Sept Youth GLASS painting night

We are doing the following on Thursday but with glasses.
As plates were too hard to come by ( and glasses were $7 for 12)
Copied off the net

Preparation: 

GLOSS acrylic paint, paint brushes, clear glass plates (the thicker the better) washed and dried, and simple, easy to paint patterns. You can get patterns just about anywhere, off the web, from coloring books, etc.

You will be painting the underside of the plate so that food won't ever touch the paint.

Tape the design you have chosen on the side of the plate you will be eating off of so that you can see it through the underside of the plate (the side you'll be painting on).

Paint the pattern. Avoid painting letters or words because they are difficult to paint. If this is a must, remember they have to be painted on BACKWARDS so that when flipped over to the eating portion of the plate, they turn out right.

After allowing the paint to dry. Bake at 325 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes to make this painting project permanent. Baking makes the paint both dish washer and microwave safe.

Embroidery evening with YW ONLY

Our girls wanted to learn to knit and embroider so we bought them some wool and borrowed some needles and they were able to Learn to knit a scarf each for  personal progress and we also taught them to embroider on a scrap  of fabric.


I bought them a white hand towel and they are going to embroider their names, or a scripture reference onto the towel and pop it in their ' glory boxes'
( maybe progress to 2 towels and embroider his and hers on!)
The white represents faith / purity / virtue in their personal progress books.

They also learnt to sew on a button and make a spag Bolognaise which can be used with spaghetti, nacho corn chips, as a chilli with rice ( some kidney beans  were added), in tortillas, with burritos, as a sheppards pie with mash potato, mixed with cooked pasta and baked with cheese on top, on toast, in a toastie, on a jacket potato etc etc
To show them how versatile a bolognaise sauce cooked from scratch can be when they are at uni or on a mission

Recipe
Brown 500g mince, with a chopped  onion, and tsp garlic , add 1 tsp Tom paste

Add 1 tin tomatoes, drained baked beans so no sauce, just beans, tin corn, herbs, And a jar of bolognaise sauce. Dolmio etc
Cook 30 mins and then serve.

Sports night

August with 3 rd ward
2 teams. Lined up at opp SIDES of hall/ field ( not the ends)

5 sports.
The ' caller' calls out how many are playing and throws in a ball to show what they will be playing.
Ie
3 soccer as she throws a soccer ball into the middle.
3 team members from each side ... The first 3 members, run to the end of the hall, then back to the other end and the first team to run BACK to the ball  kicks the ball to others and tries to score a goal.
Once a goal is achieved. They go back to the end of their lines

Caller calls ' 4 hockey' and throws in a ball. Hockey sticks are at each end of hall already
They play, someone scores a goal, game over,

Caller says 2 basketball and throws a basket ball in etc etc
We used a coit ( like a baby teething ring but big) and you would have to stand still when you had the coit, and throw to your team mates to touch the coit on the far wall
Called it ' 5 frisbee' or ' 3 frisbee' however many you want but 5 is max, as it gets to crowded on the floor.
We played netball, soccer, frisbee, hockey, basketball,
Games finished when a team scored a goal.
It is very fast paced and the kids need a break after ' their turn' so are happy to line back Up and wait.

We call it multi sport in nz.
We play it in schools.

Then we had an hour of volleyball as they love that.
A fun evening