More than 2,000 years ago, God sent Jesus Christ to be our Savior. Born to save us from our sins, born so we can be born again and return to live with God someday. Let us rejoice greatly this Christmas season, for unto all of us, #ASaviorIsBorn.
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What will happen when our Breniac touches steel wool with a battery?
You only need some steel wool and a 9-volt battery for this project.
HINT: We could find any plain steel wool so we bought some SOS pads and soaked them until the soap had dissolved. Let dry completely. Make sure you're getting steel wool, not stainless steel.
Remember to tag #BRENiacScience when you try this so we can share in the fun!
You'll need to get one pass per person. They recommend buying passes for everyone ages 2 and older (a few venues may charge for babies, but most do not)
The pass is good for 12 months from when you purchase it
Once you purchase the pass, you will receive an email right away that has your pass and it can be used immediately (you can print it off or just take a picture of it on your smart phone so they can scan the barcode).
This passport-themed night will make it all the more memorable!
While listening to a talk about the importance passports when traveling, the Primary president in our ward (church group) came up with this idea to have a passport-themed night for the children turning 8 years old.
Since I am the Sunday school teacher for that age group, I was happy to help put it together.
I started by scouring Pinterest for ideas (check out my board here).
I also took a picture of each student to put on their "passport".
{This adorable darling's mom works with I Heart Naptime and gave me permission to use the items I created for her daughter.}
I found a passport graphic online (no source) and just tweaked it for our purposes.
We used old-world décor: trunks, maps, globes, pillars, etc. to decorate the room.
I basically packed up my house and brought it to church!
We set up a table outside the main room for the programs and personalized passports.
I made 5 banners with my Silhouette Cameo.
Since a silhouette will cut any font, I use wingding fonts to create banners.
The "WELCOME" banner is made from KG A Little Swag font with Cast Iron letters.
I backed them with some world map paper I found at my local JoAnn store.
The other banners are made with the KG Flavor And Frames Four font's lower case "e" since it's represented by a pennant. I put 2 pennants per 12x12 page, one pointing up and one pointing down.
I taped jute to the back to string them up.
We covered the chalkboards with navy material to hide the stuff behind it without taking it down.
I taped together the small side triangles that were left to make pennants for the banners to decorate the tables we used for refreshments.
To bring the passport theme into play, we set up a small "Customs" table
where the children could get their passports stamped.
My bestie, Brit (also in the Primary presidency) has TONS of stamps from Close to My Heart.
We went through them and chose stamps that we thought represented the topic of the 5 speakers for the evening. After each speaker finished their talk, the children lined up at the stamp station for Brit to stamp their passport.
It was so fun to watch the children's faces as they learned
and then earned each stamp in their passport.
He said, “Patience is not passive resignation, nor is it failing to act because of our
fears. Patience means active waiting and enduring. It means staying with
something and doing all that we can—working, hoping, and exercising faith;
bearing hardship with fortitude, even when the desires of our hearts are
delayed.
"Patience is not simply enduring; it is enduring well!”
It reminded me of a profound statement I heard in a movie once. -created with rhonnadesigns-
