Primary Activity, movie night (7/16/10)

We had a really fun Primary Activity at our house last week. We had a movie night where the kids watched a movie projected onto a wall and they were able to "buy" popcorn, drinks, rice krispie treats, licorice and cookies. It was a great success!

We had wanted to do it in the backyard, but it gets dark so late and we wanted the younger kids to be able to come so we moved it inside.
My living room is quite large and has NO furniture except a piano so it was perfect. I took the pictures off the wall and voila, movie screen.

The kids knew about the activity for about 2 1/2 months. They earned tickets each Sunday by coming to church, wearing church clothes, participating, bringing their scriptures and of course good behavior. The younger kids who don't have scriptures got a freebie each week. The range in tickets was quite surprising, but the kids loved it! Each item cost 3 tickets, except the licorice was 1 ticket a stick and water was free.

We chose a G rated Disney movie "The Rescuers" we wanted something a little older that maybe some of the kids wouldn't have seen and would better hold their attention. All the Primary kids were invited, even Nursery age. There were 3 Nursery kids and they didn't earn tickets they just got a little of everything.

Getting ready for the movie to start



Ava and her pal Josie

The movie has started. We had 20 kids total, which is really good because we have a pretty small primary, we were only missing 10 kids not counting Nursery.

The goods, the brown bags were filled with popcorn.

Saturday April 10th

Saturday was a busy day. We had our first Primary activity since I was put in the presidency in March. We did a belated Easter activity. We played games, made bunny Easter baskets and decorated sugar cookies, and then we had an Easter egg hunt. The plus to doing this after Easter, we got the candy, the eggs and little prizes on clearance.

Here are the kids that came with their Easter baskets.



All of the Primary kids including Nursery were invited, but because it was supposed to be outside of the church, and I was in charge, and I didn't want to make Katrena watch her the whole time I made Ava stay home with Dad. She didn't mind because she didn't know what she was missing out on, but I did and sure missed her. And to top it off it was so windy (its always windy here) that we ended up doing everything but the hunt inside so she could have come.

We brought Ava home some of the candy and some bracelets as well as some unfrosted sugar cookies.

Here is Ava decorating her sugar cookies, with a little help from Dad.

After sugar cookies and a nap, it was time to plant our garden. We planted lots of yummy vegetables and some strawberries. We can't wait to see how our first attempt at a garden turns out. While we planted, Ava ate dirt. And while most kids would spit out the dirt, Ava went back for more and more, so I finally took her in and put her in the bath. (She also LOVES to chew ice, we are beginning to wonder if she is iron deficient.)

And we planted some pretty pansies in our flower bed in front. It brightens the place up and Ava and Katrena love to help water the garden and flowers.