriage.
I have to be honest, I have REALLY struggled with what I want the girls to get out of the lesson.
My handout is complete and I am really happy with how it turned out.
Now I can move forward with the organization of my lesson.


If you like this handout, and want a different temple on it,
I would be more than happy to change it for you.
Just leave me a comment with your email address and I will see what I can do.

Click here for the Cardston, Alberta file, it can print 2 off on one sheet.
Click here for the Bountiful, Utah file.

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Ordinances and Covenants - July

This month I will be combining two topics:
Why are ordinances important in my life?
and
Why are temple ordinances important?

Here is the handout that I made for my girls.
Click here for the file.

I copied the layout from this site and I made a few modifications for my lesson.

Let me know if you like it or if you use it.

Saturday, June 15, 2013

June: What Is The Priesthood

This month my topic is What is the priesthood and what are the priesthood keys.

Here is the handout that I created for my girls.
I feel that it is important for the Young Women to realize the importance
they have in the lives of the priesthood holders they are acquainted with.

I don't feel that it is only the women's responsibility to make sure the men stay on the straight and narrow.
I feel that every man needs to keep himself worthy.
But women greatly influence men by their actions.

Click here for the file.