Free Homeschool/Family Planner

  I am the busy mother of 3 wonderful, amazing, beautiful, funny, crazy, loud, energetic, messy kids. I am pretty sure that if my head wasn't connected to my body, I would forget one of them at least 4 times a week (or day😆 ). That being said, it is super hard for me to mentally keep track of all the things going on in our lives. We are just starting our homeschool year, with my oldest in kindergarten and my middle one doing preschool so things seem a little extra crazy right now. So I thought that now would be a great time to make up a fun little planner. Now I know it's only kindergarten and preschool and we don't have a thousand things pulling us in every direction, but I am the kind of person who likes to write things down in a neat and organized fashion. Since I am pretty sure I am not the only one who likes to do that, I thought I would share my little creation. For Free! Yay! I love free stuff and I love to share free stuff, especially when it can be helpful. I hope you enjoy it! I'd love any feed back or suggestions for future drafts. This is my first one, so please, be kind. Just a few notes: Everything is aligned with 1/4" margin for hole punching. There are a few pages that I did both horizontal and vertical and there are 2 different cover pages to choose from. The monthly calendars and menus  are in a file of their own. SO, be sure to look at the files before just printing all of them. Enjoy! 

Preparing for Priesthood/Young Women's Faith in God Cards

Hi everyone,

I did separate cards for the Preparing for the Priesthood and Young Women's if you would like to have those for the older kids. Hope you enjoy!
                     
                              

Faith in God Final Award

When we started doing our Faith in God Sunday challenge we felt that there should be something a little bigger than just the back of the book as a reward. This is what we came up with. We decided to a bracelet for the girls and a coin for the boys. 

The bracelets we are making since we can do it for a lot less then buying. I found everything on Amazon.com or at Michael's craft store. The pictures only show the purple bracelet, but we are also doing a bright yellow and a bright sky blue one, all have the white faith in the middle. We thought 3 colors were good for options and we also tried to choose colors that would go with the Young Women Values. Since they will be moving on to YW, we wanted something that would flow easily with all they do in there. 

Faith in God Sunday Challenge

I was recently called to serve in my ward primary presidency. One of the areas I am over is the Faith in God Program. The girls in our ward do great at getting this award, but we seemed to be lacking in getting the boys involved. After a lot of searching, brainstorming, pinteresting, and praying I was able to come up with a plan. I saw this great idea to do a Faith in God Sunday Challenge Card (thank you LittleLdsIdeas). This is what I came up with. (Here is the link to April's printable sheets).

Here's our plan. At the beginning of each month we will hand these little cards out. Almost all of the Faith in God requirements make for a great Sunday activity, hence the "Sunday Challenge" name. When the kids have completed the "challenge" they will bring back the card, signed and with their name on the back and they will receive a treat. They have the entire month to do this. 

We wanted to be able to track their progress, I was going to make a little excel spreadsheet until I found this awesome little guy! 

Faith in God Tracking Sheet

We have one of these printed out for each of our senior primary classes, in a binder that we will keep in our closet. I have to add this to the cards for next month still, but we will number each card so we can track which achievement they actually completed. This sheet will work for the entire 4 years they are in senior primary. 

I am so excited to see how this goes. We handed out the first challenge the week before general conference, but I have already had some great feed back from some of the mom's in the ward. I will keep adding the cards to this post as I make them. Best wishes! 

Minions Bean Bag Toss

 I recently made a "Minions" bean bag toss board and bags for our Cub Scout Blue and Gold Banquet. It was super quick and easy so I thought I would share how I did it.

You will need just a few things to make this: 

• Thick Poster board
• Scissors or utility knife
• 2 felt sheets in blue, black, yellow, and 1 white sheet. 
• 3 or 4 black pipe cleaners
• Hot glue gun
• Pencil/pen 
• Rice or beans (or whatever you want to fill your bags with). 

LDS Quiet Time Picture Cards for Church

I made these for my little ones to have during Sacrament Meeting to help keep them quiet. My 2 yr old doesn't really care for them much yet, but my 3 1/2 yr old son loves them, particularly the New Testament ones that have Jesus in the pictures. We look at the pictures and I read him the little paragraph that is on the card, or he will ask questions about it and we will talk about it, quietly. :) I downloaded and added the pictures using photoshop elements and then I got them printed out at Costco as 4x6 pictures. I hole punched the top corner for a ring to go through. They turned out great! I definitely recommend them! Here is the link to the site I found them on, you have to scroll down just a bit. Hope you enjoy!

Valentine's Day Wreath

As a stay at home mom, I am all for quick, easy, and inexpensive craft ideas. This wreath is just that. I purchased a styrofoam wreath (I think it was 13") and one 2.5 oz skein of "I Love This Yarn" sport weight in Cranberry color, from Hobby Lobby. I already had pink and white felt from another project and the ribbon was one I saved from a gift bag. Other than that all you need is some glue (I used my hot glue gun) and some scissors and you are ready to go.  

Step 1: Wrap the yarn tightly around the wreath. I found it easiest to hold the wreath between my legs, that way I had both hands free to move the yarn quicker. Once it is all wrapped, tie a knot so the yarn won't shift, but do not cut the yarn.